Terrible Translations

have you ever watched something in it’s Native Language
then went to the English version to hear how bad it is?


well let us talk about Terrible Translations of anything
from descriptions to books and even TV


for example this segment from a early version of Pokemon Red and Blue

or Duwang (a Fan Translation of Diamond Is Unbreakable)



so let us begin

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Anything 4Kidz has ever done.

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Why did I misread that first one as, “The Rock wants to fight!”?

Is Brock really… DWAYNE JOHNSON?

Come to think of it, that kinda makes sense.

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me and Pek also thought that

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Ya want terrible translations?

The HK subtitles of Yuusha Tokyuu Might Gaine.

(Brave Express Might Gaine)

Sadly, those are the only set of subtitles that cover the entire series. The PDSG subs only went to episode 28

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As someone who watches a lot of subbed stuff, I have seen this often before.

One time there was a KR OOO episode I was watching that I don’t think had any proper english words subbed.

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but is that not the classic Translation

since the WB English Subtitles are for the English Script
so the Japanese Voices will be based on the English Script

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http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/107/603/692.jpg

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Pokemon: Vietnamese Crystal

“Throw the butt casually”

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Omni Dubs on Japanese Transformers cartoons, like called Fortress Maximus’ Battleship mode as “Starship Bruce”, Soundblaster as “New Soundwave”, Blurr as “Wally”, Grand Galvatron as “Unicorn”, Blaster as “Billy”, etc.

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Git gud, guys. Ya gotta stare. In a language.

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Oh dear…

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it reads, under a handicap sign,

“Deformed person”

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That sign probably unintentionally offended every handicapped person that ever laid eyes on it

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Just google “chinglish” and you’ll laugh.
I’ve seen my fair share in China, and here are some examples from the internet.



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the bad thing is the spanish translation, it says:
“Hotel’s Furnite’s Plug”

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I am speechless.

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