DISCLAIMER: This video is NOT meant to make fun of anybody, whether they're learning English or otherwise. On the contrary, it's about learning to laugh at our mistakes, learn from them, and to always look from other people's perspectives. We all make mistakes. We, as humans, are also a lot more similar than we all realize, and we should be celebrating our differences instead of letting them divide us. Enjoy!
i know im asking the wrong place but does any of you know a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I stupidly lost my password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me!
@Otto Tobias Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im in the hacking process now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
Don't really know how I came to your video, but since I am German and I sometimes am able to speak it correctly: A "Nothahn" is an emergency valve. This particular picture is likely taken in a bus or a train, since the doors are often kept shut with hydraulics. So this valve will release the pressure of the hydraulics, enabling you to open it in case of emergency. Fun fact: The translation is somehow still kind of correct. In chemistry labs and technical facilities you will find "Dreiwegehähne", which are in English translated as three-way (stop)cocks.
14:28 this one never fails to make me laugh lol so the word حامل (pronounced as “ha-mel”) have the meaning of something that holds or carry other things.. the most widely used meaning is “pregnant” that’s why the translation came this way.. but in this context it -the two words together- actually means bags carrier or what I believe you guys call a “bellhop”
"Wet Probability" sign's second language is Turkish and it says: "Caution, may be wet". If the flooring material is a shiny one, sometimes it can be hard to understand if it's wet, kinda like the black ice situation. That's why I assume they wrote it like that. Normally just "Caution, wet floor" would suffice.
11:49 This translation is actually *_too_* accurate given that most English speakers won't know what rip-currents are. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_current
@@Sagitarria no, in Australia it’s just shortened to rips, and different places/countries have different names but not enough know about them or how to get out of them or bother to know and need to get rescued… even though the flags are right there warning and telling them... and then they act uppity about it afterwards sometimes...
I always love finding these in the wild! It's interesting too when you speak the language of the person who wrote it and can understand why they made that mistake.
I truly admire people who translate poetry or other text which rhymes... so that it convey the same message and still rhymes. I think Polish language is really good at it, because it is flexive and you can change the word order almost freely and it does make sense. When combined with useing synonyms, you get as much as needed to translate rhymes to rhymes. Adam Mickiewicz, a poet himself but also translator was such a genius. He translated George Byron's biggest works into Polish. I read "Giaur" in both languages and I was soooo amazed. The translation is so perfect... and it keeps the rhymes and convey the message beautifully, without loosing any of the meaning👍
PLEASEEE THIS IS SO FUNNY 😂😭😭 I actually have this hobby to search for poor Arabic to English translations on Google every now and then.. it’s always funny to see and share with my family and friends
Example of too direct Polish-English translation: Dziękuję z góry - thank you from the mountain (z góry - in advance, but mountains are also "góry" in Polish)
What's funny about that 'dead' slow one is that here in Manchester (Northern England) I've seen a lot of car parks that have this phrase on the ground. 'Dead' is slang for 'very' here so the signs are trying to say to pls go very slow 😂.
From this beach-b**ch confusion, I remember this Turkish comedian's CZcams talk show, where he sometimes has sponsored content from Cambly, an English-learning app that has native English tutors and teachers for practice. He connects to a teacher, asks him/her questions in his mostly broken English, for added hilarity and promotion (if you speak English lousy like me....blabla) . Anyway, once he spoke with a teacher for some time, then thanked him for his patience and handling his jokes well. But he kinda pronounced the word "joke" like "jock" and the teacher was kinda baffled for a second.
4:34 im guessing it has to do with the fact that hahn is "male" chicken in German... but a nothahn is basically emergency exit (i think literal translation would be emergency handle)
In France it is technicaly illegal to refuse access to the bathroom to someone it is in the law even if it is in your own house 😅 (don't ask why I have no idea 🤣) but when you go to a bar to go to the bathroom you usualy at least take a drink out of courtesy
They dropped the "H" in "THROW" and the second "Н" in "ВНИМАНИЕ". Hmmm. It reminds me the problems with Russian encoding in FidoNet ("МЕЯ ВИДО? -- ЕТ, Е ВИДО!").
Rip currents (or rips) is accurate though… And "Porn fashion" I mean, at least they're honest? And not pretending their stuff is classy and respectful?
Titbit is the proper word, americans changed it to tidbit because they were prudish. If they were speaking british english they were correct. The wrong part was below that. 2:46
Cole, I grew up in south India so I have a smattering of Telugu and even less of Hindi in my background. But what this means is that I have a slight predilection toward enjoying an occasional Indian movie. That's also where I cringe at their subtitles 😬. 😅
I think a lot of these are actually accurate translations, and simply not knowing that English words have these meanings. An "emergency cock" might not be the way someone would exactly phrase it, but "cock" does mean "valve", as in stop cock for example, or as in the verb to cock something. A "rip current" is just... a thing, isn't it? Maybe it's not the most well known phrase, but I'm not sure exactly what else you would call it. You could probably describe it with other adjectives, but why bother when there's a word combination which means exactly the right thing. "dead slow", although likely resulting from a bad translation, is definitely valid in some regions. Personally, I would easily recognise the adverb "dead" to mean "extremely", although it's quite informal. "dead serious" would probably be the most common use case. But there are other times when "dead" is an adjective not literally meaning "deceased", but instead meaning complete or final, as in "dead stop" or "dead end" - I think this is pretty similar. "boneless lamb" is perfectly descriptive. I've definitely used the adjective "boneless" - is this incorrect in some contexts? I guess you could say "on the bone" or "off the bone", but if I wanted to say lamb without a bone in the simplest way, I would have said "boneless lamb" is easiest.
The german thing is kind of a valve. We also translate water tap to 'Wasserhahn' which literally means water cock. But I don't no why. Just a funny word, we used every day 🤗 Greetings from Berlin 😎
I wasn't calling the language weak haha the expression "I'm weak" or "*blank* makes me weak" just means that I find something to be really funny, but in the best way possible of course :)
Kareem, so many people have no idea that Sans Serif is not pronounced "SANS SAIR-if", but instead "SANS suh-REEF", as in "without a serif"; it goes without saying they have no idea what a serif is or its usage. Most people are too preoccupied to learn specifics when they just want to be entertained. Aspiration is a virtue. (Thanks for your example, by the way; its truth is exemplary for other languages as well.)
Well, actually, this video DOES take the piss out of poor translations as evidenced by you falling about with laughter. Why not show examples of British/American signs etc. which get it completely wrong?
DISCLAIMER: This video is NOT meant to make fun of anybody, whether they're learning English or otherwise. On the contrary, it's about learning to laugh at our mistakes, learn from them, and to always look from other people's perspectives. We all make mistakes. We, as humans, are also a lot more similar than we all realize, and we should be celebrating our differences instead of letting them divide us. Enjoy!
i know im asking the wrong place but does any of you know a tool to log back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly lost my password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me!
@Derek William instablaster :)
@Otto Tobias Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im in the hacking process now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Otto Tobias It worked and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thank you so much, you saved my account!
@Derek William You are welcome xD
Don't really know how I came to your video, but since I am German and I sometimes am able to speak it correctly:
A "Nothahn" is an emergency valve. This particular picture is likely taken in a bus or a train, since the doors are often kept shut with hydraulics. So this valve will release the pressure of the hydraulics, enabling you to open it in case of emergency.
Fun fact: The translation is somehow still kind of correct. In chemistry labs and technical facilities you will find "Dreiwegehähne", which are in English translated as three-way (stop)cocks.
Interesting.... thank you so much for clearing that up!
4:11
cry
shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, or grief.
"the center forward cried in pain as he went down under the challenge"
14:28 this one never fails to make me laugh lol so the word حامل (pronounced as “ha-mel”) have the meaning of something that holds or carry other things.. the most widely used meaning is “pregnant” that’s why the translation came this way.. but in this context it -the two words together- actually means bags carrier or what I believe you guys call a “bellhop”
"Wet Probability" sign's second language is Turkish and it says: "Caution, may be wet". If the flooring material is a shiny one, sometimes it can be hard to understand if it's wet, kinda like the black ice situation. That's why I assume they wrote it like that. Normally just "Caution, wet floor" would suffice.
4:04 To cry out = to yell ... so it's understandably misunderstood ....
11:49 This translation is actually *_too_* accurate given that most English speakers won't know what rip-currents are.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_current
Wow you're right! I had no idea what a "rip current" was, just a riptide lol thank you
might be an inland thing- we are taught as children to avoid rip currents here in Oregon.
@@Sagitarria no, in Australia it’s just shortened to rips, and different places/countries have different names but not enough know about them or how to get out of them or bother to know and need to get rescued… even though the flags are right there warning and telling them... and then they act uppity about it afterwards sometimes...
How you gonna go over Titbits and not Sheep Turds and Dog Turds in the same picture to describe fish? LOL
Ngl I COMPLETELY missed those while I was recording 😂
I would say fingerfood is a better translation for "petisco" haha. Btw I'm already addicted to ur channel! Shout out from Brazil
Muito obrigado Ayslann!
I always love finding these in the wild! It's interesting too when you speak the language of the person who wrote it and can understand why they made that mistake.
Yes absolutely!!
I truly admire people who translate poetry or other text which rhymes... so that it convey the same message and still rhymes. I think Polish language is really good at it, because it is flexive and you can change the word order almost freely and it does make sense. When combined with useing synonyms, you get as much as needed to translate rhymes to rhymes. Adam Mickiewicz, a poet himself but also translator was such a genius. He translated George Byron's biggest works into Polish. I read "Giaur" in both languages and I was soooo amazed. The translation is so perfect... and it keeps the rhymes and convey the message beautifully, without loosing any of the meaning👍
I think it´s ridiculous you don´t have more subscribers. Keep up the good content!
Thank you I'll certainly try!!
To yell or to cry out is the same thing. I can defo see how you get cry from yell
Everyone loves a clean B#%^ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That killed me
PLEASEEE THIS IS SO FUNNY 😂😭😭 I actually have this hobby to search for poor Arabic to English translations on Google every now and then.. it’s always funny to see and share with my family and friends
Example of too direct Polish-English translation:
Dziękuję z góry - thank you from the mountain (z góry - in advance, but mountains are also "góry" in Polish)
What's funny about that 'dead' slow one is that here in Manchester (Northern England) I've seen a lot of car parks that have this phrase on the ground. 'Dead' is slang for 'very' here so the signs are trying to say to pls go very slow 😂.
The funniest are idioms translated directly🙂 word by word
From this beach-b**ch confusion, I remember this Turkish comedian's CZcams talk show, where he sometimes has sponsored content from Cambly, an English-learning app that has native English tutors and teachers for practice. He connects to a teacher, asks him/her questions in his mostly broken English, for added hilarity and promotion (if you speak English lousy like me....blabla) . Anyway, once he spoke with a teacher for some time, then thanked him for his patience and handling his jokes well. But he kinda pronounced the word "joke" like "jock" and the teacher was kinda baffled for a second.
4:34 im guessing it has to do with the fact that hahn is "male" chicken in German... but a nothahn is basically emergency exit (i think literal translation would be emergency handle)
hahahaha! I still need to take care to avoid saying B!tch !!! LoL
Hahahaha don't worry about it!
@@ColeLangs 😉
In France it is technicaly illegal to refuse access to the bathroom to someone it is in the law even if it is in your own house 😅 (don't ask why I have no idea 🤣) but when you go to a bar to go to the bathroom you usualy at least take a drink out of courtesy
Really?! That's really interesting thank you for sharing that!
@@ColeLangs yeah same if you ask for some water it is technicaly illegal to refuse
@@Arvipa.
Same in Brazil
The brazilian portuguese ones are wonderful! You gotta check a list only for these hahaha
They dropped the "H" in "THROW" and the second "Н" in "ВНИМАНИЕ". Hmmm. It reminds me the problems with Russian encoding in FidoNet ("МЕЯ ВИДО? -- ЕТ, Е ВИДО!").
Rip currents (or rips) is accurate though…
And
"Porn fashion" I mean, at least they're honest? And not pretending their stuff is classy and respectful?
Lolol this shop is actually in my country :)
@@Noor-ys1blbeautiful country and people (:
(And I know my reply is way late 😅)
7:43 I mean, it IS 2020/2021...
4:58 Dilim, Türkçe! 🇹🇷
Titbit is the proper word, americans changed it to tidbit because they were prudish.
If they were speaking british english they were correct.
The wrong part was below that. 2:46
Cole, I grew up in south India so I have a smattering of Telugu and even less of Hindi in my background. But what this means is that I have a slight predilection toward enjoying an occasional Indian movie. That's also where I cringe at their subtitles 😬. 😅
hahahah that's awesome!
bro cry also means yell , like when u say the war cry
it is Arabic, but in Arabic a word can have many meanings so this is what gonna happen when they use a translator
Yes that's why translators mess so much... Especially when the two languages are so different!
I think a lot of these are actually accurate translations, and simply not knowing that English words have these meanings.
An "emergency cock" might not be the way someone would exactly phrase it, but "cock" does mean "valve", as in stop cock for example, or as in the verb to cock something.
A "rip current" is just... a thing, isn't it? Maybe it's not the most well known phrase, but I'm not sure exactly what else you would call it. You could probably describe it with other adjectives, but why bother when there's a word combination which means exactly the right thing.
"dead slow", although likely resulting from a bad translation, is definitely valid in some regions. Personally, I would easily recognise the adverb "dead" to mean "extremely", although it's quite informal. "dead serious" would probably be the most common use case. But there are other times when "dead" is an adjective not literally meaning "deceased", but instead meaning complete or final, as in "dead stop" or "dead end" - I think this is pretty similar.
"boneless lamb" is perfectly descriptive. I've definitely used the adjective "boneless" - is this incorrect in some contexts? I guess you could say "on the bone" or "off the bone", but if I wanted to say lamb without a bone in the simplest way, I would have said "boneless lamb" is easiest.
13:54 is actually an accurate translation from Filipino. The restaurant title is a play on swear words 🤭
The german thing is kind of a valve. We also translate water tap to 'Wasserhahn' which literally means water cock. But I don't no why. Just a funny word, we used every day 🤗
Greetings from Berlin 😎
5:00 My bet is on Turkish because of the dotted and dotless “i”. İi Iı
yeah it is turkish and here is the other magical letters ğ ö ç ı ü ş
In addition, we don't have “q”, “w” and “x” but only for foreign names or other language words
4:58 that's Turkish language
The Hindi translation says: Do not eat on the floor (carpet literally). - This is a mandate/order
The Arabic translation is hilarious
I know xDDD I really need to start learning it
@@ColeLangs just say and I'm ready to help
What a funny video🤣🤣🤣
Hiiiii
Yep, in Britain their "public" toilets are for pay only... have coins ready!
I'd just pee on the floor and if they complain, show that that's the result of that
Arabic isn’t weak but a letter can change the whole meaning or the shapping of the letter مَ مُ مِ
I wasn't calling the language weak haha the expression "I'm weak" or "*blank* makes me weak" just means that I find something to be really funny, but in the best way possible of course :)
Kareem, so many people have no idea that Sans Serif is not pronounced "SANS SAIR-if", but instead "SANS suh-REEF", as in "without a serif"; it goes without saying they have no idea what a serif is or its usage. Most people are too preoccupied to learn specifics when they just want to be entertained. Aspiration is a virtue. (Thanks for your example, by the way; its truth is exemplary for other languages as well.)
Well, actually, this video DOES take the piss out of poor translations as evidenced by you falling about with laughter. Why not show examples of British/American signs etc. which get it completely wrong?
shut up Karen