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"Blind Idiot" Translation (tvtropes.org)

submitted 1 week ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[Casual Tuesday post]

A "Blind Idiot" Translation is a translation from one language to another where the translation is overly literal, grammatically incorrect, very awkward, or clearly misses what the word or phrase was supposed to mean.

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[–] Cattypat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

this isnt Wikipedia and the site also whines about me using an ad blocker :(

[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Other wikis are allowed on Casual Tuesday. And I don't get the ad nagging with uBlock Origin.

[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

What lists are you using? The default uBlock Origin lists seem fine for me

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 week ago

Hey, you can't just link to TVtropes without warning people! Warn us before linking to that rabbit warren.