Japanese to English Translation by AI

 

At home, I often speak to myself to organize my thoughts. Whenever I did, my mother would ask for me to repeat myself to which I would respond ”ごめん、独り言”. I always knew it generally meant "talking to yourself" but could never think of a direct English translation. I think it is very interesting that translation machines translate this phrase to "monologue" since, in reality, when I say it or this phrase is used in conversation, monologue would not be the word I translate to in English. Overall, I feel like it changes the context a little bit and might apply more to theatre or something like that.