| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Off topic: How bad can it get? (Bad translation found in "peeler usage manual") Thread poster: José Henrique Lamensdorf
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A fellow translator bought a vegetable peeler, which came with the instructions below. She was kind enough to scan them and send to me. I don't know, and couldn't care less whether this was automatic or human translation. I wonder what's the point in providing them. What's the point in having them at all written, translated by any means, typeset, printed on paper, and attached?
It's worth reading, since it gets worse and worse all the way. Have fun!
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| | | | Mats Wiman 
Sweden
Local time: 11:42
Member (2000)
German to Swedish
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In memoriam | We will be in demand for a while :-) | Jul 25, 2010 |
Luckily we can still find proof that we are needed.
Even good MT needs human assistance.
I five years we might all be hired by Google to deliver just that.
| | | | | About TM and automatic translation | Jul 25, 2010 |
Good Morning,
I read through the topic of this forum and, as a translator, I'm very interested. I agree: TMs and automatic translation may be useful, but no machine or software could ever replace a person. Besides, translation, in my opinion, is always creative and it is made up by years of study, experience and efforts. All things that a machine will never achieve.
Thank you to the person who opened this forum; it is always good to share opinion and experiences.
Kind r... See more Good Morning,
I read through the topic of this forum and, as a translator, I'm very interested. I agree: TMs and automatic translation may be useful, but no machine or software could ever replace a person. Besides, translation, in my opinion, is always creative and it is made up by years of study, experience and efforts. All things that a machine will never achieve.
Thank you to the person who opened this forum; it is always good to share opinion and experiences.
Kind regards
Roberto Lipani ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Manufacturer to be introduced to Proz | Jul 25, 2010 |
Perhaps the manufacturer should be introduced to the Proz translator contracting tool and then he could commission himself a perfect translation.
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Niraja Nanjundan (X)
Local time: 15:12
German to English
| Terrible research! | Jul 25, 2010 |
I think the least they could have done is find out what "f**k" means
[Edited at 2010-07-25 15:46 GMT]
| | | | AndyTsai
China
Local time: 17:42
Chinese to English
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| There are so many of them | Jul 25, 2010 |
So sad, it's made in China. I myself have seen myriads of such kind of translation. They simply don't treat it seriously!
| | | | Mailand
Local time: 11:42
Member (2009)
Italian to German
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| Thanks for posting this! | Jul 25, 2010 |
I was having a bad day and this made me laugh out for the first time today - see, there's always a good side to things .... If nothing else - it's good for a laugh!
| | | | | Very curious | Jul 25, 2010 |
Niraja Nanjundan wrote: I think the least they could have done is find out what "f***k" means
I'm very curious from which language this was translated from.
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oxygen4u
Portugal
Local time: 10:42
English to Portuguese
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| Obrigada por partilhar! | Jul 25, 2010 |
Thank you so much for sharing!! I needed a good laugh and I sure got one!
| | | | Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 11:42
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
| A wonderful read! | Jul 25, 2010 |
Niraja Nanjundan wrote: I think the least they could have done is find out what "f***k" means
José, what a great laugh you gave me and my 14-yr-old son this afternoon. He explained to me that f**k means to breed germs in this context, so actually this is the most accurate part of the translation!
Thanks for sharing
| | | | David Russi
United States
Local time: 03:42
English to Spanish
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| fuck means to breed germs >> I don't think so... | Jul 25, 2010 |
[quote]Emma Goldsmith wrote:
Niraja Nanjundan wrote:
He explained to me that f**k means to breed germs in this context, so actually this is the most accurate part of the translation!
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fuck
| | | | Arianne Farah
Canada
Local time: 05:42
Member (2008)
English to French
| It's a Chinese MT software | Jul 25, 2010 |
There's a popular MT here in China that invariably translates the word "gan", which can mean "dry" or "fuck", to "fuck". There are thousands of posters, flyers, etc. in China with the F word, though a lot did get cleaned up when they "de-chinglished" Beijing before the Olympics.
They would be better off using google translate... but google translate, not so popular here...
... See more There's a popular MT here in China that invariably translates the word "gan", which can mean "dry" or "fuck", to "fuck". There are thousands of posters, flyers, etc. in China with the F word, though a lot did get cleaned up when they "de-chinglished" Beijing before the Olympics.
They would be better off using google translate... but google translate, not so popular here...
I like this one:
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Wolf Kux
Brazil
Local time: 06:42
Member (2006)
German to Portuguese
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I think that this company has a branch in Brazil with this name:
Polcalia.
Brazilians know what I mean ...
| | | | Paula Borges
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:42
Member (2010)
English to Portuguese
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| You can find | Jul 26, 2010 |
more examples of funny translations on engrish.com
very useful when you need a laugh
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| | | | Maria Ramon
United States
Local time: 04:42
Dutch to English
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| Absolutely hilarious! | Jul 26, 2010 |
It is sad that people accept this garbage as a 'good translation'; on the other had I had a good laugh; it is absolutely hilarious!
A while back I received some translated documents to review which were translated from English into Dutch and they had a similar 'translation' done by a human! it provided me with a lot of laughter!, however, I had to tell my client that it was garbage and that I could do the translation for him if he wanted me to, but not at the agreed revision/proofre... See more It is sad that people accept this garbage as a 'good translation'; on the other had I had a good laugh; it is absolutely hilarious!
A while back I received some translated documents to review which were translated from English into Dutch and they had a similar 'translation' done by a human! it provided me with a lot of laughter!, however, I had to tell my client that it was garbage and that I could do the translation for him if he wanted me to, but not at the agreed revision/proofreading rate. He agreed and I did the translation for him, at least the end client received a good translation and was very satisfied. I have done all his translations ever since.
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