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SpaceRay
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I have found this curious web about errors in translations to english from oriental (asian) languages

http://www.engrish.com/

In this there 650 pages of examples!!! and the best rated ones can be found here

http://www.engrish.com/most-popular/

ENGRISH ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engrish
(please see at the end of this post for a copy of the meaning)


Here is a very good example how "very well" translated are the instructions for this computer USB thing smile:D



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Please, if you want more there are 650 pages of this examples here

http://www.engrish.com/


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From the wikipedia

Engrish (イングリッシュ?) is a slang term for unusual forms of English language usage by native speakers of some East Asian languages. The term itself relates to Japanese speakers' tendency to inadvertently substitute the English phonemes "R" and "L" for one another, because the Japanese language has one alveolar consonant in place for both. The related term "wasei-eigo" refers to pseudo-anglicisms that have entered into everyday Japanese.

While the term may refer to spoken English, it is more often used to describe written English. Engrish can be found in many places, including signs, menus, and advertisements. Terms such as Japanglish, Japlish or Janglish for Japan, Konglish for Korea, and Chinglish for China are more specific terms for Engrish.
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firionicable
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LMAO!! I already heard a lot of Japanese folks substituting L for R.
Amazing!!
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SpaceRay
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I think I have written wrong the title of this thread, because this could be misleading, and the right title really would have been:

Do you know about Engrish? (not wrong written) See here what this is smile:-)

But I can´t change it unless GMM can do it, if yes, please do it. Thanks.
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Skybase
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I engrish arr day.
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SpaceRay
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I want to say that I AM NOT making fun of the Japanese people and do not want to offend them and do not think this is something that make them wrong persons at all, but is really funny to read all this, I do not know HOW can this be translated so bad this kind of signs that are supossed to be official and done by possible professionals and not by a single man that does not know english.

Here are some more of this funny signs that have this "strange" messages smile:D



Here are 19 more --> Top 20 Funniest Signs in Engrish



Very clear and understandable the message for the notebook smile:D



Oh, yes, I will take care to fall CAREFULLY to the river smile;) smile:D



MANY MORE funny signs and writings here--> Google Images search for Engrish
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SpaceRay
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Skybase

I engrish arr day.


I do not think that you Engrish all day, because you can write and speak (in the video tutorials) really very well english and if you did not tell that you are japanese I would not have noticed, and you have even better english than me.
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James
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I am from the UK and most English people here can't even speak their own language correctly these days. Most of the funny images on the web would have been Photoshop'd also.

I would like to see English speaking people try to do the same though and try to talk Japanese etc. In general the best most people could usually manage is to say very basic things like hello, goodbye and a few common words like food etc.
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Cierra
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LOL, those are great, Ray!
You'll find hilarious mistranslations in any language. Even JFK made a whopper in West Berlin, proclaiming "Ich bin ein Berliner!" (I am a Berliner) - which translated into "I am a jelly doughnut!" smile:)
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SpaceRay
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cierracat

You'll find hilarious mistranslations in any language


This is true and I can tell you that this ALSO happens in Spain, as I have found many signs written in some shops and restaurants that the English translations is NOT the same as the Spanish writing and although is not as bad as the japanese english translation is also badly done and sometimes confusing.

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"Ich bin ein Berliner!" (I am a Berliner) - which translated into "I am a jelly doughnut!"


This is true smile:D if you put "BERLINER" in Google images see what do you get shown here smile:D
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いえいえ〜普通の日本人です。そりゃ英語と日本語たまに変に混じっちゃうけれど...そね†ãªã‚‹ã¨ã‚¨ã‚¤ã‚´ãŒã‚ã¡ã‚ƒãã¡ã‚ƒã«ãªã£ã¦ã—まう。ただ単純に文法を間違えるだけじゃなくて本当にイミフな英語になる。これぞENGRISH.
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Lol, no clue what it originally says, but google translator definetly turns it into Engrish. smile:p
That´s probably where a lot of the funny signs etc come from aswell.
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'Ich bin ein Berliner' does not mean 'I am a jelly donut' any more than 'I am a New Yorker' would mean 'I am a pretentious magazine'.

The whole Jelly donut thing was due to people who were trying to be clever but were actually stupid ('Ich bin Berliner' is the correct way someone from Berlin would say they are, 'Ich bin ein Berliner' would seem to imply he is claiming to be the the object Berliner ie the donut, as the definitive article 'ein' is omitted when referring to one's residence, however as Kennedy was using the phrase in a figurative sense rather than literal, as he was not actually from Berlin, the definitive article is still required and so 'Ich bin ein Berliner' was correct), and was propagated by fuckwitted American journalists with the fact-checking abilities on a chimpanzee.

Also, in Berlin, a jelly donut is called a Pfannkuchen anyway.
Release the Mongoose!
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Pfannkuchen sounds so yummy smile:D
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Everytime I think about translations such as above I always think of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWhVLaGy0NU
Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
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SpaceRay
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German Food Guide --> Berliner

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Berliner

Also Known As: Pfannkuchen, Puffel, Berliner Ballen, Krapfen, Kreppel, Faschingskrapfen

Berliner are fist-sized pastries, made from a sweet yeast-dough, and deep fried. They are filled with jam (such as raspberry, plum, apricot) or a vanilla cream (usually in Bavaria). They are topped with powdered sugar, granulated sugar, or icing.


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Pfannkuchen sounds so yummy smile:D


And what about Faschingskrapfen? smile:D
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SpaceRay
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I found this thread by chance searching for another thing and went back to the Engrish.com website and have seen that now it has 879 PAGES instead of the 650 it had in 2012

I think that this is not an offence or bad thing against the people that really do not speak english and try to translate their own language to english and fail at it. It is funny to see it. I think that surely if WE would have to write in Chinese, Japanese, or any other complex language would make even more funnier errors.

On the newest ones is this funny one, where is Prohibited to eat the carpet, there are already restaurants and bars in the airport, so not eat the carpet, apart it surely tastes very bad. Also you can´t bring your own carpet from home to eat it here smile;) smile:D




there is a prize to the one that is able to understand it



and this I do not know what is prohibited, how can you carry into the dog? smile:D



I think that if you make such a complete board like this, you should ask a english person to correct or to write it, to avoid making such big errors



I did not know that toliets gets worried and troubled very much smile;) smile:D



Can anyone explain the purpose and how to use it?



Well enough for now
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Ramlyn
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Ha! Ha!
So funny!!! smile:D smile:D smile:D

Thanks for posting them!
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