Looking at the website for the new Forus Cinema using Googles autotranslation feature proved that machines just can't handle the subtleties of language. Take this little description of the film "The Deavil Wears Prada"
The demon which wears [purada]
Just graduated the university un D dream is the journalist. But such a her, as for being engaged from contingent thing, the chief editor assistant of the first-rate fashion magazine of NY. Perhaps the occupation where many women yearn. So in this un D the world of interest zero. As for the end because becomes the journalist! With as for facing to the workplace however it is good, the assistant job which she inserted in the hand is easy, mono was not. Miranda of the chief editor which reigns as a super charisma existence was just “the demon which wears [purada]”.
or how about James Bond?
007/casinos [rowaiyaru]
In the 6th generation James bond, receiving Daniel the English actor [kureigu], you send, “007” the series 21st work eye. In bond girl '[evua] green of kingdom of heaven' '[dorimazu]'.
Anybody for a classic film?
Large escape
1963 America
[suteivu] [matsukuin], James [gana], Richard [atsutenboro], James [koban] and Charles [buronson]
Under World War II, the [ruhuto] 3rd air force prisoner of war camp of Germany. From this prisoner of war camp which was called the escaping impossibility, the officers and men of the allied forces who try escaping, [hirutsu] ([suteivu] [matsukuin]), [hendore] (James [gana]), [shiriru] (Richard [atsutenboro]) and others it was. The on the basis of the escaping plan which they plan, unprecedentedness, the group escape which reaches to also entire spirit 250 name was executed, but .......
Note that all of this was copied and pasted right from the Aeon Cinema website. No editing. No modification. The plain, unaltered, painful, truth. Can't wait to see James Bond and The Great Escape though!
Showing posts with label Engrish. Show all posts
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Saturday, November 18, 2006
Saturday, October 14, 2006
A brief interlude
The new rage in Japan is an advertisement jingle for Kewpie Tarako Sauce. Tarako being cod roe. This music video is not only playing in just about every grocery store, I have also seen it in the conbini and in music shops! Yup, you can buy the Tarako single. Feal the fear. Please, watch the video, all of it if you can, but at least to about the 2 minute 30 second mark or so. It must be seen to be believed.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooS8iTqo1w
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Japan is a crazy place
Hello again, loyal readers.
Sorry for the long holiday, (er vacation, damn I've been spending too much time around Brit's!) but it was not my plan. Unfortunatly for me my internet has been very intermittent lately. I had a lucky streak tonight though, enough time to upload a whole gaggle of crazy photographs.
Last weekend we had an area party with all the Hokoriku GEOS schools invited. We had a good turnout, and a lot of fun. It was an opportunity for me to get to know a few more faces nearby, as well as just party. The restaurant was kind of strange though, serving a set course with mini-bratwurst, frenchfries, edamame, raw octopus, korean food, pan fried beef in a Japanese sauce, and pizza. The food was good, but is that not one strange menu? Talk about globe hopping in the space of a meal.
That is not the only crazy food combo I have encountered recently. Last weekend I joined Paul and his delightful girlfriend at a rotation sushi restaurant out past Kanazawa station. It was a bit of a trip, but well worth it. However they had some seriously strange roles. Like say, the steak Tartar roll. Yes, raw beef and a tiny egg with sushi rice wrapped in seaweed. Actually I tried it and it was Ok, but a bit of a trip. There was also roast pork sushi, salmon and cheese sushi, and fois gras sushi, in addition to the more standard offerings. While strange, everything on offer was delicious, even the honeydew! (Luckily that *wasn't* a roll, merely melon wedges)
On Sunday Nate and I hung out and went shopping. Unfortunatly some of that shopping was for Valentines Chocolate for his wife. Now in Japan Valentines Day is a bit strange, in that it is a 180 degree reversal from us! Yup guys, you guessed it, the women buy the men chocolate. Now thats not to say the Men get off the hook, they have added a second holiday, White Day, where the Men have to reciprocate and buy chocolate for all the women who got them something on Valentines Day. Still and all, its a very fair way of doing things. Plus I never turn down free chocolate! Ok, but back to poor Nate. See Japanese women, like most women I suppose, love to shop. Especially on Sunday afternoon. Even moreso with a reason to go shopping, like say a holiday coming up. The Chocolate sellers in the Daiwa Dept Store were swamped. Seriously it was like some sort of Chocolate fueled Utah Beach. I had to provide some covering fire just to get us down the escalator!
After that harrowing experience we decided to follow up on the theory that the higher you go in Japanese dept stores the more low rent and dodgy they get. We confirmed this big time! The first floor or two is always nice, clean and busy. But make it to the 5th or so floor and things get.... creepy! Dirty floors, suspicious glances, its a very strange phenomenon!
Ok, enough with the ramblings, here are some pics of Crazy Japan (TM)
The Sushi Joint.
This is the band with the number one single right now. Yes, that is 20 pre-teen to teen girls. Yes it is as sugary and disposable as you might guess. If you like, you can find out just how weird it is...
click on this!
Not really engrish, but pretty weird!
engrish mugs... for 100 yen each! How cool is that?
Ok, well thats it for today. Happy Valentines Day all especially you Buck-Tick lovers out there, and yes I got a wee bit 'o free Chocolate today.
Next Time: Karoke Expose, including a shot of Grant... "singing." Stay Tuned!
Sorry for the long holiday, (er vacation, damn I've been spending too much time around Brit's!) but it was not my plan. Unfortunatly for me my internet has been very intermittent lately. I had a lucky streak tonight though, enough time to upload a whole gaggle of crazy photographs.
Last weekend we had an area party with all the Hokoriku GEOS schools invited. We had a good turnout, and a lot of fun. It was an opportunity for me to get to know a few more faces nearby, as well as just party. The restaurant was kind of strange though, serving a set course with mini-bratwurst, frenchfries, edamame, raw octopus, korean food, pan fried beef in a Japanese sauce, and pizza. The food was good, but is that not one strange menu? Talk about globe hopping in the space of a meal.
That is not the only crazy food combo I have encountered recently. Last weekend I joined Paul and his delightful girlfriend at a rotation sushi restaurant out past Kanazawa station. It was a bit of a trip, but well worth it. However they had some seriously strange roles. Like say, the steak Tartar roll. Yes, raw beef and a tiny egg with sushi rice wrapped in seaweed. Actually I tried it and it was Ok, but a bit of a trip. There was also roast pork sushi, salmon and cheese sushi, and fois gras sushi, in addition to the more standard offerings. While strange, everything on offer was delicious, even the honeydew! (Luckily that *wasn't* a roll, merely melon wedges)
On Sunday Nate and I hung out and went shopping. Unfortunatly some of that shopping was for Valentines Chocolate for his wife. Now in Japan Valentines Day is a bit strange, in that it is a 180 degree reversal from us! Yup guys, you guessed it, the women buy the men chocolate. Now thats not to say the Men get off the hook, they have added a second holiday, White Day, where the Men have to reciprocate and buy chocolate for all the women who got them something on Valentines Day. Still and all, its a very fair way of doing things. Plus I never turn down free chocolate! Ok, but back to poor Nate. See Japanese women, like most women I suppose, love to shop. Especially on Sunday afternoon. Even moreso with a reason to go shopping, like say a holiday coming up. The Chocolate sellers in the Daiwa Dept Store were swamped. Seriously it was like some sort of Chocolate fueled Utah Beach. I had to provide some covering fire just to get us down the escalator!
After that harrowing experience we decided to follow up on the theory that the higher you go in Japanese dept stores the more low rent and dodgy they get. We confirmed this big time! The first floor or two is always nice, clean and busy. But make it to the 5th or so floor and things get.... creepy! Dirty floors, suspicious glances, its a very strange phenomenon!
Ok, enough with the ramblings, here are some pics of Crazy Japan (TM)
The Sushi Joint.
This is the band with the number one single right now. Yes, that is 20 pre-teen to teen girls. Yes it is as sugary and disposable as you might guess. If you like, you can find out just how weird it is...
click on this!
Not really engrish, but pretty weird!
engrish mugs... for 100 yen each! How cool is that?
Ok, well thats it for today. Happy Valentines Day all especially you Buck-Tick lovers out there, and yes I got a wee bit 'o free Chocolate today.
Next Time: Karoke Expose, including a shot of Grant... "singing." Stay Tuned!
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Engrish is the best
Engrish is the English that appears on Japanese signs and shirts. It is meant for local consumption, and is meantmore to look 'cool' than to actually mean something. Since they rarely go over this local English with a good editor, some really crazy stuff shows up. I think the general hilarity of the results pretty much says more than I can!
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