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Daina Jauntirans
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Local time: 00:01
German to English
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Brochure in Austria Jun 21, 2011

"Holy mess" instead of "holy mass" will be held at 10am...
 
apk12
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Germany
Local time: 07:01
English to German
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"When will I become a steak?" Jun 21, 2011

I still love that one: But it's an "old hat", as Germans call those old and dusty jokes.

Explanation: "bekommen" is indeed the exact morphological equivalent of "become". With the tiny difference that it means something... totally different. Feel free to click for the full joke.

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I still love that one: But it's an "old hat", as Germans call those old and dusty jokes.

Explanation: "bekommen" is indeed the exact morphological equivalent of "become". With the tiny difference that it means something... totally different. Feel free to click for the full joke.




[Edited at 2011-06-21 16:50 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Katy Plokarz
Katy Plokarz
Local time: 07:01
German to French
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Smoking Jun 21, 2011

Found that one in a proofreading job :

"Vous voulez arrêter de fumer ? Nous vous fournirons toute l'herbe dont vous avez besoin"

Guess we have to thank DNS for this aide/herbe confusion

(but it did crack me up for a while)
 
Paul Dixon
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Brazil
Local time: 02:01
Portuguese to English
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In memoriam
Two traps Jun 21, 2011

Two traps that I can think of are "This is a goof result" (instead of "good result") and "The goods have not arrived" (instead of "now arrived"). The "goof" one is particularly dangerous as the F and the D are just too close. Another one I spotted (fortunately) in my work the other day was "pubic company" for "public company".
 
Suzan Hamer
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Netherlands
Local time: 07:01
English
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And then there's... Jun 22, 2011

the Untied States of America.
 
apk12
apk12  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 07:01
English to German
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Or... Jun 22, 2011

Poofreader.

Happens to me regularly in emails to my clients. Must be something Freudian...




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