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Amusing Mistranslations

If you don't want your translations to be funnier than Fawlty Towers, then you'd better come to us.

A few words from our competitors:

'It's with mutch pleasure of you receive at our stand for you submit our best offert or other information you may require ......'
- A Spanish firm at a London wine fair.

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'Hugged by the Jucan and Huecar Rivers, packed over a rocky spur and flied over depths of the "hoces" (big mountains), Cuenca is a challenge to the laws of nature, an architectonic wonder, a historical reliquary and a threat to our imagination'.
- Spanish Tour Operator advertising the town of Cuenca.

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'It will now be necessary to state the name and address of the inventor if the applicant is not himself'.
- Portuguese Patent Agent.

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All quotations reproduced with thanks from Professional Translator & Interpreter 'Pitfalls and Howlers' - Vols. 1, 2 & 3.