#mistranslations — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mistranslations, aggregated by home.social.
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Bad translations can be poetry.
I bought this sensational attempt at writing ‘Stanley Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ on a T-shirt in Asia in 2003.
#translation #translations #StanleyKubrick #AClockworkOrange #clockworkorange #mistranslation #mistranslations #globish
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This #Film May #ChangeYourMind About #Homosexuality and the #Bible — If You Watch It.
The documentary makes a #detailed #argument that #Biblical #references to #homosexuality may be intentional #mistranslations.
That’s right: The #film #argues that the so-called “#clobberpassages” in the #Bible used to #justify #discrimination may not have originally said what people think they do
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Representation #Culture
https://www.moviemaker.com/1946-homosexuality-bible-sharon-rocky-roggio/
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'#urinate with #elegance': #duolingo exhibits wonky #english #mistranslations in #tokyo
Duolingo opens the doors of the #MuseumOfWonkyEnglish, a language station visitors can roam around to read and witness the growing list of #Japan’s English-gone-awry via an #exhibition.
https://www.designboom.com/design/duolingo-museum-of-wonky-english-ultrasupernew-12-05-2022/
