With the joyous month of Adar upon us, AQText is sponsoring a photo contest for the funniest or most blatant translation or writing mistake.
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How to participate:
- Upload a photo or image illustrating a funny or wrong translation or writing to Twitpic.
I’m sorry, but it’s not a mistranslation at all. What Americans and others call a parking ticket, i.e. a notice that a fine has been imposed for parking illegally (over the allocated time, not in a permitted area, etc.), is called a “Notice of Infringement” in some Australian jurisdictions, although the colloquial form “parking ticket” is also used. And, in Hebrew, it is a ??”? ????, or “Parking report.” So it’s a cultural thing, rather than a mistranslation.
Perry,
Thank you for your well-informed comment. However, for a street sign, the translator had to choose a term that would be best understood by the target audience. In this case, I think the choice was less than successful.
http://www.twitpic.com/13s2nr
I just uploaded the first of two photos I found on the web. I received permission from the owner of the photo to use it in this contest.
I personally find it hilarious. I wonder what the real adjective was supposed to be?
http://twitpic.com/13s4bn
And here is the second photo. Also received permission to use. Its amazing how you can forbid the same things in different ways in each language.
Here is the site from where I took the photos.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/42376
There were more pictures, but they were not taken by the owner of the blog.
I took this photo when I was in Cadiz, Spain at a museum it was the first stop on my trip to circumnavigate the world.
http://www.twitpic.com/163qtc
I took this photo when I was in Cadiz, Spain at the city museum; It was the first stop on my trip to circumnavigate the World.