Comments on: Translation Fail http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/ Fail and Epic Fail Pictures and Videos in one blog. For all those precious fail moments, whip out your camera and see your epic fail picture and videos here. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: teh gill http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-529624 teh gill Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:34:12 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-529624 epoch call-out win epoch call-out win

]]> By: Dumdi http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-514872 Dumdi Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:01:31 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-514872 Its german and you guys understand it thats the whole thing ;) Its german and you guys understand it thats the whole thing ;)

]]> By: redbedhead http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-485750 redbedhead Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:01:00 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-485750 'unfamiliar' is five syllables by itself. Superiority FAIL. ‘unfamiliar’ is five syllables by itself. Superiority FAIL.

]]> By: Galhar http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-342308 Galhar Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:04:08 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-342308 I ran 'nothahn' through the babelfish translator program, it came out 'emergency cock'. I ran ‘nothahn’ through the babelfish translator program, it came out ‘emergency cock’.

]]> By: jonas http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-333598 jonas Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:11:42 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-333598 oops, double comment fail oops, double comment fail

]]> By: jonas http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-333595 jonas Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:08:38 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-333595 is it less strange to combine the words cock(the animal) and penis, like you do in the english language? is it less strange to combine the words cock(the animal) and penis, like you do in the english language?

]]> By: Alex http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-286947 Alex Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:07:18 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-286947 hm.. I'am german and very confused bout the fact that somebody say "Nothahn" :;D In my opinion this "cock" is a button ! And because of that its called "Notknopf" ( in english : "alarm button" hm..
I’am german and very confused bout the fact that somebody say “Nothahn” :;D
In my opinion this “cock” is a button ! And because of that its called “Notknopf” ( in english : “alarm button”

]]> By: LD0ne http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-275156 LD0ne Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:12:47 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-275156 i've always wanted an emergency cock.. u know just in cast mine's not long enough i’ve always wanted an emergency cock.. u know just in cast mine’s not long enough

]]> By: SaoPaolo90 http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-248095 SaoPaolo90 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:21:50 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-248095 Yes Nothalt does mean emergency stop, but Nothahn means emergency valve and is the correct word. Yes Nothalt does mean emergency stop, but Nothahn means emergency valve and is the correct word.

]]> By: SaoPaolo90 http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-227315 SaoPaolo90 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:37:57 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-227315 Nothahn is the correct word in German, as stated in other replies. And betaetigen is the correct verb, meaning to employ or activate, etc. Bestaetigen is to confirm something. German grammar fail. Nothahn is the correct word in German, as stated in other replies.
And betaetigen is the correct verb, meaning to employ or activate, etc.
Bestaetigen is to confirm something.
German grammar fail.

]]> By: Max http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-222374 Max Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:46:51 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-222374 it should be Nothalt meaning emergency brake or stop it should be Nothalt meaning emergency brake or stop

]]> By: Max http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-222372 Max Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:45:44 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-222372 I happen to speak German and im here right now actually. Nothahn translates into emergency hen, which translates to cock, so im wondering which translation got fucked up first. Nur bei Gefahr Betatigen should be Bestatigen so both translations are hella skewed I happen to speak German and im here right now actually. Nothahn translates into emergency hen, which translates to cock, so im wondering which translation got fucked up first. Nur bei Gefahr Betatigen should be Bestatigen so both translations are hella skewed

]]> By: Tdogg http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-181590 Tdogg Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:38:07 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-181590 they misspelled "activate" too. they misspelled “activate” too.

]]> By: titmonger http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-141106 titmonger Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:17:19 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-141106 fail rooster fail rooster

]]> By: Kamikaze14 http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-141103 Kamikaze14 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:14:31 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-141103 Sorry "need rooster" Sorry “need rooster”

]]> By: Kamikaze14 http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-141102 Kamikaze14 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:14:09 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-141102 I got need "rooster". I got need “rooster”.

]]> By: Xtibet http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-138401 Xtibet Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:34:07 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-138401 it's german Emergency valve Use in case of emergency only Open it by hand it’s german

Emergency valve
Use in case of emergency only
Open it by hand

]]> By: strongfan http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-137760 strongfan Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:30:46 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-137760 you beat me to it :( you beat me to it :(

]]> By: Anon http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-123459 Anon Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:04:05 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-123459 It's translated from German to English, not the other way around. 'Hahn' can be both 'cock' and 'valve' as already mentioned above. Someone did a dictionary translation there. It’s translated from German to English, not the other way around.

‘Hahn’ can be both ‘cock’ and ‘valve’ as already mentioned above.

Someone did a dictionary translation there.

]]> By: Kurisu http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-57911 Kurisu Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:11:47 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-57911 Says the guy with "Vagina" in his username. Says the guy with “Vagina” in his username.

]]> By: mihi http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-53541 mihi Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:47:45 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-53541 It's a HTML entity failure. Your curly quotation marks got converted to HTML entities & #8220; and & #8221; The ; at the end of the entity combined with the ) gave that wink. The failure is that the smily detector did not check whether the semicolon was part of the HTML entity. <) It’s a HTML entity failure. Your curly quotation marks got converted to HTML entities & #8220; and & #8221; The ; at the end of the entity combined with the ) gave that wink. The failure is that the smily detector did not check whether the semicolon was part of the HTML entity.

<)

]]> By: aphrodite http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-52183 aphrodite Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:48:03 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-52183 My favorite comic of all time!!! My favorite comic of all time!!!

]]> By: aphrodite http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-52182 aphrodite Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:46:44 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-52182 PEDANTIC WIN... PEDANTIC WIN…

]]> By: aphrodite http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-52163 aphrodite Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:29:15 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-52163 If only I could "actuate" a cock!!!! Then life would be perfect... If only I could “actuate” a cock!!!! Then life would be perfect…

]]> By: Me http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-47968 Me Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:06:28 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-47968 LOL BURN OF THE WEEK CONFIRMED!!! LOL BURN OF THE WEEK CONFIRMED!!!

]]> By: jensalik http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-47224 jensalik Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:22:41 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-47224 well a faucet is a wasserhahn in german what would be a water-cock if you translate it word by word it would be equally funny if it were a water-chick btw - for kids in school it's allways fun that the male chicken is called the same in english as the penis - think about that. nonetheless it IS a translation failure - so it deserves to be here!!! well a faucet is a wasserhahn in german
what would be a water-cock if you translate it word by word

it would be equally funny if it were a water-chick

btw – for kids in school it’s allways fun that the male chicken is called the same in english as the penis – think about that.

nonetheless it IS a translation failure – so it deserves to be here!!!

]]> By: TreeFace http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-47188 TreeFace Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:03:23 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-47188 Heh-heh, he said “penis”. Heh-heh, he said “penis”.

]]> By: Sargo Darya http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-46123 Sargo Darya Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:26:29 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-46123 This is obviously a fake. You can see more artifacts around the text on the right side than the left side which occurs due to multiple compression of an image. This means: The image already has been compressed BEFORE the text on the right was there. Means: PHOTOSHOPPED This is obviously a fake. You can see more artifacts around the text on the right side than the left side which occurs due to multiple compression of an image. This means: The image already has been compressed BEFORE the text on the right was there.

Means: PHOTOSHOPPED

]]> By: mb http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-46026 mb Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:07:45 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-46026 Guess that's the emergency door opener in the FUCKER bus Guess that’s the emergency door opener in the FUCKER bus

]]> By: Hahn http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45386 Hahn Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:54:44 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45386 eh... alright, I'm rephrasing. Why does none of my comments appear, except this one above me? eh… alright, I’m rephrasing. Why does none of my comments appear, except this one above me?

]]> By: Not A Rapist http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45313 Not A Rapist Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:33:06 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45313 Those are two very strange words to combine. Those are two very strange words to combine.

]]> By: RogueEleven http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45302 RogueEleven Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:07:40 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45302 It's not funny solely because of the use of the word cock, fool, but because of the situation it dually implies. It’s not funny solely because of the use of the word cock, fool, but because of the situation it dually implies.

]]> By: Anonymous http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45301 Anonymous Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:03:35 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45301 Epic comment win! Epic comment win!

]]> By: RogueEleven http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45281 RogueEleven Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:03:52 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45281 WTF is Engrish? WTF is Engrish?

]]> By: RogueEleven http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45278 RogueEleven Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:58:06 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45278 Before anyone else says it.... Redundant FAIL. (Redundancy Win). Before anyone else says it…. Redundant FAIL. (Redundancy Win).

]]> By: RogueEleven http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45277 RogueEleven Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:54:59 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45277 Did you not read the 50 post above that said the exact same thing??? WE DON'T CARE!!! Redundancy FAIL. Did you not read the 50 post above that said the exact same thing??? WE DON’T CARE!!!

Redundancy FAIL.

]]> By: RogueEleven http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45273 RogueEleven Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:50:35 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45273 Sarcasm win for Jonny Vagina? Sarcasm win for Jonny Vagina?

]]> By: RogueEleven http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45272 RogueEleven Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:49:14 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45272 Amazing. Amazing.

]]> By: Jane http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45208 Jane Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:54:23 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45208 If you have to ask you've obviously never experienced them... If you have to ask you’ve obviously never experienced them…

]]> By: Winter http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45194 Winter Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:29:06 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45194 You would come to the site, find it to be distasteful, NOT feel the need to complain about it, and not come back. Put down put down fail. You would come to the site, find it to be distasteful, NOT feel the need to complain about it, and not come back. Put down put down fail.

]]> By: Dom http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45160 Dom Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:51:50 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45160 In what emergencies would we need a cock? In what emergencies would we need a cock?

]]> By: Hahn http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45087 Hahn Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:20:09 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45087 none of my comments appear.... why? none of my comments appear…. why?

]]> By: Deadclown http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45034 Deadclown Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:15:00 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45034 FIRST AGAIN WIN! Anyway. Pull my finger! FIRST AGAIN WIN!

Anyway. Pull my finger!

]]> By: Muffles http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45031 Muffles Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:04:52 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45031 Burn? Burn?

]]> By: Timm http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45003 Timm Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:32:47 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45003 LOL i love it how the german sounds like NOTHING in l33t XP *must be somthing inportant* and then the germans are wondering when they look at OUR translation ROFL LOL
i love it how the german sounds like NOTHING in l33t XP
*must be somthing inportant*
and then the germans are wondering when they look at OUR translation
ROFL

]]> By: Haijin http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-45002 Haijin Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:26:32 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-45002 Very close, but not quite right. A proper haiku should begin with a line of five syllables, then seven and five again. I took the liberty to correct it for you. I'm unfamiliar with the language you're speaking in the prior post. Hopefully you won't need my help next time. Very close, but not quite right.
A proper haiku should begin with a line of five syllables, then seven and five again.
I took the liberty to correct it for you.

I’m unfamiliar
with the language you’re speaking
in the prior post.

Hopefully you won’t need my help next time.

]]> By: spike http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-44974 spike Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:11:09 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-44974 don't let us stop you. really. we're waiting. don’t let us stop you. really. we’re waiting.

]]> By: failblog http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-44970 failblog Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:45:20 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-44970 we check the filter pretty regularly, and posts that are, yknow, not "b3nd 0ver" do get approved eventually. we check the filter pretty regularly, and posts that are, yknow, not “b3nd 0ver” do get approved eventually.

]]> By: LouZha http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-44943 LouZha Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:27:28 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-44943 Ya, u tellem! Dam bad grammers ppls! Ya, u tellem! Dam bad grammers ppls!

]]> By: coyote http://failblog.org/2008/07/25/translation-fail-2/#comment-44938 coyote Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:15:37 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=1991#comment-44938 If you don't visit the site how will you know if it is funny or not. Put down fail. If you don’t visit the site how will you know if it is funny or not. Put down fail.

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