Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: Main screen turn on.
CATS: All your base are belong to us.
CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Captain: Move 'ZIG'.
Captain: For great justice.

#AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs #BadTranslations

The history of this accidentally hilarious videogame (Zero Wing) translation from Japanese:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us

The humorous takes (pointing deep into the history of wiki edits):
https://en.uncyclopedia.co/w/index.php?title=All_Your_Base_Are_Belong_To_Us&oldid=3640110

US citizens with a sense of humour may want to scroll down to the version on the "2008 U.S. Presidential Election", featuring Obama and McCain.

Thinking about #BadTranslations of movie/book titles from #English to #German and not for the first time lamenting that Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" was not just translated as "Zwielicht", which is not only the exact etymological counterpart, but also a nice example for the divergence of the two languages due to different #soundChanges. The /t/ vs. /ts/ in "Twi" vs. "Zwie" is due to the the High German sound shift (cf. similarly in the words for 2: "two"/"zwei"). The "light"/"licht" in the second part shows what happened to the leftovers of the First Germanic Sound shift, /g/ > /x/, which was dropped in English but stayed on in German. The actual translation is "Bis(s) zum Morgengrauen" 'Until dawn/A bite for dawn'.

Danoise aux raisins...

#badTranslations

Paratha en peluche... :blobcatgiggle2:

#badTranslations

So it turns out the Berlin transport company (BVG) advertises the 49€ Ticket in English but the form is in German (this doesn't surprise me and I'm not annoyed really) - this leads to Firefox' local translation giving me this WONDERFUL select box #deutsche #german #badTranslations

Always auch a shame when your enjoyment of media is a bit soured because the authors didn't bother to hire a native speaker for proofreading... (this is The Unwritten by Mike Carey).

#TheUnwritten #GraphicNovels #BadTranslations