At home abroad: Truly Local - Lokale Übersetzungen :)

March 28, 2010

Truly Local - Lokale Übersetzungen :)

I have been travelling quite a bit again. Below some of the fun things I spotted while travelling.

Ich bin mal wieder ziemlich viel unterwegs. Anbei ein paar lustige Beispiele für schlechte Übersetzungen, die mich zum schmunzeln gebracht haben.

Sometimes a schedule just ain't enough :) If the weather is bad in the German text, the schedule just isn't enough...
Ohne Worte :)

I wonder what else can be requested here :)
Deutsch klingt ganz gut hier...

I spotted this logo in Austria. Strongly reminded me of "Plus" in Germany :) It's funny when a familar chain has a different name all of a sudden.
Dieses Logo habe ich in Österreich erspäht. Es erinnert mich doch stark an "Plus" in Deutschland :)

This one is from Austria. "Fussgeher" sounds like a foot walker :) and they seem pretty dangerous in Austria
Gefährliche Fussgeher :)

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Intro

In Ireland I was once told a story. A Spanish man travelling in Connemara asked what the Irish word for mañana would be. He was told “Oh no, we don’t have a word describing such a hurry here.”
I tried to keep this story in mind on my way from Cork into Dublin on Sunday evening.
It seemed to me like even the roads were in a hurry. Cars where changing lanes like mad and honking was the only accepted way of communication.

Ireland is a lovely country, people are friendly, the weather is mild, the countryside is gorgeous and in general not much is working in this country, but Irish people are way to relaxed to keep complaining about this too much, which is a very good skill to acquire when you move here from lets say one of the Scandinavian countries.