A Menu Lost in Translation: Difference between revisions

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Oops, it looks like someone used a machine translator to render the Polish menu into English. Believe it or not, even some relatively upscale ~~restaurants~~ do this without ~~so much as~~ having the menu proof-read by someone who actually speaks English. ~~Even though the~~ results are sometimes hilarious, ~~some are~~ confusing, and some are downright off-putting to any visiting foreign tourist. Again, all of the mistranslations above were actually printed on menus (though never all at once)!

Oops, it looks like someone used a machine translator to render the Polish menu into English. Believe it or not, even some relatively upscale restaurateurs do this without even having the menu proof-read by someone who actually speaks English. The results are sometimes hilarious, sometimes just confusing, and some are downright off-putting to any visiting foreign tourist. Again, all of the mistranslations above were actually printed on menus (though never all at once)!

So, have you figured out what they were supposed to mean? You can type your guesses as comments to this Facebook post. Unless you speak Polish, then you don't need to guess.

So, have you figured out what they were supposed to mean? You can type your guesses as comments to this Facebook post. Unless you speak Polish, of course, then you don't need to guess.

~~Click~~ "Show actual meanings" below ~~to see the correct answers~~!

And if you're ready to see the correct answers, click ""Show actual meanings" below!

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-Oops, it looks like someone used a machine translator to render the Polish menu into English. Believe it or not, even some relatively upscale restaurants do this without so much as having the menu proof-read by someone who actually speaks English. Even though the results are sometimes hilarious, some are confusing, and some are downright off-putting to any visiting foreign tourist. Again, all of the mistranslations above were actually printed on menus (though never all at once)!
+Oops, it looks like someone used a machine translator to render the Polish menu into English. Believe it or not, even some relatively upscale restaurateurs do this without even having the menu proof-read by someone who actually speaks English. The results are sometimes hilarious, sometimes just confusing, and some are downright off-putting to any visiting foreign tourist. Again, all of the mistranslations above were actually printed on menus (though never all at once)!
-So, have you figured out what they were supposed to mean? You can type your guesses as comments to this Facebook post. Unless you speak Polish, then you don't need to guess.
+So, have you figured out what they were supposed to mean? You can type your guesses as comments to this Facebook post. Unless you speak Polish, of course, then you don't need to guess.
-Click "Show actual meanings" below to see the correct answers!
+And if you're ready to see the correct answers, click ""Show actual meanings" below!
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