{"id":286,"date":"2009-12-07T11:26:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T15:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=286"},"modified":"2009-12-07T11:26:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T15:26:46","slug":"men-dog-eleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/men-dog-eleven\/","title":{"rendered":"Men dog eleven?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In these Google Translation times, the language missunderstandings are\u00a0probably more and bigger than ever.\u00a0A friend experienced this when he tried\u00a0to translate a restaurant meny\u00a0from Swedish to English and got the not very tempting result\u00a0“dandruff fish”\u00a0meaning “mj\u00e4ll fisk” in Swedish, as in a fish that is very tender. NOT a fish served with flakes from the scalp, thankfully. In Swedish, mj\u00e4ll<\/em> means both dandruff<\/em> and tender<\/em>. My boyfriend was also in for a surprise, when he Google translated my Swedish blog, where I had written: Var p\u00e5 puben med min nya frilla<\/em> meaning Was in<\/em> the pub with my new haircut. <\/em>But the Swedish slang word for haircut, frilla<\/em>, could also be an old fashion word for mistress<\/em>. In other words, according to Google Translate I was in the pub having a pint\u00a0with my new mistress.<\/p>\n

Also, there\u00a0are lots of English words that\u00a0mean something\u00a0completely different in Swedish\u00a0and\u00a0potentially can cause both confusion and amusement. Some examples:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Barn – Children<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ben (name) – Leg<\/span> and Legs (<\/span>same in plural)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dog – Died
\nEleven – The student<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fart – Speed
\nFaster – Father’s sister
\nFrom – Gentle, Pious<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gift – Married or Poison
\nGod – Tasty<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Killing – A baby goat
\nKiss – Wee
\nMage – Stomach<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Men – But<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Man –\u00a0 ‘One’ as in ‘One would think so…’<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Master – Masts <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prick – Dot<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rita (name) – To draw<\/span>
\nSkull – Sake, Benefit<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Slut – End
\nSpark – Kick
\nTalk – Talcum powder
\nTar – Taking
\nTina (name) – To unfreeze<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Have you stumbled upon anything similar? Maybe you have frown at the lovely and creamy Swedish chocolate Plopp<\/em> or wondered\u00a0what on earth a\u00a0Juleskum<\/em> is? Help us make the confusion list longer. Words, expressions, sayings, translations, misunderstandings… anything vaguely – or extremely – confusing is welcome!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In these Google Translation times, the language missunderstandings are\u00a0probably more and bigger than ever.\u00a0A friend experienced this when he tried\u00a0to translate a restaurant meny\u00a0from Swedish to English and got the not very tempting result\u00a0“dandruff fish”\u00a0meaning “mj\u00e4ll fisk” in Swedish, as in a fish that is very tender. NOT a fish served with flakes from the…<\/p>\n

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