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Garry
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Post subject: Translations gone wrong ...  Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:26 pm |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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... everybody loves them: english manuals (or, for that, any language) that had been translated from the original, far east language, to another by either a person that doesn't seem to understand a word of what they are writing, or by someone who just fed the original to a translation program ... read some prime examples of what happened in China ...  Link (german though, but funny translations in english!)
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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BenZ28
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:14 pm |
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Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2001 3:53 pm
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Location: Mainz, Germany
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Racist Park LOL... don't they have anyone who at least understands English a little bit...? 
Ben
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1999 Camaro Z28, black, T-Tops, M6
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:15 pm |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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Do I have to give you examples of german-english translations???
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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BenZ28
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:16 pm |
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Location: Mainz, Germany
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Yeah but you wouldn't see wrong translations like this on an official sign here.
Ben
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1999 Camaro Z28, black, T-Tops, M6
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:18 pm |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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Well, the licence tag carrier from the local Volvo place has the company name and "think it over" on it ... guess one of these days I have to tell him that that slogan may not mean what it's intended to ...
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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BenZ28
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:22 pm |
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Location: Mainz, Germany
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Maybe it's just an honest company. 
Ben
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1999 Camaro Z28, black, T-Tops, M6
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TurboManiacal
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:01 am |
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Joined: Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:43 pm
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Location: Mannheim
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Garry wrote: Well, the licence tag carrier from the local Volvo place has the company name and "think it over" on it ... guess one of these days I have to tell him that that slogan may not mean what it's intended to ...
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