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And now we have a series of funny and very funny stories about the difficulties of translation.
Ludmila Sologub
Here is the cherry on the cake of my English:
Passport control at a connecting flight in Amsterdam:
- Where are you going?
- Barcelona.
- Hotel reservation?
- I'm staying with my aunt. only I pronounced the word " media-path:23 aunt" as ant.
He asked me three times, but I was adamant I was going to my aunt's.
Natalia Borshch
During transit at Dubai airport, a woman in traditional Muslim clothing came up and gestured "wash your face - where?". And I took her to the washbasin in the ladies' room, even turned on the water (touch screen control, not everyone understands). But she shook her head and kept making the same movements with her hands around her face. I even wondered if I should wash her or what. And then she laughed for a long time. Not without help from the locals, it turned out that she needed to go to the prayer room to pray. A wonderful woman, and a very warm memory of her.
Oksana Stepanok
Once in Greece I was asked who I was vacationing with on the beach. I answered in English that with my husband, and pointed a finger at him, say over there mai hasband. A minute later, my husband comes to the company (where everyone clearly understands who he is) and asked in English "are you her husband?". The husband responds (not knowing how "husband" is translated) by waving his head violently from side to side and saying "nooo". He is asked again: are you her husband? He looks confused at me and at the person who asked the question and repeats: nooo :) I said to him: "say "ss!", and he said "no!". In general, the whole company had a good laugh, and I will remember this incident for a long time.