http://blog.vancf.net Ideas & ideals of a Progressive French Canadian living on the West Coast Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:08:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.vancf.net/2008/08/15/dangerous-translation/ http://blog.vancf.net/2008/08/15/dangerous-translation/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:15:33 +0000 Frédéric Van Caenegem http://blog.vancf.net/?p=34 I have seen hilarious translations in the past, but this is close to homicide!  Use Petrol to cook these noodles!  The French translation on this package is atrocious: wrong structures, verb tenses, tons of misspelled words, etc. but Petrol!!! Also, to notice: D’naricot, Unetension & Betier: not words in French!  So no idea where they Continue reading →

]]> I have seen hilarious translations in the past, but this is close to homicide!  Use Petrol to cook these noodles!  The French translation on this package is atrocious: wrong structures, verb tenses, tons of misspelled words, etc. but Petrol!!! Also, to notice: D’naricot, Unetension & Betier: not words in French!  So no idea where they Continue reading →

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