The Backstroke of the West...
Before she went on vacation, Melissa shared a little gem with us, via her blog:
If you've seen "Revenge of the Sith", or even if you haven't, you really desperately need to go here, and see what happens when a movie is translated into Chinese, and then directly back into English.
If you've seen "Revenge of the Sith", or even if you haven't, you really desperately need to go here, and see what happens when a movie is translated into Chinese, and then directly back into English.
This is so funny, it made me cry ...
(keep in mind, I have a cold, so if this turns out not to be funny, I'm blaming the fever ... and Melissa)
There's even a pretty interesting comment section afterwards in which someone speculates about why these specific mistranslations took place ... if you are interested in lingustics :)
posted by Anna at
8/18/2005 07:26:00 AM
3 Comments:
On a related (though not as funny, I think) note, Engrish.com.
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Ted Pavlic, at 5:36 PM
I love the fact that I discovered this little gem, but Melissa is getting all the credit for it. Everyone who reads it:
"Oh that's really funny Melissa. How do you find these things?"
Just because I was being responsible with my time and not goofing off by blogging about it, Melissa gets the kudos!
How did I discover it? Umm... it came up in my research while I was trying to track down information for my General Motors case study... honest.
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Anonymous, at 8:31 PM
Oh play nice honey - I gave credit. Besides 'our dichotomy opens the combat.' :P
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Costume Diva, at 10:48 AM
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