Off topic: Ah, those mistranslations ;o) Thread poster: pcovs
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pcovs
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| Just what I needed | Sep 13, 2006 |
Just what I needed - thanks for that!
That Pepsi Cola one is a hoot!
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Joost Elshoff (X) 
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| Where are the target translations? | Sep 13, 2006 |
Just a pity they didn't mention the translated texts, so we have to trust them to have translated all of it back to correct English.
And it was Coca Cola, not Pepsi
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I liked the Electrolux best!
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pcovs
Denmark
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TOPIC STARTER | Where indeed? | Sep 13, 2006 |
Joost Elshoff wrote:
Just a pity they didn't mention the translated texts, so we have to trust them to have translated all of it back to correct English.
Yes, this is indeed a shame.
And it was Coca Cola, not Pepsi
Well, there is actually a Pepsi translation right above the Coca Cola one.
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| Do Francophones have more fun? | Sep 13, 2006 |
Recently, I went to a museum in Canada.
They had a bilingual board indicating activities for the day
and as a translation for "Enjoy yourself!", they wrote "Jouissez-vous!".
[Edited at 2006-09-13 18:18]
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NancyLynn
Canada
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Moderator of this forum | Where was this museum? | Sep 13, 2006 |
After all, translations for museums in Canada should be handled by the Translation Bureau, not a machine!
I sure hope it wasn't in Québec, or in Ottawa!
Nancy
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| Lower Fort Garry | Sep 13, 2006 |
It was at Lower Fort Garry, a federally-run museum located in Lockport, Manitoba.
The text written on the whiteboard that day was obviously handled by the immersion students working there.
Here's an example where we might not have been worse off with machine translation!
[Edited at 2006-09-13 20:27]
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craigs
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Electrolux might actually be on to something.
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NancyLynn
Canada
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I took a picture of a billboard with this exact slogan, in Liverpool, England, in 1987.
Nancy
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CathyFS
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| Nothing sucks ... | Sep 14, 2006 |
Have heard the Electrolux one many times before. Always in a crude joke context though - never had anything to do with the vacuum cleaner itself
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Andrea Pinto (X)
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pcovs
Denmark
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TOPIC STARTER | Thank you A. J.! | Oct 3, 2006 |
Very funny indeed
I rather like the fartfull desk, and the drugdealer's mineral water - LOL
Perfect examples to show the importance of lingustic checks of brand names etc. before taking your products across any border.
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