Sentence examples for funny translation from inspiring English sources

Ms. Oberlin brought enough sass to "Hamlet," Loesser's riotously funny translation of Shakespeare into gangsterese ("He bumped off his uncle/and he Mickey Finned his mother") to make the song register.

A Scandinavian woman, with funny translation challenges, said she thought Laguna was "hills and very nice homes and hot palm trees". An English woman, perhaps confusing us with Santa Monica, said we were the place with the "rickety roller coaster and nice beaches". But it was model Anna Friden from Sweden who had the most nuanced impression of Laguna.

"At that time, localisation of games was something quite new, and editors had very little knowledge about it – leading to poor, sometimes funny translations," says Anthony Teixeira, a localisation director for the company Active Gaming Media.

Europeans sure have some funny translations for '"protectionism".

There's a whole world of funny translations out there to laugh at.

pic.twitter.com/VfsV9pPq1D Does Cameron's fancy discrete headset have a funnier translation?

The main charge against Reza, though, is that she is humourless, and that she only becomes funny in translation; especially when translated by Christopher Hampton.

The cheerful and color-coded illustrations, together with short texts, bring you closer to the knowledge of the culture and history of the country, combining basic news with funny trivia". -- translation of the cover.

Lots of Americans apparently feel like the butt of a big, international joke that is often, by way of odd translations, perhaps not so funny.

Hands down it has the funniest English translation of its menu.

The comedy is savage and very funny, and the translation by Shaun Whiteside is lively and unpretentious.