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An infinite, unreliable translation loop between languages that don’t yet exist.

This is a conceptual piece titled — part net art, part speculative interface. wetranslate.thiscould.work

<!-- A translation is not a bridge. It is a boat that forgets its own harbor. Type carefully. The machine is learning to miss things. --> You can’t — not yet. The domain is parked. But the possibility is already translating itself into you.

Then, in the “To” field, you type a language that cannot be verified:

the sound a refrigerator makes when no one is home the feeling after crying but before speaking the morning you forgot your own name for three seconds

A blank browser window, off-white like old paper. Three faint lines: [ ] To: [ ] Translate No dropdown menus. No language names. You must type something like: