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fester8542
October 30th, 2002, 03:25 PM
POOR TRANSLATIONS FROM ENGLISH TO JAPANESE FILMS


* I am **** unsatisfied to be killed in this way.

* Fatty, you with your thick face have hurt my instep.

* A normal person wouldn't steal pituitaries.

* Take my advice, or I'll spank you without pants.

* Who gave you the nerve to get killed here?

* Quiet or I'll blow your throat up.

* You always use violence. I should've ordered glutinous rice chicken.

* I'll fire aimlessly if you don't come out!

* Beat him out of recognizable shape!

* Beware! Your bones are going to be disconnected.

* How can you use my intestines as a gift?


MIS-TRANSLATED PRODUCTS

On a blanket from Taiwan:
NOT TO BE USED AS PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO

On a Sears hairdryer:
DO NOT USE WHILE SLEEPING

On a Korean kitchen knife:
WARNING KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN

On a string of Chinese-made Christmas lights:
FOR INDOOR OR OUTDOOR USE ONLY

On a Japanese food processor:
NOT TO BE USED FOR THE OTHER USE

On a Swedish chainsaw:
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO STOP CHAIN WITH YOUR HANDS OR GENITALS
lostinbeta
October 30th, 2002, 03:29 PM
HAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAA.

My friend once told me that the english subtitles on Chinese movies are the wrong translation a lot. He is chinese so he knows what they are really saying, and it doesn't fit what the subtitles say.
andr.in
October 30th, 2002, 03:32 PM
ROFLMAO! Where the heck did you find these??
I like the ones:

bones are gonna be disconnected :)
knife: keep out of children
christmas lights: indoor/outdoor
food processor: not for the other use
and the chainsaw
ROFLMAO
bit-101
October 30th, 2002, 03:32 PM
i love that stuff. i was in japan last year and got a razor from a hotel. the package said, "Have a great shaving for your fresh life!"



on a bottle of milk tea (like ice tea with milk), something like, "like a rose, our tea brings color and beauty to your life"
lostinbeta
October 30th, 2002, 03:33 PM
The christmas lights one is totally true. All the christmas light packages I have ever bought say for indoor or outdoor use only.
bit-101
October 30th, 2002, 03:35 PM
do a search for "engrish" and you'll find a ton of this stuff.
Ryall
October 30th, 2002, 03:36 PM
Haha... I've read things like that before - and they ALWAYS make me laugh. There was something similar... it was a bunch of funny warning lables, I'll see if I can find it.

Peace
andr.in
October 30th, 2002, 03:37 PM
omg! you have a chinese friend? COOL
the translations are often wrong!
I've noticed lately that when I watch TV (a film or sth) I always do both: listen to the english voices/sounds, stuff and read the subtitles. I've noticed that EVERY number that has been translated is wrong! ALWAYS!
I just whatch the movie and when sumebody says a number then suddenly I'm thinking
"wtf, the number is wrong! Stupid... who the heck translated it? did he get paid? I wanna translate those movies too If I get paid for it! At least I'll do it right!"
:)
fester8542
October 30th, 2002, 03:41 PM
it came from my arsenal of random internet mailings I have collected over the years
lostinbeta
October 30th, 2002, 03:41 PM
LOL, it is cool that I have a Chinese friend???

Bit went to Japan!!!!!!!!!! Now that is cool!

I have a Korean friend as well...haha.
Ryall
October 30th, 2002, 03:41 PM
OMG go to engrish.com (http://www.engrish.com)... sooo funny

Peace
lostinbeta
October 30th, 2002, 03:42 PM
HAHAHAHAHAH
andr.in
October 30th, 2002, 03:43 PM
OMG LMAO engrish.com -> check out the computer popups!
THIS IS KILLING MEEEE! :P :)
bit-101
October 30th, 2002, 03:45 PM
actually i have a japanese WIFE. now THAT is cool!
lostinbeta
October 30th, 2002, 03:46 PM
LOL....... ALLLLRIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
andr.in
October 30th, 2002, 03:47 PM
CooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooL
bit-101
October 30th, 2002, 03:54 PM
i get great real life examples all the time. let's see....

one time she sent me email about a problem with her computer. it seems something was wrong with her "eye-cons" :)

i was getting discouraged about something i was trying to do. she said, "Hang up!"
i gave her a strange look, and she thought for a second and said, "wait...Hang in there!"

on an opportunity we missed out on..."gone with the window"

i can laugh at her because she laughs much harder at the stuff i come up with when i speak japanese.
lostinbeta
October 30th, 2002, 03:56 PM
HAHAHAH
fester8542
October 30th, 2002, 03:57 PM
engrish.com is a freakin riot.

I love the motherstick
andr.in
October 30th, 2002, 03:57 PM
lol
reverendflash
October 30th, 2002, 03:58 PM
I once dated a Thai girl, who while working in Yosemite National Park, "maneured rocks" while doing upkeep on trails :P

My current girlfriend is Jamaican... I have to really concentrate when she asks a question, because it is usually out of order, and sometimes out of contex... :P

She is so cute.... :P

Rev:elderly:
Ryall
October 30th, 2002, 04:01 PM
I think engrish sould become an offical dialect of english.... and I want to learn it! :P

Peace
andr.in
October 30th, 2002, 04:02 PM
yeah! me too!
lostinbeta
October 30th, 2002, 04:13 PM
me three!
Ryall
October 30th, 2002, 04:26 PM
me think, posting engrish while in kirupa fun!

(I think I'll start posting in engrish!) :P
andr.in
October 30th, 2002, 04:31 PM
mix w00t 1337 and engrish and you get a whole new language :)
bit-101
October 30th, 2002, 04:40 PM
scary thing is i sometimes find myself talking in engrish to my wife.
andr.in
October 30th, 2002, 04:50 PM
lol!
check this out:
http://www.engrish.com/buildings/source/fack.html
lmao
vts31
October 30th, 2002, 07:26 PM
my gf is half korean. <3