40 Most Bloodcurdling Chinese Mistranslations Ever! Warning: You Will Laugh To Death!

[KamaAina]

http://www.seenox.org/40-bloodcurdling-chinese-mistranslations-ever/

Chinese, or more specifically Mandarin, is nowadays the most spoken language in the world with around 2 billion speakers. English on the other hand, is the third most spoken language with an estimate of between 300 – 400 million speakers. [1]

Even though both languages can be regarded as world languages, translations between the two seem to be much more difficult than expected. Especially, when considering the bloodcurdling examples, which we provided below.

Have you ever thought of having a glass of “Cock Light” or “Whiskey & Cock”? Maybe you should add a plate of “Sixi Roasted Husband” or “Meat Fried Cat Ear” to that order! Well, if these choices do not suit you, maybe you are in the wrong restaurant or maybe the translator of the menu card needs to take a language course.

Nevertheless, we have to acknowledge that we would not have laughed so hard, when the translators would have visited a language course. Therefore, please do not take language courses! Enjoy…

[NewJeffCT]

1. "I'd like to order some whiskey & cock"

sounds like a bad B movie

[frogmarch]

2. Still laughing!

Funniest ones ever!

[Odin2005]

3. TINY GRASS IS SLEEPING!!!

[Ron Obvious]

4. Fuck the duck until exploded!

Yummie!

[Codeine]

6. It ain't Christmas dinner until the duck is exploded. nt

[DFW]

5. Ex-Pat Chinese do it too

Here in Germany, I saw a Chinese menu with a dish that could be ordered for two people or more. The German translation was correct, but the English translation promised a dish with "meat from two people," something that would attract cannibals but probably put off the rest of their English-speaking clientele.

[KamaAina]

8. When I lived in a Latino neighborhood in upper Manhattan,

the local Chinese place made a diligent effort to translate its menu en espanol.

They came up with the classic "Moo Goo Gai Cacerola"!

[astral]

7. The link did something weird

Did this happen to anyone else. When i hit the link it said something was 'loading' and then every button i pushed, like opening or closing s tab, had a pop up caption describing what i was doing. I quickly exited the browser and turned it off and switched tablets for the night.

The few i saw here were hilarious, but i dare not try again to look at the rest.

Was going to send the link to someone for a laugh too. Could have been a drive-by attack just for me, i dont usually experience that stuff.

[sakabatou]

9. It's scary!