Space ALC: my favorite general online dictionary, that treasure-trove of excellent example sentences and entirely bizarre translation possibilities, that bright spot in the depths of translation despair. (Some are a little NSFW for language.)
Posts Tagged ‘English slang’
How Do I Say “Fabulicious” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC, Part Two
Posted in Language, Translation, tagged ALC, bilingual, dictionary, English slang, japanese, slang, Space ALC, strange translations, Translation on 2013/08/20| 4 Comments »
How Do I Say “Git Er Done” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC
Posted in Language, Translation, tagged ALC, bilingual, dictionary, English slang, japanese, slang, Space ALC, strange translations, Translation on 2013/05/07| 14 Comments »
Space ALC is one of my favorite online dictionaries, especially since it uses a lot of example sentences and words in context. The dictionary also has a huge database of English-language slang terms, both historical and modern, and as the dictionary is more directed at English-to-Japanese translation (read: Japanese speakers inputing English terms, including slang), sometimes the results I get are nothing short of hilarious. My other translator friends and I like to swap screenshots of some of the weirder terms we get, and so I wanted to share some of my favorites with you all.
Just a note: none of these entries is wrong; this is not Engrish. If I had to deal with the sheer amount of slang that English has as a non-native speaker, I would be glad to have a place that could explain what buck wild means. However, going from Japanese to English turns up a lot of results that have odd slang terms listed as the first entries, which is why I find it so funny.
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