Category: Language

“White Horseradish” translated into English.

In Novosibirsk “Metelitsa” hotel, this door hanger reads “Ready for cleaning” in Russian language. But, the translation gave it a whole new meaning. Apparently, the door hanger designers used …

On Yelagin island in Saint Petersburg, there is a park, where signs have been lost in translation.

Russian Railways, state-owned company, offers travellers to take a shower for a fee. Russian word душ (dush) means “shower”, but душа (dusha) is a “soul”. Obviously, whoever translated this …

The word сдача (sdacha) means “to return a change“. It also is a derivative of сдаваться “to surrender“. Lost in translation or not, apparently, Russian vending machines do not …