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Machine Translation gone wrong - English>French (June 15, 2011)
投稿者: RominaZ
RominaZ
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Jun 15, 2011

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Source: this image was shared by Eric Tenin @etenin via Twitter

Would anybody be willing to post the back translation (i.e. the translation from French back into English again)? That would be interesting and helpful for those who don't understand French.

Have fun!
 
Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
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Local time: 05:34
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For non-French speakers Jun 15, 2011

'Tablet' was translated as 'pill'.
 
Neil Coffey
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Local time: 04:34
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Does anyone know what site? Jun 15, 2011

Does anyone know what site this is from?

Update: OK, should have just followed the tweet... http://twitpic.com/5bcffl


[Edited at 2011-06-15 16:46 GMT]
 
Elvira Daraban
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and Jun 15, 2011

Jan Willem van Dormolen wrote:

'Tablet' was translated as 'pill'.


... and dock as (one (possible) wrong back-translation) train station platform
 


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Machine Translation gone wrong - English>French (June 15, 2011)






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