Sweet family hauler. Not-so-sweet translation.
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Showing posts with label translation is hard. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Best. Translation. Ever.
And when I say best, I mean worst.
Wow. Apparently, Videogum had a "high school freshman with one and a half semesters of introductory French" translate it for them.
Beautiful.
Wow. Apparently, Videogum had a "high school freshman with one and a half semesters of introductory French" translate it for them.
Beautiful.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
I do not understand your crazy moon language

[Scene]
Boss: Hey, please get this sign translated into Welsh for me.
Bob: Sure thing, boss.
Bob e-mails Welsh translator, "Hey, Maelgwn, can you send me a quick translation of the following text, so we can get a sign made up?"
Shortly thereafter, Bob receives an e-mail from Maelgwn. "Hey, great response time," he thinks. "I can get out early today." Bob forwards the text to the sign-maker.
[End scene]
Sign goes up some time later.
Someone notices the translation reads: I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the translator wasn't in, and had his e-mail set to auto-reply. Bob just ran with it.
Needless to say, I've sent this story to everyone in my company. It may not be as funny as the hedgehog, but it'll do.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
How to have a good day at the office
So I'm sitting in my semi-private office, and a slow ripple of giggles starts on the production floor, growing into a crescendo of laughter. Hearty, hearty laughter.
One of our people was working with a linguist to define a term, so she did an internet search. This is the e-mail she sent around after that effort:
We're dying over here.
One of our people was working with a linguist to define a term, so she did an internet search. This is the e-mail she sent around after that effort:
Hello. I looked in the dictionary and has many meanings but I still no finding the right one for “Hedgehog Copy”
Here are the different meanings the dictionary says:
hedgehog
Although rarely used, it is also known as the tank barriers used by the Germans in World War II. These large, heavy, spikey barriers are mostly known for their use in Normandy, France on D-Day
hedgehog
A guy who can give himself oral sex
Hedgehog
when u crap and it lands on the side of the toilet seat.
hedgehog
When you cum in your partner's hair and then spike it up, like a hedgehog.
hedgehog
Someone who is extremely selfish with his/her weed. This individual will almost never smoke anyone else up (even close friends) and will not sell to anyone either. Also does not appreciate people knowing/asking about how much weed he/she may have.
hedgehog
collective noun for a walking group of pricks
We're dying over here.
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