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Worst (or Greatest?) Movie Title Translations
Titles are a dynamic part of any creative work, especially when it comes to movies. They can be easy, literal, straightforward (Titanic) or symbolic, dramatic, creative (Eternal Sunshine of the...
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Top 10 Worst Dialogue Translations In Video Games
Video games, like everything else, often suffer from translation mistakes in their localization process. Especially since most are made in Japan and other Asian countries, where the translation into...
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A Few More Bad Video Game Translations
It seems the list of translation mistakes and grammar errors present in video games is just like BattleToads; it just keeps going and going… I recently did a post of Top 10 Worst Dialogue Translations...
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Kraft’s New Snack Company’s Name Makes Jaws Drop
The name that Kraft Foods chose for its global snack spinoff — Mondelez International — has initiated a lot of comments, and in particular, a lot of laughs in Russia. Kraft says it chose the name to...
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11 Funny Foreign Sayings
…And What They Mean Raining cats and dogs Sayings, or idioms, are commonly known expressions whose meaning is symbolized by a generally unrelated phrase. For example, kick the bucket meaning ‘to die’....
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10 Regional Americanisms For Your Next Roadtrip
by Matt Bramowicz A little while back I did a blog post about the Dictionary of American Regional English which is compilation of regional phrases from all over the United States. It has been a...
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Funny Newspaper Headlines Make You Think Twice
Happens all the time... by Matt Bramowicz Even if there is no translation involved, language can still get messed up or inadvertently send the wrong message. These unintentional puns or double...
View ArticleIncomprehensible Shouting Named Official U.S. Language
Congress has deemed yelling and screaming as the nation’s official mode of communication. Incomprehensible Shouting Named Official U.S. Language Source: The Onion jQuery(document).ready(function($) {...
View ArticleFunny Video Friday: Sign Language
It’s Friday again, so here for your entertainment is another Funny Video Friday submission!
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Happy Friday! For today’s submission, I’m bringing you a French language program commercial. As always, don’t forget to check out our previous Funny Video Friday submissions. Thanks, and keep sending...
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