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by mattdesl 1045 days ago
ChatGPT seems to do an ok job, although I have no idea how accurate it is. Here’s one translation of the comment:

> mi olin e toki pona. mi toki kepeken ona tan tenpo lili. sina ken lukin e tomo tawa mi lon lipu "https://www.youtube.com/@janPolijan". toki pona li pona tawa toki musi, taso ona li jo ala e toki mute e nasin toki mute. kalama ona li pona li lili. kulupu pi toki pona li suli e toki. jan li toki e toki mute e toki musi. taso, toki pona li pona tawa toki insa tan ona li musi tawa lawa. tenpo kama la, sina ken toki pona mute. sina ken toki e toki suli. taso, sina wile ala toki e toki pi ilo tawa kepeken toki pona. jan li toki e toki pi ilo sona suli lon tomo tawa lipu. toki pona li lili, taso ona li musi li ken toki e toki mute.

Re-translated back to English in a new chat:

> "I love Toki Pona. I've been speaking it for a short time. You can see my channel at "https://www.youtube.com/@janPolijan". Toki Pona is good for playful conversation, but it doesn't have many words or complex grammar. Its sound is pleasant but minimal. The Toki Pona community enhances the language. People speak many fun conversations. However, Toki Pona is great for introspective conversation because it's fun for the mind. In the future, you might speak a lot of Toki Pona. You can have long conversations. However, you might not want to discuss technology using Toki Pona. People discuss technological topics in great depth on channels. Toki Pona is small, but it's fun and can express many things."

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Lots of little mistakes, here's an accurate back translation

I love Toki Pona. I've been speaking it from a short time. You can see my vehicle at https://www.youtube.com/@janPolijan. Toki Pona is good for fun conversation, but it doesn't have a lot of talking or ways of talking. Its sounds are nice and few. The toki pona community is growing the language. People do a lot of talking and have fun conversations. But toki pona is good for thinking in because of it and is fun for the mind. You'll be able to talk a lot in Toki Pona in the future. You'll be able to say large things. But you won't want to talk about transportation technology in Toki Pona. People talk in about big knowledge gadgets in book vehicles. [lol] Toki Pona is small, but it's fun and can say a lot of things.