Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts

Thursday, February 24, 2011

google translate

Translating from English to Norwegian, this is what Google Translate came up with:
English: "Backup is important but backing up is not an archive. Learn how to make a true archive to protect all of your digital files for this generation and future generations."
Norwegian: "Backup er viktig, men bak bilen er ikke et arkiv. Lær å lage en ekte arkiv for å beskytte dine digitale filer for denne generasjonen og fremtidige generasjoner".

The first sentence was translated to read "Backup is important, but behind the car is not an archive".

So close...

Friday, February 05, 2010

norwegian to english spelling

I have noticed that some Norwegians have a difficult time pronouncing the English v and w.
"Love" becomes "low", and "was" becomes "våss".
But I had to smile when I saw this sign at the International airport in Oslo.