{"id":4146,"date":"2012-06-20T08:37:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T00:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:30:48","slug":"bad-english-translations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/bad-english-translations\/","title":{"rendered":"A Massive Compilation of the Most Horrendous English Translations Ever Recorded by Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tAs the world gets smaller, the art of translation becomes all the more imperative to our ability to communicate with the people on the other side of the world whom we don\u2019t really like but will tolerate because they are not Canadian. Thankfully, when a non-native speaker of a language translates something, there is always the danger that they will get it massively wrong. The badly translated English<\/a> language signs just keep coming and coming and we gloatingly sit by and take pride in our apparent supremacy. Praise the Lord for Google Translate!<\/p>\n

\"Bad
Source: ratestogo.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Sign
Source: Hella Heaven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Badly
Source: Poor But Happy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dog
Source: Legacy…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Sign
Source: Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Translation
Source: 8asians.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Very
Source: thechive.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Bad
Source: Turkish Tefl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Sign
Source. Kera.name<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Sign
Source: sprungangel.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Terrible
Source: Allee Willis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Badly
Source: Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Sign
Source: humorsharing.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Sign
Source: Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sign
Source: awesomeoff.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Sign
Source: boingboing.net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"badly
Source: awesomeoff.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Sign
Source: Awesomeoff.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Chinese
Source: China is calling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking for more? Take a look at the worst translation ever written<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Sign
Source: The Translator Blog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Terrible
Source: Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Sign
Source: Euro London’s Blog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Translation
Source: SMB Savings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have you seen any bad English translations? Leave a comment and tell us about them.<\/p>\n

If you speak English as a second language, professional editors can make a really big difference in the quality of your writing. Check out our ESL editing services<\/a> now.<\/p>\n

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