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Amusing Blunders

For fun, Asterisks.com shares some amusing blunders collected by editors.

Asterisks.com (1999). Humor>Language>Writing>Localization

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Humor for the Technical Writing Class

Here are some examples and pointers to humor about resumes, documentation and mistaken English.

Karplus, Kevin. University of California Santa Cruz (2003). Humor>Language>TC

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Lost in Translation

Here are some signs gleaned from various websites, including www.interweavers.com/brett/humor/signs.world.html and www.engrish.com/, that have amused (and confused) even the most jaded of us.

Straus, Jane. Grammarbook.com (2004). Humor>Language>Translation

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Made-Up Words, Real-Life Winners   (PDF)

The editor of Intercom presents the winners of Intercom's annual humor contest.

Martin, Maurice. Intercom (2000). Humor>Language

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Oopses

The following was not intended to be funny, but it is nevertheless. These are some examples where text was incorrectly translated or was not localized, which resulted in misrepresentation of the company and the product. Let's laugh and learn from these examples.

Bromberg and Associates. Humor>Language>Localization

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Whoops: Translation Trouble

Quotations of translated material from all over the world.

ISTC. Humor>Language>Translation>Localization

 

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