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really really really bad translations (German/English)

Post 1

Sho - employed again!

(I hope this is the right sort of thing to post here)

My smiley - chef works for an agency now. And last week he came home and said "you _really_ HAVE to get this 'menu translation service' that you're dreaming about up and running"

At which he tossed a few photocopied pages onto my lap.

I read through, with smiley - chef and The Gruesome Twosome watching to see what happened when I came to the REALLY bad translation. On the way i met these:

Soup of nobly fish with rice (that would be Edelfischen)

Gnoccis in sage butter swaged with parmesan cheese stamped in smoked ham (eingeschlagen in Räucherschinken)

Pork schnitzel "Viennese Style" with lemon, anchovy, and to capture (that took me a while until I saw Kapern)

ok but here is the one...

Fried Zanderfilet with tonsils butter, turned potatoes to ti creamed spinach - well I was smiley - rofl with tears streaming down my face... "tonsils butter" - Mandelbutter smiley - rofl

and for dessert

Peach melba (peach, vanilla ice, raspberry sauce, cream, tonsils)
smiley - ill

hehehe

So the question is... should I rejig their menu and contact them?


really really really bad translations (German/English)

Post 2

Malabarista - now with added pony

Go for it! smiley - rofl And go armed with these classics from Kolumnen.de smiley - winkeye

http://kolumnen.de/aboul-060704.html


really really really bad translations (German/English)

Post 3

Susanne - if it ain't broke, break it!

smiley - rofl


really really really bad translations (German/English)

Post 4

KB

smiley - rofl Tonsils butter? If I saw that when I was deciding what to eat I'm not sure if I'd chuckle at the translation or find another restaurant.


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