The thread of funny translation errors or typos
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For starters it does contain a typo, using "it's" instead of "its."
And it's awkwardly phrased and ends up conveying the opposite of what it intended, so that is absolutely a translation error.
If it's misleading and that was not the original intent of the line, then it's a translation error.
You guys maybe want to join my "fiesta"?
In the original Spanish translation of FF7, there were many incorrectly translated words. "Party", as in a group of people, was mistakenly translated to "fiesta", which in Spanish literally means a social gathering to celebrate an event.
In the original Spanish translation of FF7, there were many incorrectly translated words. "Party", as in a group of people, was mistakenly translated to "fiesta", which in Spanish literally means a social gathering to celebrate an event.
Don't have a screenshot ready, but in Czech version of Mass Effect 2, "credits" (meaning currency) was famously translated as "autoři" (meaning the authors).
It's fairly obvious how that mistake was made, but it's mind-boggling that the translators weren't provided context and it wasn't caught during the localisation QA (which, if memory serves, was next to nonexistent for this particular game)
It's fairly obvious how that mistake was made, but it's mind-boggling that the translators weren't provided context and it wasn't caught during the localisation QA (which, if memory serves, was next to nonexistent for this particular game)
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Punctuation is important.
Also, I think we all ate a lot of that cake last year...
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now that I'm home for the day I wanted to post for you guys one of my favorite hilarious translations: Download for PC Engine
more at the link above if you want to see, it's a sight to behold <3
more at the link above if you want to see, it's a sight to behold <3
Maybe my understanding of translation is wrong but the pacing is bad in the OG text as well, so I would argue that it's simply badly programmed (?) per se.
You typically put an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence like this!
If anyone's confused, the first line of dialogue is missing a punctuation mark:
うん = Yeah/yes
うんこ = Poop
このケーキ = This cake
うんこのケーキ = Crappy cake
So the line guess from "Yes, this cake is delicious" to "The crappy cake is delicious." Japanese doesn't use spaces between words, so if you're not careful, words can run together, kind of like how speedofart.com looks like "Speedo Fart" instead of "Speed of Art".
I can't stop laughing at this for some reason
A classic from Xuan-Yuan Sword: Gate of Firmament.
I'm ashamed that I'm here on page two and have to be the first person to post this. Do better, era.
In the German version of Baldur`s gate, in the opening narration (which you can both read as a text and hear spoken out loud), they correctly translated every word - except "orphan". So, the narrator says "..das ist, weil ihr ein "Orphan" seid" - as if being an orphan was some kind of medical condition or special magical ability. I found that so jarring when I first played the game - the narrator even pronounces it as if he was talking about an important plot point.
You get the feeling that they either didn`t know the word (but how could they?) or really thought it was so special that it had to stay untranslated.
You get the feeling that they either didn`t know the word (but how could they?) or really thought it was so special that it had to stay untranslated.
Lufia for the GBC had some badly translated enemy names. Twice bad in German because apparently it was based on the English translation. So an Orc was labelled "Eiche", ie. oak. Probably because the phonetic spelling of orc in Japanese would be oaku.
Absolutely not hilarious: Metroid Prime's artifact hints were translated in a way that the highlighted hint words of two hints did not match the room names anymore and instead referenced completely different rooms. Especially bad in the case of the artifact in the lava lake with two pillars in it because there are two rooms like that and the hint referenced the wrong one.
Absolutely not hilarious: Metroid Prime's artifact hints were translated in a way that the highlighted hint words of two hints did not match the room names anymore and instead referenced completely different rooms. Especially bad in the case of the artifact in the lava lake with two pillars in it because there are two rooms like that and the hint referenced the wrong one.
Resume (game) = work history = curriculum vitae. This is not the first time I see it either.
Resume = Curriculum Vitae
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A cute localization error in Shantae on the Switch (German Localization)
The last line in the ability description obviously says "Press L to Dash!" in the original.
But it was translated into german rather ... literally. Where the game clearly means "dash" as in "swift horizontal movement", the German text reads "Press L to hyphen" (as in, the punctuation mark)
The last line in the ability description obviously says "Press L to Dash!" in the original.
But it was translated into german rather ... literally. Where the game clearly means "dash" as in "swift horizontal movement", the German text reads "Press L to hyphen" (as in, the punctuation mark)
Resume (game) = work history = curriculum vitae. This is not the first time I see it either.
Lmao. One of the Shantae games (Seven Sirens?) had this too iirc.
More!
I suspect there are more than a few perusers of Legends of Localization
sucking baby is the best one
I suspect there are more than a few perusers of Legends of Localization
sucking baby is the best one
Could dedicate a thread just to Koei Tecmo's shitty translations.
No clue what the hell this is supposed to say, from Atelier Lydie & Suelle.
Another one I thought of, but can't find, is Tales of Berseria seems to use speech-to-text for some of the dialog that went horribly wrong in one skit.
No clue what the hell this is supposed to say, from Atelier Lydie & Suelle.
Another one I thought of, but can't find, is Tales of Berseria seems to use speech-to-text for some of the dialog that went horribly wrong in one skit.
I love these so much 😁 That Grandia one had me howling
From Bloody Wolf/Battle Rangers:
I prefer it to another variation of "oh, Rean I love you. Please make me your girlfriend or whatever."
this is a joke. That's probably not what she was actually saying.
I dont see the problem with the last picture, the grammar seems fineBattle Network 4's chocked full of them
I think the problem is who is talking, rather than what she is saying.
No, it's very clear from the original Japanese text that he's not done talking after the first line.
The exclamation point at the end of the first line in English makes it sound like he's giving a direct order.
Resume (game) = work history = curriculum vitae. This is not the first time I see it either.
Oh my god yes, I've seen this one before as well.
"Resume game" being translated as "履歴ゲーム" (CV game) in Japanese.
Harvest Moon 64's title screen, for the double-whammy of "Push the START" and publisher Natsume spelling their own name wrong:
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LMAO they went full CapcpomHarvest Moon 64's title screen, for the double-whammy of "Push the START" and publisher Natsume spelling their own name wrong:
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Easy mistake, as some people transliterate ツ as tu if using the older Kunrei-shiki romaji system, whereas most people would use tsu now under Hepburn, at least those in the west.Harvest Moon 64's title screen, for the double-whammy of "Push the START" and publisher Natsume spelling their own name wrong:
Similarly there's many issues with the character シ being romanized as shi or si.