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| Marikki Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5496 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, English, Spanish, Swedish Studies: German | Message 73 of 76 02 June 2013 at 6:14pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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”Translations in language exams gone wrong” stories are popular in schoolchildren’s folklkore in Finland. They are often based on double meanings that Finnish words have. Unfortunately I don’t remember any good ones, only this stupid (but amazingly popular) Finnish to Swedish translation: Finnish: Voi äiti, joulukuusi palaa! (Oh, mother, the christmas tree is on fire!) Swedish: Smör mamma, julsexan kommer tillbaka! (Butter mother, christmas six is coming back!) These are supposed to be true stories: My father has told that his Swedish teacher was very angry when someone translated ”a hole in the sock” as ”ett hål i rumpan” instead of ”ett hål i strumpan” (strumpa = sock, rumpa = bum/ butt) My sister’s friend translated Swedish ”söta kattungdomar” (cute kittens) to Finnish as ”makeita täytekakkuja” (sweet iced cakes). One story tells that a Finnish journalist has translated the swedish word ”simbassäng” (swimming pool) as ”simpanssisänky” (chimpanzee bed). (Sw säng = bed, Fi simpanssi = chimpanzee) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| balou67 Triglot Newbie France Joined 5233 days ago 15 posts - 31 votes Speaks: French*, Esperanto, English Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese | Message 74 of 76 02 June 2013 at 10:22pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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[Alsace is a french region next to the German boundary. Alsatians are depicted by a
strong accent, due to their native language (germanic dialect) or the cultural surrounding whereas they speak french. At least that remains true for the elders and/or in the countryside.] An alsatian couple decided to visit Paris. They're amazed by the huge buildings, the large streets, they really enjoy themselves. The husband proposes to eat in a beautiful restaurant tonight. The wife is smiling and says: "I'll have my hair taken care of, let's meet up here in one hour!" An hour later, the husband sees his wife waiting, sad and lost… "What happened, darling? -I don't know… those people are strange… I went in, and a man showed me watches. I said I wanted to have my hair styled and all, but then he showed me necklaces and rings… but before I enter, I'm sure I saw the sign which said "horlogerie & bijouterie"…" [Clocks and jewelery shop. If misread in alsatian, "hoorloggerie un bigouderie" would be understood as "curls and curlers shop"] 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6062 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 75 of 76 03 June 2013 at 2:45am | IP Logged | ||||||||
And in Portuguese. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4874 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 76 of 76 03 June 2013 at 9:29am | IP Logged | ||||||||
And in Norwegian. Also, we got that 95%-of-brain joke in Norwegian too, although the version I've heard invovled a guy who wanted to have half of his brain removed to become a Bergenser, but it ended in sort of the same way... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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