Mistranslations

[irmar]

You said Lperm, right?

Ι shared some other examples here:

Blind idiot translations

You know, when the subbers translate English idioms literally, with hilarious results? I’ve kept a file of the best I’ve seen in viki. One of my favourites must be “It’s a piece of cake” (meaning it’s very easy), where two people were discussing while taking an evening walk in a small street, no pastry shops nor cakes in sight! The subber never stopped to think that speaking about a piece of cake made no sense. Other examples which give hilarious results are: to stand somebody up (to let him…