If you’re running a business in a tourist-heavy country, having signage in English is a smart move. However, your smarts go out the window if the English translations you display turn into the wrong kind of funny jokes. We understand that not everyone knows the language well enough not to get lost in translation, but please—don't trust Google Translate to give you anything but a literal conversion of whatever you type in, turning your sign into a hilariously bad translation.
Machine Translation Fails
Each language is an intricate system. Knowing the literal meaning of each word will only get you so far and is definitely not enough to make a good translation. Unfortunately, this is exactly where machine translators fail spectacularly and produce awfully bad translated signs. They are still learning how to deal with a language as a living organism, not just a bunch of nouns and verbs.
Well, to be fair on translation tools, it’s possible that some of these errors were just honest typos. Either way, scroll down to see the funniest bad translations people have come across during their travels and vote for the most epic fails. Also, is anyone up for a nice ‘decomposed Moscow mule’ later?
#81 When Menus Get Too Literal Spicy Brave Potatoes and Other Translation Fails
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#82 Only Dratshang Can Pee Here Says the Most Exclusive Toilet Sign Ever
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#83 Translation Fail Alert Fries Girl? These Hilarious Menu Blunders Will Make You Laugh
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#84 When Your Seafood Menu Turns into a Hilarious Lost-in-Translation Adventure
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#85 When a Menu Translation Goes Hilariously Wrong: Yellowtail Jew or Just a Fish?
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#86 Translation Fails That Prove Auto-Translate Can Be Hilariously Wrong
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#87 Translation Fail Alert The Clean First Mistake You Have to See to Believe
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#90 Top 10 Hilarious Menu Translation Fails That Turn Food Into Comedy Gold
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#91 Eggs Sheep and Frying Sli Impregnating: Hilarious Translation Fails from a Global Menu
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#92 Menu Fails: When \'Itch Salad\' Sounds Way Less Appetizing Than It Should
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#93 When Chicken Tights Take Over the Dinner Menu Translation Fails You Won’t Believe
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#94 Epic Translation Fail: When Reset Button Becomes Reset Bottom and Confuses Everyone
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#95 Translation Fail or Fashion Hack? Why This Store’s \'Downloads\' Will Crack You Up
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#96 Hilarious Translation Fail Proves Falling at the Seaside Is Universal and Painful
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#97 Snap the Garlic Mojo to the Orange? Hilarious Translation Fails You Need to See
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#98 Mozzarella Ass for Sale: The Most Hilarious Translation Fail You’ll See Today
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#99 This Translation Fail Confuses Clean and Dirty Like You’ve Never Seen Before
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#100 This Trash Bin Mistake Translates to Hilariously Confused Garbage Sorting
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