Rube Goldberg machine

Etymology
Named for Rube Goldberg, an American cartoonist, who drew many such machines.

Noun

 * 1)  A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task.
 * 2)  Anything that is overly complicated.
 * 1)  Anything that is overly complicated.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 魯布·戈德堡機械
 * Dutch: Rube Goldbergmachine
 * French:
 * German: Rube-Goldberg-Maschine
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ルーブ・ゴールドバーグ・マシン; ピタゴラスイッチ (pitagora suicchi); ピタゴラ装置 (pitagora sōchi)
 * Spanish: Máquina de Rube Goldberg
 * Swedish: Rube Goldberg-maskin
 * Turkish: Rube Goldberg makinesi; Zihni Sinir Proceleri