tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post5392942211578156755..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: In Translators We Trust - John DoughertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-29349932661391639512008-07-18T15:25:00.000+01:002008-07-18T15:25:00.000+01:00Next time, if your Italian friend isn't available,...Next time, if your Italian friend isn't available, I'll do it for you, John!<BR/><BR/>I can read the Italian and French versions om Stravaganza titles - and HAVE found some mistakes. But I can't read German, in spite of my name. But a friend who lives in Germany was most upset by the translator's lack of imagination when it came to the word "haggis". "There are much more disgusting meat products they could have chosen rather than the ordinary sausage word they used," he objected.<BR/><BR/>And when it comes to Slovenian or Faroese or Japanese .... I just put one copy on the shelf to look pretty, as I'm sure you will do in time.<BR/><BR/>Mary HoffmanMary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14672912052557271515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-33523462370477850442008-07-16T08:21:00.000+01:002008-07-16T08:21:00.000+01:00I always despair at the translations of Rapunzel w...I always despair at the translations of Rapunzel where the witch grows salad in her garden. Clever witch! Does it grow with the dressing already on? (Salat in German = both salad and lettuce in English)Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-23984433100902033672008-07-15T16:36:00.000+01:002008-07-15T16:36:00.000+01:00Nick, keep that in mind about your German translat...Nick, keep that in mind about your German translations - and preferably get me to check them over first!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32636527655942460082008-07-15T15:47:00.000+01:002008-07-15T15:47:00.000+01:00I had that Verne translation too! I put it down to...I had that Verne translation too! I put it down to the fact that he was French.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.com