Translations Going Wrong

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Translation going wrong are translation from different language into English. I'll post a few and will post other translations going wrong later on.

Don't be shy, if you have example of your own, don't hestitate to post them and make us laugh.

  • Czechoslovakian tourist agency
    Take one of our horse-driven city tours - we guarantee no miscarriages
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  • Denmark: in a Copenhagen airline ticket office
    We take your bags and send them in all directions.
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  • in a hotel in Athens
    Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.
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  • Romania: in a Bucharest hotel lobby:
    The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
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Hope you enjoy these translation going wrong. More to come. Don't forget to post your own translations going wrong.


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Seen so many I couldn’t count but the one that stays in my mind was a disabl toilet labelled “Cripples” that I saw in China somewhere.
 
Someone post those Chinese-bumper-stickers. You know the ones, they're in one of the funny-images thread.

Edit* These are the ones I'm talking about.
 
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Russia: at a monastery
You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
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Russia: a translated sentence from a Russian chess book
A lot of water has been passed under the bridge since this variation has been played.6
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Sweden: in the window of a Swedish furrier
Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.
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Not much success this thread. I must be hexed. :lol:

Switzerland: in a Swiss mountain inn:
Special today - no ice cream.
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Taiwan: the translation of the Pepsi slogan
"Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead".
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Thailand: an ad for donkey rides asked
Would you like to ride on your own ass?
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Where are you getting these from? Things you pass by?
 
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Where are you getting these from? Things you pass by?
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No, I found these on the internet (a website) a few years ago.


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Thailand: in a Bangkok dry-cleaners:
Drop your trousers here for best results.
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Thailand: in a Bangkok temple:
It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.
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Just rode half way across the country to a nice resort only to find the pool area is a bit kinky:

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South Africa in a Rhodes tailor's shop:
Order your summers suit. Because in big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.
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Mmm, spicy beauty shoes.
 
* Pepsi's "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" translated into
"Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave", in Chinese
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About the new Thrustmaster wheel:

''Kazunori Yamauchi talked to GTPlanet about the wheel giving some interesting insights. Firstly, Yamauchi makes note that this wheel will be ‘Direct Drive’ – meaning that the motor shaft is directly linked to the wheel itself without the use of belts and gears.''
 
Hong Kong - Outside a tailor shop:
Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
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That one from Copenhagen in the original post. I think I remember that sign, and if memory serves me, it says the same thing in Danish. It's a joke, a pun if you will.
And I'm pretty sure the same applies for the electrolux add. I think you can be pretty sure that they knew what they were writting, and the "alternate meaning" of the chosen phrase, was not an accident

#Buzzkill :D
 
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