Topic: Fun with translations!

As some of you might know(as in non-english people); translation is a funny business. This thread is dedicated to funny translations that go from English to your language, and then back again.

Ok, I suck at explanation, but here's a few examples.

Reboot in Norwegian is "Omstart". However, translated directly/literally, it's "Omstøvle", which, translated literally back to English, spells out "rebooting", but in a manner of putting your boots back on.

Another phrase is "Of course". translated correctly, it's "Så klart", but that traslated back to English is "So clear", and "Of course" literally translated is "av kurs", which then, in turn, translates back to "Off course".

Got any other fun examples?

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Also, "Voucher" means "tilgodelapp" which literally means "for good note".

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I always liked that the German word for glove is Handschuh. Translates back like it sounds. Also, bats (the animals) are Fledermäuse, or flying mice.

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4 (edited by AshDigital 2012-06-21 16:20:45)

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6 (edited by Tomahawk 2012-06-21 22:27:02)

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Supreme Court Justice=>høyesterettsjustitiarius=tallest straight chancellor (Don't ask, in norway, we hyphenate words, it's just how it is.

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Few more...

in love => ástfangin => love-captured
dungarees => smekkbuxur => bib-trousers
music => tónlist => art-of-tone

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Because Maori language was created before the concept of many modern inventions, Te Reo is full of these:
Scissors = Kutikuti, which is just cutty-cutty
Guitar and Ukulele are just pronounced wrong = Kitaa, ukurere
Car = Motoka = Motor-Car

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Henry....thaats's kinda tripping mah brain out man. Craziness.

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12 (edited by redxavier 2012-07-13 08:26:43)

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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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13 (edited by MartyJ 2012-11-26 05:49:55)

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Yes, but is the map accurate?

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It is. From left to right spiders.

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Are those pointed ears legal? big_smile

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