[idundidit]

Have you ever translated something from English -> Korean ( or other foreign language ) -> English again and discovered something interesting about the culture?

I just did this with the English word "ladybug" and the Korean word ended up being something like "witch-bug" or "shaman-bug", which I thought was pretty interesting. Another example would be "food" which is the same word as "rice" in Korean, which probably shows the huge role that rice plays in the Korean diet.

Are there any more examples like this?

[dolcedor.]

The best (and funniest) example I can think of is the English-to-Chinese-to-English translation for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.






More here:
http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-b...ke-of-west.html

[Tamago86]

LIP MY STOCKINGS!!!!!!!!

[marasshi]

^LOL

I've experienced this so much when I was studying German, but I can't remember any specific examples so I'll skip for now. :x

[bitter SOOweet]

LMAO @ THE STAR WARS TRANSLATIONS HAHAHHAAHHAHA

k well now on a more serious note
i think meaning is lost in translation.. maybe not word for word but like texts and stuff

[Denizen]

Meanings are often completely confused in translation.
Single words are safer to translate than an entire sentence.
for example using english and italian:

english - "I will call you later"
italian translates as - "Li denominer� successivamente"

translating that back into english = "I will call them subsequently"

not far off but its not how we would phrase it.
almost like saying "will you come survey me tonight?"

[jaeka]

firework->hanabi->flower fire.

I thought it was pretty~ japanese btw (:

[sunshine.2.and.6]

remember>>>nco qab>>>miss chicken
LOL