Off topic: Guess what the French is.... Thread poster: Connor
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Connor 
Local time: 17:20
French to English
The following text was actually written on the jars of the product sent all over the world. Just thought I would share it with you before it gets sorted...(the mussels were pretty much the same but translated as 'mould'!!! bon appetit....
Squids stuffed in the hand, farce pure pig, tomatoes, garlic, fresh egg, bread, salt, pepper, parsley, herbs of Provence and aromatics.
Preparation is ready to use. Heat the contents of the jar, present on a flat accompanied with potat... See more The following text was actually written on the jars of the product sent all over the world. Just thought I would share it with you before it gets sorted...(the mussels were pretty much the same but translated as 'mould'!!! bon appetit....
Squids stuffed in the hand, farce pure pig, tomatoes, garlic, fresh egg, bread, salt, pepper, parsley, herbs of Provence and aromatics.
Preparation is ready to use. Heat the contents of the jar, present on a flat accompanied with potatoes vapors, pastas or rice and of our excellent Rust Sétoise. ▲ Collapse
| | | | NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 11:20
Member (2002)
French to English
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Connor wrote:
Squids stuffed in the hand
Hope they practice proper hygiene procedures...
Dontcha just love machine translation....
Nancy
| | | | avsie (X)
Local time: 17:20
English to French
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| That reminds me... | Mar 14, 2007 |
During my last trip back home in canada, I bought dividers with 3 holes in Letter format, something which is virtually unavailable in Europe.
English:
8 assorted poly dividers
French:
8 intercalaires Polonais variés
How can someone (or something!) translate "poly" as "Polonais" (Polish) is beyond me...
| | | | Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 17:20
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Catalan to English
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Irene N
United States
Local time: 10:20
English to Russian
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| Borrowed from the Russian thread The Jems of Translation | Mar 15, 2007 |
How can someone (or something!)
Exactly - something, i.e. a machine:-)
Hotel amenities in Turkey:
English: The biggest aqua park in Europe
Russian: The largest water is parking in Europe
Also:
air conditions and minirod (A/C and minibar)
| | | | | In case of fire ... | Mar 15, 2007 |
IreneN wrote:
How can someone (or something!)
Exactly - something, i.e. a machine:-) Hotel amenities in Turkey: English: The biggest aqua park in Europe Russian: The largest water is parking in Europe Also: air conditions and minirod (A/C and minibar)
On the subject of hotels, we were intrigued by the fire escape instructions translated from French to English on the door of our hotel room in Millau recently (like other Prozians, I can't resist reading such gripping topics), which included:
1. Stay cool. (We liked this, it sounded so British - stiff upper lip, chaps).
2. Stop when walking.
The latter seemed to bear no relation to anything in the French original and we still don't know what it meant.
Regards,
Jenny.
| | | | | Walk don't run | Mar 15, 2007 |
Jenny,
I'm guessing the original said something like this. That's what I would expect after "remain calm".Terry
| | | | | That reminds me.... | Mar 15, 2007 |
of a bottle of fruit drink that I found in England. The French translation was just wonderful and I really regret not keeping it. It claimed, among other things, to be made from "juice of concentrated" and strongly advised not to "keep the bottle in heat".
The mind boggles...
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slabejka
Local time: 17:20
Slovak to English
| Those darn kids... | Mar 15, 2007 |
I love the translations found on many products, my 2 recent faves are these: on a bag of biscuits intended to be toddler food - Little Children Sponge Drops
And on a recently purchased spaetzle-making gadget the recipe called on the cook to "cut the bacon into little bones"
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