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Shockingly Bad English Translations (2)

The previous thread got archived, so I made a new one.

Fall into water carefully.webp

Still the same question, what terrible English translations have you seen in daily life? Feel free to post them out, regardless of the origin language!

The previous thread got archived, so I made a new one. ![Fall into water carefully.webp](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=3smEDfDbinL2.webp&sig=2da33bf47a5726c96f4bcf26d0f891ecc94fe95e) Still the same question, what terrible English translations have you seen in daily life? Feel free to post them out, regardless of the origin language!

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![ppp.jpg](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=q49GoHTJr7A-.jpg&sig=bb520f242da4438010c8e8f67c7b47e68296e897)

one of these kinda boards, I have seen in Azerbaijan or smtg
Screenshot 2026-10-07 100031.png

one of these kinda boards, I have seen in Azerbaijan or smtg ![Screenshot 2026-10-07 100031.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=gKeEF9rhEmf3.png&sig=49cc45b830e825d76cdecb7495360cfe68863a57)

@LittleChessie said ^

one of these kinda boards, I have seen in Azerbaijan or smtg
Screenshot 2026-10-07 100031.png (https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=gKeEF9rhEmf3.png&sig=49cc45b830e825d76cdecb7495360cfe68863a57)

"We spik inglish"
No you don't-

@LittleChessie said [^](/forum/redirect/post/6qNafRxl) > one of these kinda boards, I have seen in Azerbaijan or smtg > Screenshot 2026-10-07 100031.png (https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=gKeEF9rhEmf3.png&sig=49cc45b830e825d76cdecb7495360cfe68863a57) "We spik inglish" No you don't-

To be fair "we spik inglish" is just (grossly) misspelled but completely understandable. It is much more dangerous to have something that looks fine being way off.

To be fair "we spik inglish" is just (grossly) misspelled but completely understandable. It is much more dangerous to have something that looks fine being way off.

@lq2 said ^

one of these kinda boards, I have seen in Azerbaijan or smtg
Screenshot 2026-10-07 100031.png (https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=gKeEF9rhEmf3.png&sig=49cc45b830e825d76cdecb7495360cfe68863a57)

"We spik inglish"
No you don't-

Actually, they do speak in "Inglish", but sadly they don't speak in "English". :/

@lq2 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/iCXIzTsI) > > one of these kinda boards, I have seen in Azerbaijan or smtg > > Screenshot 2026-10-07 100031.png (https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=gKeEF9rhEmf3.png&sig=49cc45b830e825d76cdecb7495360cfe68863a57) > > "We spik inglish" > No you don't- Actually, they do speak in "Inglish", but sadly they don't speak in "English". :/

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