Danelle.org » benny lava http://www.danelle.org Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:08:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Lost in Translation http://www.danelle.org/2008/11/16/lost-in-translation/ http://www.danelle.org/2008/11/16/lost-in-translation/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:14:31 +0000 Danelle http://www.danelle.org/?p=40 With so many different languages and cultures around the world, sometimes things get lost in translation. This was very evident to me the other night while perusing YouTube. There is no end of videos, most of them pretty hilarious, that take full advantage of misunderstandings and mistranslations between languages. Here are a few of my favorite examples:

Dschinghis Khan’s “Moskau!” as “translated” into English by Buffalax. This isn’t really an English translation, but rather what the song sounds like if you assume it’s sung in English, which it isn’t.

The next video never ceases to crack me up.

And once again, Dschinghis Khan with “Samurai”.

Now, here’s a clip from Bulgarian Idol. Apparently, this lady is attempting to sing “Without You” by Mariah Carey. However, she calls it “Ken Lee” and well, her English pronunciation isn’t all that great. LOL.

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