Thursday, 21 March 2013

Lost in Translation

I was reading the in-flight magazine (in Spanish) on an Aero Mexico flight which was extolling the virtues of the English pub or "casa para el público para beber" - literally a house for the public for drinking.

The writer went on to say that English taverns were renowned for traditional names such as "the George and Dragon" or "the Fox and Hounds", also popular it claimed was "the Olde White Tart" and "the Athlete's Foot".


I couldn't decide if it was deliberate or a slip of Google translator,  and no mention of my favourite pub!
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5 comments:

  1. Tillerman21 March 2013 at 16:07

    This is probably a dumb question, but what would Athlete's Foot be a mistranslation of?

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  2. Bursledon Blogger21 March 2013 at 18:41

    probably an extrapolation - the kings Arms, the Queens Head, the athlete's foot!!

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  3. Tillerman21 March 2013 at 20:35

    OKAY.

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  4. eric1723 March 2013 at 10:35

    Do you really have a pub called "Candida albicans" ?? :D :D :D
    Eric, from France

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  5. Bursledon Blogger23 March 2013 at 18:03

    erica, not anywhere around here and if there is one somewhere I think I might give it a miss!

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