Most epic Google translate fails of skaters' names

[Amy L]

My favorite Japanese translator names that haven't been mentioned yet:

Country Fang Yong tree
Xiao Lin, you really
Ancient Dragon Mill
Yamamoto grass too

 

[Ananas Astra]

More from Japanese Nats, this time some ice dancers:
"Hirayama Himezato has Tachino in"
"Yajima hazel is the pool Tian Xi charge"

 

[Jot the Dot Dot]

Well, I can't wait to see the pairs team of Mirko Muller and Peggy Black skate to the music of acclaimed violinist Anne-Sophie Mother !

 

[Vagabond]

(Irina) Zhuk and (Alexander) Svinin = The Beetle and Pork.

https://translate.google.com/transl...ilevoj_i_jeje_novaja_zhizn_v_figurnom_katanii

 

[aka_gerbil]

I browse some Russian skating boards with Google translate. The funniest is Marina Zoueva translating as ministry of health.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Bing Tranlator (Microsoft Translater) used to convert "Plushenko Senshu" in Japanese into "Quad Jumps" in English. A few years later it was updated and just says "Quad."
https://twitter.com/tmidorin/status/817883838231629824

Seems legit to be honest

Not a skater but for some reason Shoma Uno's brother's first name becomes Tree and that's usually how he's referred to.

I'm always amused by how jumps become "him" when translating from Russia. "I wanted to do a triple axel, but I keep missing him." It's rather endearing.

 

[mjb52]

I also like how free programs are described as the "arbitrary"

 

[bardtoob]

Just found a posting from Russian Junior Nats where Mikhail Kolyada was named "Michael Carol" ("kolyadat" means carolling in Russian)

An Amerikan trainer of mercenaries and a dancer from the Kalifornian beach film Sausage Kolyada plot to force the skater of comrade professor Mishin to desert.

Американский тренер наемников и танцовщица из калифорнийского пляжного фильма Колбаса Коляда замышляют заставить конькобежца товарища-профессора Мишина дезертировать.

 

[Vash01]

I keep on seeing references to "ribs" and "jambs" in google translated articles about Russian skating. I'm pretty sure that ribs are "edges" like deep edges when people skate, but I can't figure out what jambs are. I think some kind of mistake or instability? Does anyone know? Sorry this isn't a very funny post, I'm just curious.

Could it be jumps? Or turns?

 

[Rina RUS]

Could it be jumps? Or turns?

No.
It is just a word which has absolutely different meanings.
For example, in English the word “bank” can mean a banking-house, but it can also mean a riverside.
So google translate meets a word which has absolutely different meanings in Russian and isn’t able to choose the right translation.

I can't figure out what jambs are. I think some kind of mistake or instability?

Yes, you see “jambs” instead of “mistakes”.

 

[Rina RUS]

The funniest is Marina Zoueva translating as ministry of health.

I think Marina Zoueva can be translated as ministry of health, when somebody texts "MZ" instead of her name.
I saw that "EP" (Evgeni Plushenko) was translated as European Parliament.

Google translate knows best what we mean.

 

[Rina RUS]

“Pair skaters” can turn into “hothouses” (“glass-houses”), when it translates from Russian.

The only difference between two words is the stress. When the stress is on the first syllable, the word “parnik” means “a pair skater” (or “a pair dancer”). When the stress is on the second syllable, the word “parnik” means “a hothouse”. So google translate doesn’t see any difference.

 

[mjb52]

I've seen greenhouses too!

 

[Rina RUS]

The word “fan” is a word with absolutely different meanings in English. So when google translate has to translate from English to other languages, skating “fans” can be turned into “ventilators” (blowing machines). We’ve seen such cases. Stay safe.

 

[Cherub721]

If I remember right in Russian there are the "rib jumps" (edge jumps) and "tooth jumps" (toe jumps). The toepicks are called teeth, which makes sense.

 

[Vagabond]

Peter bean goose = Petr Gummenik
Elizabeth beekeeper = Elizaveta Pasiečnik

 

[Dragonlady]

I remember Babel translating Stefan Lindeman as "Lime Tree Man". It's how I always think of him.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I remember Babel translating Stefan Lindeman as "Lime Tree Man". It's how I always think of him.

Fun fact - I took a photo with Stefan outside the rink of skate America in Pittsburgh, 2004. I used to have a shrine of photos on my wall from that skate America

 

[Ananas Astra]

Victoria Sinitsina just became "Victoria Hot" on facebook.

 

[barbk]

What is that in its original language?

pompous

eta: referring to "The Mitchell-Johansen Method"

 

[Vagabond]

Maya Lame = Maiia Khromykh

 

[Vagabond]

True coral under the mountain = Mako Yamashita

 

[Pink Cats]

My user name Pink Cats is a translation Microsoft Outlook made of a colleague name

 

[Icetalavista]

kaori Sakamoto = fragrance Sakamoto

 

[Wyliefan]

Petr Gumennik = Bean

(Formerly Bean Goose)

 

[Ananas Astra]

Youtube apparently translated "Arlet Levandi" to "All that love Andy".

 

[Vagabond]

Youtube apparently translated "Arlet Levandi" to "All that love Andy".

To be fair, it was an instant transcription of what Simon Reed (?) was saying in English, not a translation.

 

[Ananas Astra]

Still awesome.

 

[Ananas Astra]

Just found another one from the past. Pavel Drozd became "Paul Thrush" at some point.

 

[Vagabond]

YouTube transliterated Mozalev as "Mazel tov."