Error'd: Said Different
I know it's not nice to mock mistranslations, but would you believe we're laughing with them,not at them? In response to recent criticism of the difficulty of identifying preciselywhat is at issue, two of our readers have chosen to highlight the offending element.Thanks for saving me the trouble!"
"Bad Dutch translation, or is't?" askethMike V."I visited the Dutch Dell site https://www.dell.com/nl-nl and noticed thebad translation on the "Accept All" cookies button. Then Ivisited the UK page on https://www.dell.com/en-uk and was not sosure anymore about the bad translation. Funny thing is thatthe text above the buttons refer to the buttons witha completely different text (which is an Error'd in itself)" If I squint I can almost see howthis kind of translation could happen.
"Going under german" meintMatthias J.."Trying to add info to my Euro-Tunnel France to Britainbooking, seems LeShuttle does not care for my (old) germanlanguage setting anymore." Mox nix, as Kilroy said.
"Do you understand?!" rzants sztmbr"Am I a liar when clicking "Understand" under this crypticmessage in Polish Glovo app?"
The Beast in Black gets two extra points for the Johnny Five meme herebut minus two for the Mr Miyagi. Easy come, easy go. Beast says "I'm floored! Apparently I can improve my floor so theRoborock robot vacuum cleaner can better it. How, though? Pre-clean?Wax on wax off? Need input, Stephanie!"
"This one made me laugh today. Please provide your psychic address." Yes, humour is a strong physic!TheRealSteveJudge"Really funny. This was found at German Ebay. A Chineseseller of Makita compatible stuff. Please provide your psychic address.Please see in the last line before the orange bar.What is my psychic address? I still have to findout."




