Backpacks spotted in Tokyo.
The curse presumably takes effect as soon as you sling one over your shoulder.
(Thanks Kevin Brew)
Tag Archives: translation
Youtuber CrusaderCast presents a dramatic reading of the astounding Batman Begins synopsis (above) discovered on a bootlegged Chinese DVD a few years ago.
A typical episode of Cooking With Dog – a hugely popular Japanese cooking show on YouTube.
Not cooking with dog, you understand. Cooking. With Dog.
Chef (who is never named) cooks. Francis sits beside her and translates into English.
It’s all perfectly usual.
Johnny Cox writes:
Saw the following message on the tray on an Aer lingus flight to Bordeaux. It sounds like someone trying to say the English version in a French accent!
Bit pricey though.
Spider writes:
From Tajikistan.
Rayne Booth writes:
Dinner in a Croatian pizza joint with a side order of plague…
Carlosfandango writes:
This is a toy that comes as part of a kiddies meal on the Brittany Ferries boat. The game is fairly standard but take a look at the translation of the instructions on the back (presumably from Chinese).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKvCJYU53sA
German Unilever food brand Du darfst has launched an ad with Ogilvy featuring a new slogan which probably sounds lovely in German.
German Unilever food product unveils new slogan with Ogilvy: Fuck the Diet (The Drum)
(Hat tip: Miranda Wrights)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4hKrHGU_vY
The opening scroll of Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith from a bootleg copy bought in 2005 in Shanghai by blogger Winterson.
For reasons best known to themselves, the bootleggers translate the words from English to, well, hideously mangled English.
The original 2005 Winterson Post is the origin of the Do Want/Do Not Want meme.
MORE SUBTITLES: Episode III: The Backstroke of The West redux (2009 post) (Winterson)
Also available: Alien Resurrection. ‘Early seed propogation. He lovingly tends to the greenhouse which.’