Horrible translations

Tulip · 01-07-2010, 12:08 AM

Some of these are funny. :p

http://www.latimes.com/features/odd-...6.photogallery

JuancoRocks · 01-07-2010, 03:33 AM

.......No.2.......No Shit!.......

Sundae · 01-07-2010, 05:30 AM

Some of them really made me guffaw.
I think the title used is a little unfair (I know it was the LA Times title rather than yours, Tulip). They're mostly overly literal, or the sort of thing that happens when one word is translated at a time. I don't think they're horrible because you can uinderstand all of them - what would be horrible would be if Western tourists had no idea they needed to be cautious because all the signs were in Chinese/ Japanese etc.

I don't get what's wrong with "Thanks for calling" at McDonalds though. I suppose it's a mistranslation of "Thanks for visiting."

And I loved, "Green grass is beautiful hope your foot give mercy" Far superior to, "Do not walk on the grass"!

SamIam · 01-07-2010, 08:41 AM

I liked "boiled scorn." This type of scorn comes with true hatred!

Stormieweather · 01-07-2010, 09:25 AM

Underwear Shocks

And, Curved Yellow Fruit (my 4yr old calls Cantelope 'orange fruit')

/teehee

wolf · 01-07-2010, 09:39 AM

I love Engrish.

But I'm pretty sure Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a properly descriptive First Nations place name rather than a poor translation.

And Frower Design is run by a man named Frower. At least I didn't see any Frowers in that window ...

Several are funny without being wrong, per se.

monster · 01-07-2010, 10:45 AM

For more of this sort of thing, search for the term "Engrish" -some of us love a bit of rough translation!

eta: ha! I see wolf posted pretty much the same thing -that's what happens when you write, leave and then hit send an hour or so later without checking what happened in the interim!

Shawnee123 · 01-07-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SamIam

I liked "boiled scorn." This type of scorn comes with true hatred!

Heh heh...boiled scorn. I got some of that!

Scriveyn · 01-07-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Heh heh...boiled scorn. I got some of that!

I hand mine out raw.

DanaC · 01-07-2010, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

some of us love a bit of rough !

toranokaze · 01-07-2010, 11:57 AM

Doesn't everyone?

I don't get the mistranslation here
http://www.latimes.com/features/odd-...6.photogallery

Qice · 01-07-2010, 03:46 PM

# 27

kinky!

squirell nutkin · 01-07-2010, 07:56 PM

I think #22 was in the rectory at the church I attended.

Tulip · 01-08-2010, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by toranokaze

Doesn't everyone?

I don't get the mistranslation here
http://www.latimes.com/features/odd-...6.photogallery

No re-entry.

Tulip · 01-08-2010, 09:45 PM

Well, these are horrible translations because as someone puts it, they are mistranslations. Literal translations are translations done wrong. Has anyone tried translating with a dictionary? :p

01-07-2010, 12:08 AM	#1
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Horrible translations Some of these are funny. :p http://www.latimes.com/features/odd-...6.photogallery

01-07-2010, 05:30 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Some of them really made me guffaw. I think the title used is a little unfair (I know it was the LA Times title rather than yours, Tulip). They're mostly overly literal, or the sort of thing that happens when one word is translated at a time. I don't think they're horrible because you can uinderstand all of them - what would be horrible would be if Western tourists had no idea they needed to be cautious because all the signs were in Chinese/ Japanese etc. I don't get what's wrong with "Thanks for calling" at McDonalds though. I suppose it's a mistranslation of "Thanks for visiting." And I loved, "Green grass is beautiful hope your foot give mercy" Far superior to, "Do not walk on the grass"! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-07-2010, 09:25 AM	#5
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Underwear Shocks And, Curved Yellow Fruit (my 4yr old calls Cantelope 'orange fruit') /teehee __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi Last edited by Stormieweather; 01-07-2010 at 09:29 AM. Reason: more lols

01-07-2010, 09:39 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I love Engrish. But I'm pretty sure Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a properly descriptive First Nations place name rather than a poor translation. And Frower Design is run by a man named Frower. At least I didn't see any Frowers in that window ... Several are funny without being wrong, per se. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 01-07-2010 at 09:44 AM.

01-07-2010, 10:45 AM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	For more of this sort of thing, search for the term "Engrish" -some of us love a bit of rough translation! eta: ha! I see wolf posted pretty much the same thing -that's what happens when you write, leave and then hit send an hour or so later without checking what happened in the interim! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-07-2010, 03:33 AM	#2
JuancoRocks Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona Posts: 437	Horrible translations ....... .......No.2.......No Shit!....... __________________ "That's just like your opinion man"

01-07-2010, 08:41 AM	#4
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	I liked "boiled scorn." This type of scorn comes with true hatred!

01-07-2010, 11:57 AM	#11
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Doesn't everyone? I don't get the mistranslation here http://www.latimes.com/features/odd-...6.photogallery __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering. Last edited by toranokaze; 01-07-2010 at 12:04 PM.

01-07-2010, 03:46 PM	#12
Qice A b**** of the highest caliber Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Land of Enchantment Posts: 114	# 27 kinky! __________________ I like like minded people... a bit like minded anyway.. well people with bits of their minds that are like the bits of my mind that I like Last edited by Qice; 01-07-2010 at 03:53 PM.

01-07-2010, 07:56 PM	#13
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	I think #22 was in the rectory at the church I attended. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

01-08-2010, 09:45 PM	#15
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Well, these are horrible translations because as someone puts it, they are mistranslations. Literal translations are translations done wrong. Has anyone tried translating with a dictionary? :p

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