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Thread poster: Jan Sundström
Jan Sundström
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English to Swedish
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Jan 13, 2014

Hi!

I'm looking for examples when translation has gone wrong, with a funny twist to it.
Something like enrish.com, but I'd love to read more about the history how the error came about, not just a photo with a sign.

I found a few web pages, but the stories are too short and vague. Some of them might be urban myths, because there isn't enough detail to verify the time... See more
Hi!

I'm looking for examples when translation has gone wrong, with a funny twist to it.
Something like enrish.com, but I'd love to read more about the history how the error came about, not just a photo with a sign.

I found a few web pages, but the stories are too short and vague. Some of them might be urban myths, because there isn't enough detail to verify the time and place:
http://joannemossdesign.com/blooper.htm
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/translation/articles/lost-translation.html
http://www.englishtown.com/community/channels/article.aspx?articleName=118-lost

On the contrary, here's a news article about something that actually happened, with real persons quoted and interviewed:
http://www.twincities.com/ci_21458154/st-paul-mcdonalds-hmong-pitch-mangles-language

If you can find any site that have more of these real translation stories, I'd love to read them!

/Jan ▲ Collapse
 


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