Lost in Translation

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JenHB
JenHB
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8:17pm, 19 Oct 2023
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It's sometimes amusing having subtitles on with things like the news (or live TV...)
LindsD
LindsD
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10:53pm, 19 Oct 2023
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LindsD
Netflix:
MT is used for some languages with human QC. If it's an original or they bought content without subs.

However.... if Netflix buy a show with subtitles, they don't check them or change them. It's likely that's what happened.

MT probably not used yet for Welsh as MT for Welsh is still rubbish afaik.
larkim
larkim
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11:03pm, 19 Oct 2023
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This was from a family holiday a few years ago in the french Alps and always makes me smile.

Sam Jelfs
Sam Jelfs
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11:04pm, 19 Oct 2023
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Today's vegetarian lunch at a conference venue in Germany was "planted chicken", tasted nice, not sure where they planted it though!
Sweetie
Sweetie
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6:27am, 20 Oct 2023
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Translated menus do seem to be a good source of mistranslations but that one is particularly brilliant Larkim!
Muttley
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7:48am, 20 Oct 2023
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Muttley
This old classic about the Polish driving licence always makes me laugh:

news.bbc.co.uk
LindsD
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LindsD
A friend sent me a picture of a menu in Spain that had a dish called 'Rape, Sailor-style' :-0
Pou Pou LePhoõk
Pou Pou LePhoõk
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7:56am, 20 Oct 2023
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Pou Pou LePhoõk
Google can struggle sometimes

Muttley
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LindsD: I fear that our trade is a dying one under the influence of AI and machine translation. Certainly it's getting harder all the while to make a living from fluency in a foreign language. I work mostly from audiovisual these days.

Sweetie Long story but briefly: I learned Russian in the military many years ago and then went on to uni and other things. Did Polish too but that's largely fallen by the wayside now.
LindsD
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10:25am, 20 Oct 2023
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LindsD
That's interesting, Muttley. That's my background, too.

About This Thread

Maintained by Sweetie
Following LindsDs excellent blog about the complexity of translation it starting me thinking about some of the worst mistranslations I have come across over the years. I often use Spanish subtitles when watching English TV programs and I guess these are bashed out quite quickly because some of those translations can be waaaay off!:
An episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine where one character asked “Is that your take away?” (i.e. is that what you understand from this) and the translation was “Is ...

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