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[Salsa]

http://www.israellycool.com/2013/08/25/using-auto-translate-a-cautionary-tale/

from last year, but it's making the rounds on reddit and other places and oh my god

this is what she wanted it to say: "I love XXX" (boyfriend's name)"

this is what it says: "Babylon is the world's leading dictionary and translation software"

legit: https://translate.google.com/#iw/en/בבילון הינה תוכנת מילון ותרגום מהמובילות בעולם

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Clever girl.

 

[Ferrio]

Better than having your boyfriends name on your back... cause those types of tattoos always turn out good.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Why not just ask for a double blind translation from several individuals on the internet instead?

Would be much more reliable.

 

[Dizzan]

איזה אידיוט

 

[Disagree Guy]

I have a tattoo in Amharic saying 'Equality' and I had an Amharic speaker translate it for me.

My friend had a chinese symbol he thought said 'power'.

Turns it out reads 'stab'........Thought that was relevant

 

[Borgnine]

Oy.

 

[Salsa]

I don't get how she didnt think there was something wrong in the lenght at least?

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

That ... is hilarious.

 

[CountAntonius]

Oh boy.

 

[stufte]

How did she not try to re-translate it? Hell, I re-translate something just to make sure even when I'm sending an email... wtf lady.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I don't get how she didnt think there was something wrong in the lenght at least?

I've been reassured by several girls that they don't really care about length.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Meh, not she was going to see the tattoo considering it was on her back.

 

[Messypandas]

If that went viral it would be a really neat way to get people aware of your brand.

 

[GaimeGuy]

איזה אידיוט

Nice

 

[Zombine]

Bad foreign language tattoo thread?

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

Much better tattoo than "I <3 Nick!"

 

[terrisus]

If that went viral it would be a really neat way to get people aware of your brand.

Seriously, she should try to make the best of it and get some marketing agreement going.

 

[rudieboy77]

Almost as good as misspelled tattoos.

 

[AMUSIX]

http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/

has always been entertaining...

my sister's new tattoo, it is supposed to be both of her daughters initials (ESO and EGO in English). But what are we really looking at?

&#25152;, place
&#29399;, dog

 

[Two Words]

I have a tattoo in Amharic saying 'Equality' and I had an Amharic speaker translate it for me.

My friend had a chinese symbol he thought said 'power'.

Turns it out reads 'stab'........Thought that was relevant

Are you Ethiopean/Eritrean?

 

[Delta Assault]

Does this make her the whore of Babylon?

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I don't get how she didnt think there was something wrong in the lenght at least?

To be honest, that's better than some generic boyfriend tattoo. On the other hand, she's a walking ad.

 

[.GqueB.]

I don't get how she didnt think there was something wrong in the lenght at least?

To be fair, sometimes you can't tell if you aren't familiar with the language.

 

[stufte]

Does this make her the whore of Babylon?

oh you.

 

[Borgnine]

I wish I was Jewish so I could make some Jewish jokes. Curse this Aryan blood!

 

[Messypandas]

Seriously, she should try to make the best of it and get some marketing agreement going.

If she hasn't already of course! Probably before she even got it done if she was really smart.

 

[Angelus Errare]

I have a tattoo in Amharic saying 'Equality' and I had an Amharic speaker translate it for me.

My friend had a chinese symbol he thought said 'power'.

Turns it out reads 'stab'........Thought that was relevant

How does that even happen? The two don't really look anything alike.

 

[victreeb3l]

Man, that girl Israeli dumb.

 

[Madness]

She should be glad it wasn't Alta Vista on her back. But I don't get these kinds of people. If you don't read or understand the language, why get a tattoo? I see it all the time.

 

[Salsa]

She should be glad it wasn't Alta Vista on her back. But I don't get these kinds of people. If you don't read or understand the language, why get a tattoo? I see it all the time.

no one does it for the actual meaning dude, it just lookz totes kewl, or so they think

also, if she was gonna get an "I LOVE MY BOYFRIEND" tattoo I guess doing it in another language saves you some trouble if you break up

 

[Disagree Guy]

How does that even happen? The two don't really look anything alike.

My friend was drunk and is the stupidest person I know. He also doesn't speak any other language than English. It was simply 'a poor decision'

He then got 'Fisherman's friend comes with a free tattoo' in the worst calligraphy I've ever seen.

Some people do not learn.

 

[kmax]

Stupid idea

Stupid tattoo

Everything's just a disaster here.

 

[Hilbert]

Maybe she can contact the company and get paid for ad space!

 

[Darksol]

No pity for stupid mistakes like this.

 

[terrisus]

But I don't get these kinds of people. If you don't read or understand the language, why get a tattoo? I see it all the time.

Because it's not actually about knowing, understanding, or being involved with the language.
It's about:

Hey, look at my tattoo!
Oh, you don't know what it says?
You're so silly and uncultured!
It says <whatever>

 

[Yado]

It's a better tattoo than what she wanted.

 

[sn00zer]

Would be pretty easy to do this correctly...just about any Jewish person could find you someone to translate Hebrew.

 

[Borgnine]

To be fair that can easily be turned in to something else. Like a cross.

Wait... shit.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

A bouncer at a club I attended had a Thai tattoo that was supposed to say Manchester United forever, but instead said Liverpool Forever.
I assume the Thai tattooist was not a red devil, lol.

 

[GusBus]

Would be pretty easy to do this correctly...just about any Jewish person could find you someone to translate Hebrew.

Um, no. Plenty of very secular Jewish people out there who don't speak a lick of the language.

 

[SummitAve]

Ehhhh probably a better outcome than what she originally wanted.

 

[Disagree Guy]

Are you Ethiopean/Eritrean?

I am not Ethiopian or Eritrean. I am Rastafarian so I feel like Ethiopia is my spiritual home, luckily someone I used to work with was born in Eritrea and could translate it accurately for me.

I speak (poor) Amharic but damn.....3 times the number of characters more in the alphabet than in English has is far too advanced for my brain to try and read.

 

[snife]

Considering tattoos are traditionally forbidden in Judaism, isn't getting a tattoo in Hebrew kind of ironic

 

[Zantetsuken]

Gonna have to try this Babylon dictionary out.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Permanently alter your body with material you don't understand, brehs

 

[thenexus6]

Oy.

.

 

[Daniel Jackson]

 

[leadbelly]

lol

 

[gazele]

&#1488;&#1497;&#1494;&#1492; &#1488;&#1497;&#1491;&#1497;&#1493;&#1496;

You idiot? How's my Hebrew? Haha

Considering tattoos are traditionally forbidden in Judaism, isn't getting a tattoo in Hebrew kind of ironic

A little bit yeah