139 Translation Fails That Will Have You Rolling On The Floor Laughing
If you're running a business in a tourist-heavy country, having signage in English is a smart move. Your smarts go out the window, however, if the English translations you display turns into the wrong kind of funny jokes. We understand that not everyone knows the language well enough not to get lost in translation, but please - don't trust Google Translate to give you anything but an absolutely literal conversion of whatever you type in, making your sign into a hilariously funny fail.
Well, to be fair on Google Translate, it's possible that some of these errors were just honest typos. Other times, these funny signs display the best of both Engrish and Spanglish languages. Either way, scroll down to see the funniest bad translations people have come across during their travels and vote for the most epic fails. Anyone up for a nice 'decomposed Moscow mule' later?
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When you had spicy food the last night, toilet does become the place of prayer
Coconut Humans? What should be the word after coconut? Can't figure it out.
Yummm , technology for lunch today ... Not just any technology , but lemongrass frog tech , the most exotic one !
There is a river in Basrah called the Shat Al Arab, this may be a Iraqi fishmonger
This one is not a bad translation. It's literally the same (and same meaning in French too ;) )
Both German and English translations are so hilarious that I had to go and actually google this one, to see what it was supposed to say :) It sure takes the art of miss-translation to the next level - Crema de verdura would be vegetable soup - any native Spanish speaker here is welcome to correct :)
Even though I should walk in the valley of the shadow of death, on the path under the roof of dangerous, I will fear no evil, all though I might cringe a little.... Psalm 23:4, King George III edition
