# Blind idiot translations

**URL:** <https://discussions.viki.com/t/blind-idiot-translations/16056>\
**Category:** Subtitling\
**Created:** [June 9, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://discussions.viki.com/t/blind-idiot-translations/16056 "2017-06-09T12:58:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![dudie](https://discussions.viki.com/user_avatar/www.viki.com/dudie/32/88179_2.png) [@dudie](https://discussions.viki.com/u/dudie)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discussions.viki.com/t/blind-idiot-translations/16056/2 "2017-06-09T14:03:23Z")

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Those things always make me laugh so hard… I once made a topic about it too here:

> [@Mistranslations](https://discussions.viki.com/t/mistranslations/2617):
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> We all know that sometimes when subbing some things get lost in translation, Viki even made a blog about that [here](http://blog.viki.com/2014/02/lost-in-translation-11-epic-subtitle.html). Of course it doesn’t only happen with subs but also with other things, like in stores where they want to give an English translation for tourists or when someone is just learning the language and says things in a wrong order etc. For example in Dunglish, literal translation of English in the Dutch word order: Heb je een leuke dag gehad vandaag? (Dutch) Have you one nice day had …

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