Crappy translations - Page 1
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author: moemoe
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2014, 09:21:45 am
content: Hi,I thought there was already a thread for crappy translations, but couldn't find it. I laughed really hard at this one.'überholt' has two meanings, obsolete and refurbished.And of course, at first I read »Discover our obsolete Products atwww.flirwebshop…«Moritz

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2014, 09:44:29 am
content: I love German engineering, food, and cars. You guys know how to make a sports sedan. Love the e30. But....

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2014, 10:00:39 am
content: "Do not operate while in motion" on a china made bicycle....It seems too stupid to not be lost in translation.

author: moemoe
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2014, 10:10:05 am
content: Quote from: george graves on September 12, 2014, 09:44:29 amYou never heard a frenchmen argue really agressive I guessHere you can hear my preferred pronounciation of "Gänseblümchen"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROPyOak2_2w#t=0m37s

author: alimirjamali
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2014, 10:21:54 am
content: Quote from: moemoe on September 12, 2014, 09:21:45 amActually it might be the correct translationFLIR introduced theFLIR Oneinfrared camera attachment for iPhone 5/5s few months ago.It is already anobsolete designsince it is most probably incompatible withApple's big & bigger iPhone 6 & 6+ phonesRecently Mike (of Mike's Electric Stuff) did a completeof a FLIR One and extracted it's Lepton sensor to build afor himself. He might had returned the remains to FLIR to be stitched together as arefurbished unitWho knows?BTW,Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof, oder noch etwas mehr?

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2014, 10:31:27 am
content: Quote from: moemoe on September 12, 2014, 10:10:05 amI'm an American. When has the world heard a Frenchman really argue? WWII?

author: dannyf
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2014, 11:15:23 am
content: QuoteThat's a good one.My version would have been:Quote

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2014, 11:16:18 pm
content: You gotta see French political debates, it's an all out spew of insults to each other. Maybe it has changed now but 25 years ago I found their use of swear words really impressive!

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 01:24:44 am
content: Quote from: miguelvp on September 12, 2014, 11:16:18 pmHmm, French as in bread, or poutine? You haven't heard swearing until you've heard an angry Quebecer...

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 03:18:47 am
content: Quote from: dannyf on September 12, 2014, 11:15:23 amNapoleon Bonaparte didn't bother arguing,he just invaded!But then again,hewasa Corsican!

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 05:12:45 am
content: Quote from: george graves on September 12, 2014, 10:31:27 amWW1!Of course,you "neutral monkeys" weren't around long enough in that one!"Lafayette we aren't here yet,can you wait 3 years?"

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 05:35:29 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on September 14, 2014, 05:12:45 amDon't worry,Some of us still know how much the French helped us fight the crown to gain our independence, even if they probably did it because they didn't like the britsPretty much they trained our troops so they had a fighting chance and they thought us warfare, I guess we learned that pretty wellMerci beaucoup!

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 06:46:35 am
content: The anti- French thing popped up when,as was their right,the French declined to be part of the "Coalition of the willing" to invade Iraq.The fact that the French did participate in Afghanistan is conveniently forgotten by the bigots who propagate this crap!There are many reasons to dislike or be annoyed by the French,as I have been at times,but this continuedattack on their bravery is below the belt.I like,& admire Americans,& I believe it is beneath them to behave like spoiled children.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 07:06:37 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on September 14, 2014, 06:46:35 amNot all of us were in the same boat, although I have to admit that I did enjoy that period because I could get a good St Emilion wine very cheap at the time.To me the whole, if you are not with us you are against us, was just that, a very stupid thing to say in a democratic society.Not everyone agreed but after all you only hear what the media tells you.

author: f1rmb
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 08:59:10 am
content: Please don't mix French people and French politics, that's a too short path, and really not representative.There are nice and brave people everywhere on this planet, regardless where they're borned.Cheers.---Daniel

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 09:04:57 am
content: Quote from: f1rmb on September 14, 2014, 08:59:10 amI agree on that, but we in the US get that all the time.I like France, specially the decadent part of it (gastronomic wise that is, well maybe the other too)

author: f1rmb
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 09:20:44 am
content: It's the same when some stupid French guys do primal anti-American thing. I've been in US, I walked the streets and meet people, and that's not what I saw in news or TV shows. To make the long story short, don't trust media, go there or try to make contact with people, talk with them, spend time with them, open up your mind.By "you", I don't mean you, but I think you got the idea.And to conclude this, I have many good friends from various countries, and I like them for what they are, and not from urban legends or news papers "informations".But it's just my 2 cents ;-)Cheers.---Daniel

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 09:41:01 am
content: Jokes about different nationalities can be benign or nasty.When I was young,there were similar jokes about Italian military prowess.I never really found them funny,but to my shame,I sniggered,"just to be a part of the group".

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 01:24:28 pm
content: this is the worse i have seen

author: SgtRock
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 08:27:11 pm
content: Greetings EEVBees:--In my view it was never really a matter of Italian fighting ability. It had more to do with the fact that large numbers of Italian troops were growing increasingly uncomfortable with, sacrificing their lives for the Der Führer and his brother socialist Il Duce.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awful_German_Language"Yes, a genuine expert can always foretell a thing that is five hundred years away easier than he can a thing that's only five hundred seconds off."Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens ) 1835 - 1910Best RegardsClear Ether

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 08:51:39 pm
content: Quote from: Sionyn on September 14, 2014, 01:24:28 pmI haven't laugh so hard in my life, I thought I was going to die.

author: Vgkid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 10:08:33 pm
content: Quote from: miguelvp on September 14, 2014, 08:51:39 pmagreed, and so was the reviewer.