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Comment by FatalLogic

5 years ago

To hear it read aloud:

https://translate.google.com/?sl=fr&text=Un%20petit%20d%27un...

Using the desktop browser version of Google Translate, click on the listen/speaker icon below the French text in the left side panel

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dotancohen  5 years ago

I had to listen to it three times before I was able to make heads or tails out of it. But it was worth it.

jjeaff  5 years ago

I'm thinking this must be something that has been manually tweaked by someone on the Google translate team. Otherwise, how in the world does it pronounce it with the cadence of the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme?

  • dthul  5 years ago

    The commas give it the right rhythm I believe. I can only hear French though, maybe because I never heard the English version.

    • FatalLogic  5 years ago

      Yes, I added commas at the ends of a few lines, which cues the speech engine to create more appropriate intonation and natural pauses. But parts of the second half of the poem are still not so intelligible in English

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