tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post8204981802614333798..comments2023-09-29T10:17:47.133+02:00Comments on Life Through Reflections...: Theme Thursday: "Sign".Zuzanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02137958790178864561noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-29124665688432455672011-06-27T15:04:51.416+02:002011-06-27T15:04:51.416+02:00You would have thought that the speed with which t...You would have thought that the speed with which the "translation" came through would be the first clue that something was up. There can't be many <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rosettatranslation.com/">translation agencies</a> out there are that'll get the text back to you in a matter of seconds. <br /><br />Bit of a comedy of errors, to be sure.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04926243293302420893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-73050791447153233232010-04-05T13:39:43.630+02:002010-04-05T13:39:43.630+02:00Nancy, slomler, Land Of Shimp, Daryl, TSannie, Mim...Nancy, slomler, Land Of Shimp, Daryl, TSannie, Mimi, Cricket and Daine - thank you all for stopping by prompted by Hilary's nomination. I truly appreciate your time an kind words,<br />xo<br />ZuzanaZuzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137958790178864561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-82760284483830132342010-04-01T21:05:00.103+02:002010-04-01T21:05:00.103+02:00I love when things like this happen
congrats on P...I love when things like this happen<br /><br />congrats on POTWDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-39979511608266105302010-04-01T18:49:26.170+02:002010-04-01T18:49:26.170+02:00Hilarious. Well, as the great JFK once said: I ...Hilarious. Well, as the great JFK once said: <i> I am a jelly doughnut!</i> Congratulations on the potw and thanks for the laugh.Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584174478393760131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-57803904078074231462010-04-01T00:12:45.399+02:002010-04-01T00:12:45.399+02:00Congrats on POTD mention at Hilary's.
Well des...Congrats on POTD mention at Hilary's.<br />Well deserved- this is v. v. funny!Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100985140335023467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-86767166207401570392010-03-31T20:05:46.220+02:002010-03-31T20:05:46.220+02:00Congratulations on the POTW mention. Funny the thi...Congratulations on the POTW mention. Funny the things that happen when translating one language to another!abbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08879476262337290531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-65389073415304153892010-03-31T16:07:02.833+02:002010-03-31T16:07:02.833+02:00Oh my goodness, that's hilarious! Also, that&...Oh my goodness, that's hilarious! Also, that's easily the best theme post I've seen in ages. What a delightful laugh you've given me. <br /><br />Last week, my son and I were headed to our local Target -- as his socks were in shocking condition, truly, you'd think at nineteen he'd at least be able to be in charge of his feet, but no -- and as we were driving in we saw a speed limit sign that listed the speed limit as 17 mph ...which is a weird and arbitrary number...then as we got closer to the store, we saw another listing the speed as 12 1/2 milles per hour. <br /><br />So clearly Target was having a bit of fun, but the funniest sign we saw that day was actually the bumper sticker on the Jeep next to us as we parked: <br /><br />It depicted, with the use of stick figures, a family unit. Mom, Dad, what appeared to be two little girls and a son, as well as two dogs. But the stick figure of the dad was far to the left, with one of the crudely drawn dogs pointed in his direction, seemingly barking at the Dad stick figure as he stood apart from the family. <br /><br />And the Dad stick figure had a large, Red X over him. <br /><br />My son and I nearly fell down laughing in the parking lot. Whatever daddy did to get himself shown the door in that family, it was bad enough that mom evidently felt the need to advertise it to the entire world! <br /><br />We called it the, "Daddy ran away with his administrative assistant." bumper sticker.Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-77214659497055618692010-03-31T11:31:23.613+02:002010-03-31T11:31:23.613+02:00Too, too funny!!! Congrats on your POTW
Hugs
SueA...Too, too funny!!! Congrats on your POTW<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-10895783148649946472010-03-31T08:11:18.812+02:002010-03-31T08:11:18.812+02:00Very funny. Gotta love bureaucracy. Congrats on PO...Very funny. Gotta love bureaucracy. Congrats on POTW!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-37722486031586065392010-03-28T20:59:40.467+02:002010-03-28T20:59:40.467+02:00Patti (welcome), Baino (welcome) and Tina; thank y...Patti (welcome), Baino (welcome) and Tina; thank you for your great comments, glad you enjoyed this "Lost in translation" story.;)<br />xoZuzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137958790178864561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-29484366398722359832010-03-27T04:18:02.302+01:002010-03-27T04:18:02.302+01:00Fun story about the wrongly translated sign! I lov...Fun story about the wrongly translated sign! I love these sorts of things(I'll have to follow your link, too)<br /><br />I always wonder..."how on earth does one pronounce those Welsh words?", whenever I see it written. ;-)Gal Fridayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00643821953484820115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-35952775631630266902010-03-27T02:28:24.279+01:002010-03-27T02:28:24.279+01:00Hilarious, then only the Welsh would know the diff...Hilarious, then only the Welsh would know the difference and well, we all know they don't really matter. (Relax, I'm Welsh!)Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-64905044573754048842010-03-26T17:39:25.276+01:002010-03-26T17:39:25.276+01:00What a funny story! Guess the translator should ha...What a funny story! Guess the translator should have left a translation of his "out of office" message on the recording too.<br /><br />My post for Theme Thursday is up <a href="http://pattiken-pattiken.blogspot.com/2010/03/theme-thursday-sign-of-times.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.PattiKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894925987580502697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-25499538131087184842010-03-26T17:33:14.211+01:002010-03-26T17:33:14.211+01:00Elizabeth, swenglishexpat, Jeanne, Brian, Susan, L...Elizabeth, swenglishexpat, Jeanne, Brian, Susan, Ladycat, Nessa, seema, Margie, Julie, Zuzu, Claudia, Rebecca, Richard, Stevie, Laura, sprinkles, Mahmud, Dan, Shelly, Lynne, Betsy, Hilary, Holly, The Bach, Rajesh, Sumandebray and Jacki; I am so happy that I made you smile, chuckle and laugh.<br /><br />Yes indeed, it is amusing the mistake we can make and the best is to see it with amusement as an honest mistake than anything else. <br />Thank you all so much for your visits, your kind comments make me smile in return.<br /><br />Xoxo<br />ZuzanaZuzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137958790178864561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-91466727964378822082010-03-26T14:20:37.631+01:002010-03-26T14:20:37.631+01:00I love laughing at "lost in translation"...I love laughing at "lost in translation" signs....some are pretty darn funny!<br /><br />Have a great weekend...United Studieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16605529272895583783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-36170031918806895112010-03-26T10:29:36.014+01:002010-03-26T10:29:36.014+01:00How Bizzare!How Bizzare!Sumandebrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586879310421521711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-32201489797658413212010-03-26T05:52:46.336+01:002010-03-26T05:52:46.336+01:00Wonderful!
This is really funny.Wonderful!<br />This is really funny.Rajeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10325697671806865458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-70480873107058931922010-03-26T03:06:26.580+01:002010-03-26T03:06:26.580+01:00Zuzana,
This is too funny! Thanks for sharing the ...Zuzana,<br />This is too funny! Thanks for sharing the translation. I can't believe somebody didn't notice before it went to production.. hee hee.. :) The BachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-84059825031011899442010-03-26T02:49:51.926+01:002010-03-26T02:49:51.926+01:00That is hilarous!! Thank you for sharing.That is hilarous!! Thank you for sharing.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344710994135239866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-25463367434075551822010-03-26T01:18:32.536+01:002010-03-26T01:18:32.536+01:00That's hilarious. Gotta love life's little...That's hilarious. Gotta love life's little bloopers.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-31174617781786679982010-03-26T00:58:19.080+01:002010-03-26T00:58:19.080+01:00I'm so glad you joined in! Yes, this post is ...I'm so glad you joined in! Yes, this post is perfect for today's theme! I do agree with Steviewren that Chinese restaurants/menus are perfect for the lost in translation examples!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-7845527498981517002010-03-26T00:09:28.407+01:002010-03-26T00:09:28.407+01:00Always good to read an amusing story.Always good to read an amusing story.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024237340152393255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-75454411582721773552010-03-25T23:38:18.596+01:002010-03-25T23:38:18.596+01:00That's great! Way too funny. =)
I hope you ar...That's great! Way too funny. =)<br /><br />I hope you are having a WONDERFUL week. ;)<br /><br />xoxo, ShellyShelly's Style Shophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12287445143723761391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-41907104932826759842010-03-25T21:49:18.324+01:002010-03-25T21:49:18.324+01:00Hi Zuzana
Great post! I've sent a link to one...Hi Zuzana<br />Great post! I've sent a link to one of the ladies at work who is refreshing her Welsh at the moment.<br />Best wishes<br />DanDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670407627249157371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784042461030289587.post-54487840619636556192010-03-25T21:48:19.593+01:002010-03-25T21:48:19.593+01:00Makes me laugh very early in the morning.Thanks fo...Makes me laugh very early in the morning.Thanks for brightening my day. I have a similar story to tell you. In Sarawak it is the policy to name streets or roads after famous or well-known personalities who have passed away. Therefore we have a lot of streets and roads with no signs or names all over the land because there are too few dead good people around!!:)))Mahmud Yussophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116124061529529646noreply@blogger.com