TRANSLATING TO ENGLISH

A Jeddah pasta restaurant calls itself "Macroni" in English

Paper floormat from the dealership got the word "appreciate" wrong, omitting both the R & T

On the right, "Enterance" seems ok and makes sense

No misspelling here, just a pretty exterior mall pic

 

WEEKEND ROUNDUP - LETTER "J"

"JAM" - TOMATO TAPAS JAM (PIC TAKEN IN SEATTLE)

NOTE:  THIS PRODUCT WOULD NOT BE SOLD IN SAUDI ARABIA

BECAUSE OF THE IMAGE OF THE PIG ON THE PRODUCT

STARTS WITH "J" - COULD BE "JAR" OR "JOKE"

DEFINITELY LOST IN TRANSLATION

STARTS WITH "J" OR A FAVORITE - "JARS" OF NUTELLA

A FAVORITE - "JEWELRY" - GOLD IS HIGH QUALITY HERE IN SAUDI

LINKING TO - 

THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

FRIDAY BLISS

 

Saudi Arabia Menu Bloopers

The top menu is chock full of misspellings - Scalope for Scallop;  Lobaster for Lobster;  Kocktail for Cocktail;  Avocato for Avocado;  Guafa for Guava;  Romman for I have no idea what it is;  Stawberry for Strawberry;  and Cartot for Carrot. 

As far as the bottom menu, I asked for the menu in English - and this turned out to be their English menu.  At least I knew they offered Sandwiches or Houmos...

Saudi Arabia Elevator Sign

Love this sign near the elevator of a hotel in Yanbu...

Our World: Hilarious Menu Selections

Lost in Translation - This menu at a mall restaurant in Jeddah just had too many weird translations on it that I couldn't understand what most of the items were.  Like, what is a "Chicken Knot"? Or "Node Thickness"? Or what kind of dish is a "Vegetable Problem"? How about "Precarious Chicken"? And what is a "Complaisant" dish?

And all these "Blindfolded" dishes? Does one need to be blindfolded in order to eat them, or what? I think Google translate was used for this menu ... I'd be mad if I paid someone to translate it into English and the result was this!



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Grammatical and spelling errors are commonly seen around Jeddah on menus, maps, and signage, where of course the native language is Arabic.