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brett

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Worst translation ever
« on: September 21, 2009, 07:18:02 am »
OK so this morning I'm on MSN, talking through getting my girl to set up a PayPal account.

I tell her my head hurts after all that effort.

Then she starts asking me if I hurt my head in a road traffic accident :huh:.

Can anyone beat this for a bad translation mishap?
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2009, 08:04:49 am »
Brett, all i'm saying is wait until you get to a restaurant over there with a so called "English menu"..you have not seen the light yet brother haha!
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2009, 08:26:47 am »
I look forward to Chinglish. This is my favourite Japlish I found in Tokyo last year...

Vending machine with delusions of grandeur:


Great sign in Akihabara's KFC:


I see what they were thinking of:


Money changing machine with delusions of grandeur:


I really loved these anti-smoking signs. There were loads of different scenarios, but this was the greatest:
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2009, 08:47:10 am »
Haha, I love it !
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2009, 09:42:07 am »
Hey, don't blame the Chinese because they haven't gotten English right. (or grammar Hehe!)  Most Americans and Brits can't either. I saw this sign a while back.

Shaun
« Last Edit: September 21, 2009, 09:44:21 am by shaun »
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2009, 09:49:09 am »
Yeah you know it's a good "Eastate" sale when you see pickups parked on the lawn. :dodgy:
« Last Edit: September 21, 2009, 09:49:27 am by Vince G »
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2009, 12:40:23 pm »
Vince,

Just for grins the next time I drive by that area I'll take a picture of the whole truck.  It's a sight.

Shaun
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2009, 01:40:05 pm »
Hi guys, not sure if this was the right place,. but, could someone please translate this for me...Thank you...

"xia wu hao! Hen gao xing jian dao ni!"
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2009, 06:29:05 pm »
I wish i had taken a photo of it, but whilst in Baoding i saw a hotel with the sign 'Hotel for Alien Travellers' Thought ET may be inside...:icon_cheesygrin:
Quote from: 'Scottish_Rob' pid='22140' dateline='1257532805'

Hi guys, not sure if this was the right place,. but, could someone please translate this for me...Thank you...

"xia wu hao! Hen gao xing jian dao ni!"


Hi Rob, dunno if you have an answer for this yet, but if you put it into the 'Translation help please' post, Chinese knot, or Paul and Ming Zhi are normally there and often can help with your request.
« Last Edit: November 06, 2009, 06:40:11 pm by wilsbrough »
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2009, 07:39:07 pm »
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Hi guys, not sure if this was the right place,. but, could someone please translate this for me...Thank you...

"xia wu hao! Hen gao xing jian dao ni!"


Rob

Think that roughly it is saying ' For God's Sake.  Do not bring the dreaded bagpipes with you.'

Seriously Rob not sure how correct I have got this and, I stand to be corrected but  I think it is saying that someone is happy with your small size - and is going to be very pleased to meet you when you get there.  


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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2009, 04:13:39 pm »
Shaun, You know your a redneck if you cut the lawn and find the pickup truck you lost last spring...:icon_cheesygrin:
In Chinese, the translation is, leave the bagpipes, hope you hung like ox...
By the way Rob, my reward will be when you two hook up for good!:icon_cheesygrin:
« Last Edit: November 07, 2009, 04:17:58 pm by rockycoon »
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2009, 09:16:22 pm »
Rob ??? What ... trying to save the Translator Fee ? Give me something in German and I let you know what that means .:icon_cheesygrin:
« Last Edit: November 07, 2009, 09:16:40 pm by Arnold »
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2009, 10:21:27 pm »
Rocky,

I found that truck a couple of weeks ago; re-charged the battery; definition for Willy I gave the truck viagra for motor vehicles; it purred like a bagpipe. I would almost swear it sound like it was playing Amazing Grace. :angel:

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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2009, 04:28:43 am »
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Rocky,

I found that truck a couple of weeks ago; re-charged the battery; definition for Willy I gave the truck viagra for motor vehicles; it purred like a bagpipe. I would almost swear it sound like it was playing Amazing Grace. :angel:

Shaun


I did that to a car a while ago.  Trouble was it kept going straight up the road and I had great difficulty in turning it left or right and trying to stop it before it reached its destination was another story!!:icon_cheesygrin:
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RE: Worst translation ever
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2009, 09:35:18 pm »
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Rocky,

I found that truck a couple of weeks ago; re-charged the battery; definition for Willy I gave the truck viagra for motor vehicles; it purred like a bagpipe. I would almost swear it sound like it was playing Amazing Grace. :angel:

Shaun


I did that to a car a while ago.  Trouble was it kept going straight up the road and I had great difficulty in turning it left or right and trying to stop it before it reached its destination was another story!!:icon_cheesygrin:


Were the springs kind of stiff?
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