Why it's difficult to shop overseas
Written by ForeignExchange Translations on Saturday, July 11, 2009
... without breaking into laughter, that is!
John Lejderman maintains a terrific page of jokes related to translation and languages.
Enjoy a good laugh - but be careful when trying to translate jokes.
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1 Comment:
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July 12, 2009 7:35 AM
Some of these are really funny! I knew the Polish "false friend" before: English associations with the Polish word "fart" (meaning "luck") are indeed unfortunate! The same would be with the Polish word for "wine" - "wino", wouldn't it?
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