babel fish

I had a student in my class this afternoon for whom English was her second language, so I found the bablfish translator on the web for her. She tested it out and indicated that it wasn't really that great at translating english to chinese...so i thought I'd try english to japanese and back. See below the original paragraph and then the reverse translated one.

http://world.altavista.com/

James Cook University will advance the economic, social, and

environmental well-being of tropical Queensland, the nation

and the world by delivering world-class education and

research outcomes across a range of disciplines, with

particular emphasis on subjects of special relevance to the

tropics and our location in Australia and the Asian-Pacific

region.

To the world where the cock university of (something untranslatable)
crosses the range of training the specific importance of special

connection subject to tropical district and our positions of

the Australian and the Asia Pacific area and transfers the

tropical queen's land, nation and economic of the world,

society, welfare of environment, is advanced to the result of

noted education and research.

She may have been right. Apparently I go to Cock University now :S