Showing posts with label Bad English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bad English. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Translation needs GPS

Here are more weird lines that I simply cannot comprehend.
Whoever did the Chinese - English translation has to be smoking something illegal.

哥享受的不是孤独,是寂寞!
What Brother enjoys is not aloneness; it's loneliness.
(...... ... . ... Wha..?)

花边的睡裙配上随意的木屐,整个人都完全放松了
Laced sleeping gown with wooden clogs makes one completely relax.
(How can one relax when wearing clogs???)

全身上下似乎都散发着夏威夷的味道。
Whole body as if fills with Hawaii's flavor.
(... I'm curious as to how does Hawaii tastes like? Pineapple perhaps?)

简单、随意,没错,这就是青春!
Simple, at will, correct, and this is youth!
(What, the, f-, and... f-this*hit!)


There goes my day at the office...

Lost in Translation

I was proof reading some in-game text for an online game (for kids younger than 14), and I came across this line (in Chinese),


喜欢极限运动吗?跟我来吧!


The CORRECT translation (from translate.google.com) should be:
Like extreme sports? Come with me!

Guess what their copywriter came up with?
Do you like maximal sports? Let's come with me!

...... Oh yeahh... Sounds like FUN!...

Wth...