Terrible Translations

Gas Man · 01-18-2011, 07:28 AM

Terrible translations
(Excerpt from a Honda owners manual circa early 60s)

1962 Safety Rules from Honda

Taken from a 1962 Honda Motor Cycle Owner's Manual.
Translated by Honda for the American Motorcycle Rider

1. At the rise of the hand by Policeman, stop rapidly.
Do not pass him by or otherwise disrespect him.

2. When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn
trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage,
tootel him with vigor and express by word of mouth, warning Hi, Hi.

3. Beware of the wandering horse that he shall not take
fright as you pass him. Do not explode the exhaust box at him.
Go soothingly by.

4. Give big space to the festive dog that makes sport
in roadway. Avoid entanglement of dog with wheel spokes.

5. Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the
skid demon! Press the brake foot as you roll around
the corners, and save the collapse and tie up.

Trip · 01-18-2011, 07:30 AM

Skid demons are a pain in the ass.

azoomm · 01-18-2011, 10:40 AM

Oooooo engrish is awesome.

skiergirl · 01-18-2011, 11:27 AM

I especially like the Tootel your horn....

then Tootel him with vigor.....

Particle Man · 01-18-2011, 02:03 PM

The collapse and tie up sounds crappy.

ericr · 01-18-2011, 03:52 PM

F@ckin grease mud! I hate that shit!!

AquaPython · 01-18-2011, 03:59 PM

so the skid demon makes you leave grease mud in your drawers?

Dave · 01-18-2011, 04:12 PM

Ill tell you what, I sure exploded the exhaust box last night. Still don't know what it was I ate but I'm damn glad I didn't get any skid demons in my undies

Adeptus_Minor · 01-18-2011, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave

Ill tell you what, I sure exploded the exhaust box last night. Still don't know what it was I ate but I'm damn glad I didn't get any skid demons in my undies

That makes me express by word of mouth, laughter Ha, ha.

Rider · 01-19-2011, 10:27 AM

I read translated documents all day long from Audi(German to English). I think we need to hire a new translation service because google translation does a way better job than the professional service.

We translated a phrase that came out as Dirty Shunt(meaning earth ground) We all had a good laugh at that one.

01-18-2011, 07:28 AM	#1
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	Terrible Translations Terrible translations (Excerpt from a Honda owners manual circa early 60s) 1962 Safety Rules from Honda Taken from a 1962 Honda Motor Cycle Owner's Manual. Translated by Honda for the American Motorcycle Rider 1. At the rise of the hand by Policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him by or otherwise disrespect him. 2. When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage, tootel him with vigor and express by word of mouth, warning Hi, Hi. 3. Beware of the wandering horse that he shall not take fright as you pass him. Do not explode the exhaust box at him. Go soothingly by. 4. Give big space to the festive dog that makes sport in roadway. Avoid entanglement of dog with wheel spokes. 5. Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon! Press the brake foot as you roll around the corners, and save the collapse and tie up. __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

01-18-2011, 07:30 AM	#2
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	Skid demons are a pain in the ass.

01-18-2011, 10:40 AM	#3
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	Oooooo engrish is awesome.

01-18-2011, 11:27 AM	#4
skiergirl Gixxer Girl Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kyle, TX Moto: 05 GSXR 750 & 06 YZ250F Posts: 1,424	I especially like the Tootel your horn.... then Tootel him with vigor.....

01-18-2011, 02:03 PM	#5
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	The collapse and tie up sounds crappy.

01-18-2011, 04:12 PM	#8
Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	Ill tell you what, I sure exploded the exhaust box last night. Still don't know what it was I ate but I'm damn glad I didn't get any skid demons in my undies

01-19-2011, 10:27 AM	#10
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	I read translated documents all day long from Audi(German to English). I think we need to hire a new translation service because google translation does a way better job than the professional service. We translated a phrase that came out as Dirty Shunt(meaning earth ground) We all had a good laugh at that one.