A place to post faulty translations.

Sometimes when i listen to people speak a language that i don't know, my brain translates what was actually said into a similar sounding English statement.

So this morning for example I heard a coworker speaking Russian on the phone. I could swear that she said " this crime type is not committed on Monday" she actually said something in Russian that i did not understand but this is what my brain heard.

So the idea here is a place to post faulty translations that sound interesting. Faulty Translations Bulletin Board
-- vfrackis, Jun 14 2010

Mistranslation + incompetence = wrong text on sign. http://news.bbc.co....i/wales/7702913.stm
[Jinbish, Jun 14 2010]

Engrish.com http://www.engrish.com/
Faulty translations in Asia. [phoenix, Jun 14 2010]

KissThisGuy.com http://www.kissthisguy.com/
Misheard lyrics. [phoenix, Jun 14 2010]

Hanzi Smatter http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/
The opposite of Engrish.com , this catalogues misuse of chinese characters by westerners. [prufrax, Jun 15 2010]

I guess the Chinese are the best at this. http://www.google.c...%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1
[xandram, Jun 15 2010]

The d'Antin manuscript http://www.aescon.c...ing/french/num1.htm
[mouseposture, Jun 16 2010]

I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest this is pretty well covered by existing sites. Maybe not your specific example, but...
-- phoenix, Jun 14 2010


My nipples explode with delight.

Maybe not that kind of faulty translation, how about:

A l'eau, c'est l'heure.

(allegedly the signal given from a ship of the French fleet, immediatley before battle. An English captain is reported to have asked his signalman what the message said, to which he recieved the reply 'allo sailor)
-- Twizz, Jun 15 2010


I just love [Phoenix]'s link! We all have sung wrong lyrics before and sometimes they are better than the originals!! Actually all the other links are great, too.
-- xandram, Jun 15 2010



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