"Engrish" - Bad Translation equals Great Humor

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by gman863, Apr 3, 2011.

  1. gman863

    gman863 MajorGeek

    After dealing with one poorly-translated web "support" page after another today, I needed a good laugh:

    http://www.engrish.com/

    Samples include:

    "No admittance to anyone who is drunk, insane or not properly dressed."

    "So So Hair Salon"

    "Please keep children out of this shredder."

    Enjoy! :-D
     
  2. Spad

    Spad MajorGeek

    Very intertaining! I remember years ago assembling a swingset for my kids . . . demon spawned thing had about a billion parts and screws. The instructions were written by someone for whom english was not a first language . . .

    My favorite instruction was; "Part C fits onto Section 1 except if it don't."

    The same person must have written the translation software :-D

    I thought about posting this restriction on visiters to my house, but then realised I'd never see over half my family! :-D

    . . . so I posted it twice . . .
     
  3. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

    I think that was written by a lawyer ????

    http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1188/possibilitywhichwillenj.jpg

    I still use a language translator occasionally but the wording is sometimes just gobbledygook.

    In Dutch many of the words are transposed but a lot of translators can not get the syntax right.

    Example English Are you going out but if you get a translator to to do it in Dutch it says 'Going are you out?'
     

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