# Worst. Translation. Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044 "2003-01-12T00:26:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/1 "2003-01-12T00:26:48Z")
You have to see this–everything on _[engrish.com](http://engrish.com)_ looks professionally done by a bilinguist compared to this: [http://www.dumbwarnings.com/comments.php?warning\_id=195](http://www.dumbwarnings.com/comments.php?warning_id=195) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/2 "2003-01-12T00:34:10Z")
Aaaaaaaaaugh!! I translate for a living. I’m studying to become board-certified. And that text - it made my nuts hurt. Oy gevalt. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/3 "2003-01-12T00:38:14Z")
Does anyone else think this is absolutely ridiculous? Is there any reason why non-English companies can’t find at least one person who could properly translate stuff like this? ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/4 "2003-01-12T01:05:13Z")
May pre house the seamy side volitation!!! Wow!!! They just don’t make them like that everyday. Depending on how the gizmo is used I’m thinking you could get some excellent ‘seamy side volitations’ out of it. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/5 "2003-01-12T01:55:09Z")
Is it possible this was done badly on purpose as a joke, and then submitted to that website to see if people would really believe it? It looks so bad that I suspect it’s satire, like the Bonsai Kittens, which a lot of people I know fell for. Just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/6 "2003-01-12T01:58:33Z")
All your fans are belong to me. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/7 "2003-01-12T01:59:41Z")
Incoherent so was that it I even realize not ceiling fan it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/8 "2003-01-12T04:06:16Z")
Didn’t **Jack Batty** have #5 on [this list](http://www.dumbwarnings.com/top_ten.php) as his sig? ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/9 "2003-01-12T11:36:05Z")
**bluecanary** , that was sensational. I just spent the last five minutes laughing. My sides are hurting now and it’s all YOUR fault! And when I was done laughing at that, **matt\_mcl’s** comment set me off again. LMAO!!! You two bastards. I’ll be suing for compensation for the physiotherapy my poor sides will undoubtedly need! Max 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/10 "2003-01-12T12:21:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*Didn’t **Jack Batty** have #5 on [this list](http://www.dumbwarnings.com/top_ten.php) as his sig? \*\* Yeah, but they got the syntax all clunky. It just doesn’t “sing”. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/11 "2003-01-12T13:01:57Z")
Most of the other warnings on the top 10 list I’d seen loads of times on different e-funnies websites–the _Flying Goku_ seems to be exclusive to that site. Maxxxie–sig? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/12 "2003-01-12T18:19:30Z")
When I was an English as a Foreign Language instructor, I’d use stuff like this as translation exercises. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/13 "2003-01-12T22:39:00Z")
What is “wield” supposed to mean? ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/14 "2003-01-13T00:04:33Z")
It looks like a joke to me but I’ve seen plenty of similar stuff. The coat I am wearing right now has a label which says “We of honor is originate/come exceleny of solicitude”. huh? You can see it at [http://sailor.teemingmillions.com/engrish.htm](http://sailor.teemingmillions.com/engrish.htm) And then I am reminded of [Dave Barry’s “Read This First” column](http://www.well.com/~bltz/read-this-first.html) > [@](#): > > INSTRUCTIONS: For results that can be the finest, it is our advising that: NEVER to hold these buttons two times!! Except the battery. Next taking the (something) earth section may cause a large occurrence! However. If this is not a trouble, such rotation is a very maintenance action, as a kindly (something) viewpoint from Drawing B. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/15 "2003-01-13T00:31:11Z")
I’d love to know if it’s a joke–if it is, it’s very convincing. Til the cowcomes home. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/16 "2003-01-13T01:56:35Z")
If i saw that warning, I’d understand perfectly b/c I’m a fan of **Dragon Ball Z**. Obviously the translator knows what he/she is talking about!! For real, I’m serious this time!! ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/17 "2003-01-13T01:56:44Z")
I have a notebook that was made in China, and the cover says: > [@](#): > > FAMOUS BRAND > notebook > > Specially engineered for your outstanding cause! I’m not sure it’s “specially,” I don’t have the notebook in front of me right now. But really, it was manufactured for my outstanding cause! Now I feel like I need to find a cause that’s actually outstanding, because my Chinese notebook is giving me an inferiority complex. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/18 "2003-01-13T02:57:54Z")
“Till the cowcomes home. Wield toys damage burn - in prythee wind to a close wield.” “Till the cowcomes home” makes me suspicious that this is a joke. Maybe not though. ---
**Author:** ![phlebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phlebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phlebert)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-translation-ever/148044/19 "2003-01-13T03:29:24Z")
Yikes! that hurts! After reading that, I feel compelled to translate my own personal warning label _While watching label, Brain must be watching NO. Prythee wide berth giving head as rupture may cause bloodstream exposed to face and genitals._ as seen on instructions for flying phlebert doll BTW, for some reason it seems related to point out a hilarious sight which profiles bad bad candy (most of which is)from other countries. Have you ever opened a strangely wrapped exotic piece of candy from another land, only to discover the delicate flavor of gasoline and onions? than [http://www.bad-candy.com/](http://www.bad-candy.com/) is for you