[etni] Re: bloopers in newspapers

From: "English With Linda" <englishwithlinda@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:27:10 +0300

I remember a wonderful re-translation in the JP TV Guide....The movie was:
The Importance of Being Serious.

(Earnest!)

Which reminds me of a joke, which I shall tell you now:

Shakespeare is talking to a friend and says: "I wrote a great play, but I 
think the title is too long."
Friend: "What's the title?"
WS: "Julius Run and Grab Her Quick Before She Gets Away."
F: " Why don't you just call it "Julius Seize Her?"

Have a good day, all.

Linda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Ruthi - rsheffer@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: bloopers in newspapers
>
> There are so many of these in the Jerusalem Post that one of course only
> picks up on if one understands that the writer was thinking in Hebrew. If
> you don't know Hebrew, as I am sure many Post readers do not, they just
> sound plain weird. This is particularly silly in the Billboard listings,
> where they frequently translate the name of a movie "back" from Hebrew to
> English, such that you can't recognize the original name of a movie with 
> an
> English title! Can't remember an example offhand, but will send in next 
> time
> I come across one.
> Ruth
>
> 

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