Funny translations. When other lingo is translated to English.

United States
March 6, 2007 1:56pm CST
Until recently, law required all movies made in Hong Kong had to have English subtitles. But producers spend as little on translations as possible.... "How can I make love without TV?" "Who gave you the nerve to get killed here?" Did you ever find funny translations?
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happylim
@happylim (658)
• Malaysia
12 Mar 07
You can pick up tons of example as what you said. Like "Riding a horse to see flower", "People mountain people sea", "No money no talk" etc.
anabella
@anabella (80)
• United States
18 Mar 07
I was talking about translation....
BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47670)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Mar 07
There is a website called Engrish.com that posts all sorts of weird and funny translations.
anabella
@anabella (80)
• United States
18 Mar 07
thank you
polachicago
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
6 Mar 07
When translated into Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan "finger-lickin' good" came out as "eat your fingers off".
anabella
@anabella (80)
• United States
12 Mar 07
that is funny:)
adidas7878
@adidas7878 (1891)
• United States
6 Mar 07
i think one of the reason is that is because people in hong kong are used to english from england, alot of time people try to put words together to make it what they think it is the right words, not always get translate into the right words for you. is like you learn to speak chinese, they would think it is funny and how you words things
anabella
@anabella (80)
• United States
12 Mar 07
this is wrong translation regarding of english source.