tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5573885251520405867..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Found in TranslationOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-37070406431988588832014-01-20T18:34:40.430-05:002014-01-20T18:34:40.430-05:00'Gained in translation' has been mentioned...'Gained in translation' has been mentioned as the reason why Icelandic crime fiction is so popular abroad. (And yes: I realize that it is also popular at home.)Segorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350556632712254581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-52615177318908738262014-01-20T18:03:36.014-05:002014-01-20T18:03:36.014-05:00In my experience, English speakers usually do not ...In my experience, English speakers usually do not recognize ð (lower case eth) as being a variant of 'd' but instead assume that it is an o with some kind of accent.Segorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350556632712254581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25211011249266032802012-09-06T06:51:02.528-04:002012-09-06T06:51:02.528-04:00Lovely stuff - a Thai restaurant opened around the...Lovely stuff - a Thai restaurant opened around the corner from me recently. On the menu was 'Sliced Roast Dick.' More of a typo than translation problem, but...'Ow.'<br /><br />I also knew an author whose book sold very moderately in the UK but was a massive bestseller in Germany. He was trying to work out why there would be such a discrepancy in its popularity. 'Do you think it might have gained something in translation,' a friend said to him. Again...'Ow.'Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320741202757960766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66364259825706093872012-09-06T00:22:09.458-04:002012-09-06T00:22:09.458-04:00My favorites are menus. Here's one that made ...My favorites are menus. Here's one that made my daughter and me laugh so hard we could not order or eat our food without giggling: French offering: chèvre aux raisins. English translation: goats dung with dried grapes!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-51936470681419834152012-09-06T00:09:18.724-04:002012-09-06T00:09:18.724-04:00I guess something gets lost in translation. Sorry,...I guess something gets lost in translation. Sorry, I love the post!lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-62854023355662644122012-09-05T23:14:44.583-04:002012-09-05T23:14:44.583-04:00I shutter/shudder at translators who go on the sou...I shutter/shudder at translators who go on the sound in deciding what the word means. One of my favorites being, "The boy had a window in his side." Yes, pain became pane became...OUCH.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-23567188216194183962012-09-05T23:10:53.175-04:002012-09-05T23:10:53.175-04:00Nice article, Yrsa! Yes, translating English scien...Nice article, Yrsa! Yes, translating English scientific articles is difficult. I heard a Pakistani reporter on the BBC say that assignments to translate English science articles into Urdu are given out as punishment!<br /><br />But since Icelandic is one of the few languages to use Ð (upper case eth) and ð (lower case eth) as a letter of the alphabet, there must be amusing examples of mistranslations into English. Surely many English speakers assume that the lower-case form, ð, is just a malformed "d." Tony Conawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07256198676368979247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-24143704589779110812012-09-05T23:09:06.089-04:002012-09-05T23:09:06.089-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tony Conawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07256198676368979247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45760150046645526712012-09-05T22:58:46.789-04:002012-09-05T22:58:46.789-04:00"The readers of this article were thus left s...<i>"The readers of this article were thus left scratching their heads in amazement at how far science has come."</i><br /><br />About how far science had ... oh, yes, yes, yesss! come, you mean.<br /><br />The Italian word for <i>mushrooms</i> is <i>funghi</i>, but the imperfectly multilingual menu I once saw posted at a Chinese restaurant in Florence probably attracted few English-reading diners by offering "fungus." Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-84197321944370387052012-09-05T22:50:04.073-04:002012-09-05T22:50:04.073-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-63834669940555956552012-09-05T20:19:57.612-04:002012-09-05T20:19:57.612-04:00Very funny. I remember buying a Big Mac in Sappor...Very funny. I remember buying a Big Mac in Sapporo in Japan. I walked out of the place with my food safely in a bag that had the following printed on it: Food you have to eat fast! Apparently eating it in a park down the street was fast enough for I'm still here to tell the tale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-57871435879019429152012-09-05T17:21:34.514-04:002012-09-05T17:21:34.514-04:00Love love love your entry. It made me laugh out lo...Love love love your entry. It made me laugh out loud. Especially since it is my goal to become a professional translator. Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824094297160394504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73419833577120402662012-09-05T17:15:58.581-04:002012-09-05T17:15:58.581-04:00I have soooo many of these...translations even hap...I have soooo many of these...translations even happen here from one coast of the US to the other...thanks again for the laugh and such a great read!!!!saw it for youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11428122503576089711noreply@blogger.com