>What was the "galactic pot healer" in the original? I never heard of that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Pot_Healer by Philip K Dick.

One example is when the guy dictates "Earnest Hemingway" to the machine, then asks for a Japanese translation, then dials a computer in Japan to get English translation back, and it comes as "seriously constricting path".