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    • Funny Translation into English

      10-May-2011

      Technical Translations project managers often recieve examples of where a professional translator should have been used.

      The following examples were sent to us only this week:-

      English Translation from a Cocktail lounge , Norway :

      LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.



      English Translation from a Doctors office, Rome :

      SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.



      English Translation from a Dry cleaners, Bangkok :

      DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.



      English Translation from a Nairobi restaurant:

      CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER .



      English Translation from the main road to Mombassa, leaving Nairobi :

      TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE .



      English Translation from a poster at Kencom:

      ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE CAN HELP.


      English Translation from a Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:

      GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.


      English Translation from the menu of a Swiss restaurant:

      OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.



      English Translation from a Tokyo bar:

      SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.



      English Translation from a Hotel, Yugoslavia :

      THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID..



      English Translation from a Hotel, Japan :

      YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.



      English Translation from the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery:

      YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET
      COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY .



      English Translation from a sign posted in Germany's Black Forest :

      IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE
      OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE
      TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE..



      English Translation from a Hotel, Zurich :

      BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX
      IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS
      PURPOSE.



      English Translation from an Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand :

      WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?



      English Translation from an Airline ticket office, Copenhagen :

      WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.



      English Translation from a laundry in Rome :

      LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME

      If you want to avoid your business being featured on listings of funny translation examples, we suggest that you engage a professional Translator - its just not worth risking teh damage to your reputation.
       

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