Google Translate attempts Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

Google Translate is a wonderful tool, letting us fill in the blanks when stumped for foreign words we should know or translating web pages in full. But how does it handle song lyrics?

Google Translate attempts Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

Malinda Kathleen Reese decided to put it to the test, taking the lyrics of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody and getting fans to use Google Translate to create a ‘bad translation.’

Basically this involves translating the lyrics into another language, then back into English, and doing so a couple of times. She then took the results, which are sometimes gibberish, and sang along.

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