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These Mistranslations are Too Funny Not to Share

From bizarre signs and labels to mistranslated menus and advertisements, translation fails have been making people laugh for years. In this post, we'll look at some of the funniest translation "fails " from around the world that will leave you scratching your head and laughing out loud.

These Mistranslations Had Us Laughing All Day

From mistranslated signs to awkward product labels, here are some of the funniest English translation fails that will leave you in stitches. Related: These Mistranslations are Too Funny Not to Share 1. Special prize to anyone who can decode this for us 2. What's "possloilitigs"? 3.

Hilarious: Some Translations are Too Funny to Correct!

Nevertheless, the disastrous but hilarious photos of mistranslated signs can be enjoyed by all of us!

Translations Gone Wrong – 15 Hilarious Examples

It had to be done All images source: Izismile Funny Signs: 15 Rib-Tickling Mistranslations humor, translation fail, funny pictures, translations, hilarious humor, mistranslations, funny signs, language humor These funny signs are proof that bad translations can have hilarious results.

17 Times Translations Went Completely Off the Rails

From mistranslated signs to bizarre menu descriptions, these lost-in-translation gems are sure to give you a good laugh. Related: Lost in Translation: 15 Hilarious Language Fails 1. Hey, what did my mother ever do to you? 2. Okay, we won’t 3. Sounds simple enough 4. Say what? 5. 

FUNNY PICS: New Translator Needed!

All images: The Chive These Mistranslations Will Have You Laughing All Week! translation fail, English language, humorous, mistranslations, translated, funny signs, language humor, english fails Some translation fails are so bad, we just can’t stop laughing at them.

These Public Signs Will Make You Grin Like a Cheshire Cat

These Public Signs Will Make You Grin Like a Cheshire Cat translation fail, funny pictures, hilarious humor, mistranslations, typos, funny signs, hilarious fails These translation fails and typos on public signs are outrageously funny!

16 Hilarious Examples of Translation Gone Horribly Wrong

From restaurant menus to toilet signs, these ridiculously funny mistranslations will give you a solid chuckle. Related: These Signs Are As Funny As They Are Inaccurate! 1. That's a good bargain, right? 2. Holiday in jail! 3. Okay, thanks for letting us know! 4. Why is the potato angry, though? 5.

You Won't Believe These 14 Hilarious Warning Labels

Always read the fine print Related: These Mistranslations are Too Funny Not to Share 10. Now that one IS false advertising for sure 11. I will take the free WiFi any time of the day over the beer 12. Schrödinger's pan 13. This beggars belief 14. This implies the existence of non-urgent diarrhea...

Hilarious Language Humor: 18 Funny Translation Fails

For instance, you might have often come across a mistranslated sign or menu that made you laugh out loud. Today, we would like to entertain you by showing you some of the funniest translation fails out there.

8 Mistakes Even Famous Masterpieces Have

Moses by Michelangelo Due to a mistranslation in the Book of Exodus, the biblical prophet was sculpted to have horns. The Hebrew word karnayim can be translated into 'rays' or 'horns' and the description of Moses having rays of light coming from his head was wrongly interpreted. 5.

These Quotes Are Often Misused or Misunderstood By People

Some believe that the notion of starving a fever actually comes from a mistranslation of “feed a cold, stave a fever”, meaning that it’s a well-nourished person with a cold has a better chance of staving off a fever than a person that is undernourished. 6.

8 Honest-to-God Facts that Are Just too Weird to Believe

As to the strange name given to the knob in our throat, it seems to be a mistranslation of a Hebrew phrase meaning “a man’s swollen lump”, as Adam can mean both the Biblical first man and just any man, and the words for “apple” and “swelling” are written the same way in Hebrew. 2.