[etni] Re: Lost in translation

Hmm, this would make the classic jazz chant come out like this:

            "Big mouth John Brown didn't say a brit?"
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barnett 
  To: Etni 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:05 PM
  Subject: [etni] Lost in translation


  Hi etniers,

   

  Here are some of my favourites caused by misuse of dictionaries.

  Classic blooper:"I went to the shop and bought a kilo of heavy" (meaning 
"liver" - kaved). Jewish-interest bloopers: I ritual bath that I will pass the 
exam (meaning "hope" – mikve/mekave) He did not say one circumcision (meaning 
"word" - milah).

   

  On the subject of subtitles, another curiosity. There is a scene in the film 
of "The French Lieutenant's Woman," in which a member of the hotel staff at the 
reception desk (late 19th century and very Victorian decor, note) says in 
relation to the sick woman, "We should call the doctor". The subtitle was 
"Tzarich le’talfen la rofeh" i.e. “We should telephone the doctor”.

   

  Joe Barnett

   



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