2008-11-14 00:47:52
say what?
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the welsh portion of the sign actually reads: «I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated».

read how and why. It's hilarious. Plus there's a list of other mistranslations that'll have you laughing for a bit.
 
2008-11-14 14:27:25
LOL! That's pretty good. It makes me wonder how much of my Kanji makes sense.
2008-11-14 23:29:51
ha ha! so you speak Japanese or are you err, Japanese? i studied some at university in Germany and the States, but class was too early in the morning... and i'm most definitely NOT a morning, nor even a NOON person...
2008-11-26 20:24:44
I'm not Japanese nor do I speak it but I still had to translate an application's text from English to Japanese. I used some translation software with corrections made by a friend in Tokyo who thought some of my text was pretty funny. But he didn't get to it all while I was in Tokyo and I wonder how many asians are laughing at my menu items and stuff right now? :D

I'm not a morning person either. Fortunately, I work at home and more or less make my own hours.
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