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Off topic: "Meatballs" in Arabic as "Paul is dead"
Thread poster: Alexandre Chetrite
Alexandre Chetrite
Alexandre Chetrite
France
Local time: 16:08
English to French
Sep 14, 2017

Hello,

I stumbled upon a very funny translation fail today.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/hotel-accidentally-calls-meatballs-paul-is-dead-in-translation-gaffe-a3624216.html

[Edited at 2017-09-14 12:23 GMT]
 


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