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Subject: Amusing Mistranslations

Posted by: Mixamatosis
Date: Nov 04 17

Welsh road signs appear in both English and Welsh

A sign "No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only" was mistranslated into Welsh as "I am not in the office at the moment.Send any work to be translated"

Another Welsh road sign asked vehicles in English to "follow the diversion" . This was translated into Welsh as "follow the entertainment".

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A barbershop in Zanzibar, Tanzania: Gentlemen’s throats cut with nice sharp razors.



Reply #1. Nov 04 17, 1:59 PM
daver852 star


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There are several sites with funny mistranslations from Chinese into English that cannot be posted here!

Reply #2. Nov 04 17, 2:04 PM
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Daver. I saw some rude food mistranslations on the Graham Norton show. I don't know if they'd include some of the ones you are referring to but if so, I agree they would not be suitable for posting on this thread

Reply #3. Nov 04 17, 4:15 PM
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Engrish.com is a good one.

One of my faves: Sign in a foreign airport that read "Good luck!"

Reply #4. Jun 24 18, 4:18 AM


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