'Exploding dogs' and 'confused pizzas' all feature in the weird and wonderful world of lost meaning THE fine art of translation is never better appreciated than when it goes drastically wrong. A ...

Mistranslations have provided the world (literally) with humour for many years now. From wry grins to belly laughs so big that Michael Bay has made film about them, we’ve all enjoyed a good scoff at a ...

If you're reading this article in English, lucky you. You can travel the world and still be understood by many people because 20% of the world also speaks English. Sorta. Damian Comito remembered ...

Sometimes good intentions can make for hilarious results - as these bizarre examples prove Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our newsletter We have more ...

While they are probably very informative and helpful notices, when reworded in English they completely lose all meaning THESE restaurants and shops attempted to lure in tourists by displaying signs ...

“Translation is not the answer,” says Jorge Plasencia, chief executive officer of Republica Havas and global chief client officer at Havas: “When you're doing that, you're shooting blanks.” It’s a ...

Photos from China show the hilarious results of translations gone wrong, with signs, menus, and even brand names damaging the country's image. Now the Chinese government has declared war on 'Chinglish ...

Italian contains a lot of words that are either the same or very similar to English, but have subtly different (or completely opposite) meanings. Here are 10 of the most common translation fails.