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data-laughing holy fucking shit I'm fucking dying here man

Can someone who knows Chinese try to guess what the fuck happened with this translation

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ok I know this one! It's actually translated correctly. It's 踩屎感. It literally means "like stepping in shit." It's just a Chinese expression. 踩屎 itself can mean comfy.

Seems like it was machine translated literally rather than an equivalent English phrase like "walking on clouds" or something.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember years ago some product description where "foam" in the original language got translated into "scum" in English and I assumed something similar had to have happened here, but I guess not, lol

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Iman Pond Scum is kinda like a foam

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

In Scandinavian languages scum just means foam (spelled skum)