asus engrish

[kc8adu]

from an a7v133 i got in for recap

[willawake]

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lots of stuff in work comms

"we will tow the yacht to the position of detonation" (.....destination)
"yesterday we received massage from you" (....message)

[gdement]

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It's funny that these companies can't get a native english speaker to proofread this stuff. Doesn't seem like it would be that hard.

[kc8adu]

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my favorite was on an enshu machining center.
a motor overlord warning.

[PCBONEZ]

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Some BIOS glitches I've come across on the web.
Microcode for CPU ID had misspellings and it shows up in Windows.


- AMD BARTON
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 10
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Prosussor
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 2158.171
cache size : 512 KB


-- AMD Sempron
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Proswssor
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1825.951


The one for the Barton has also been reported for Athlon XP's.
Usually BIOS updates correct it. (But not always right away.).

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[kc8adu]

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another good one is a panasonic optical that id's as a matshita.

[zandrax]

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another good one is a panasonic optical that id's as a matshita.

Well, both Panasonic and Matshita are Matsushita brands so I'm not surprised here.
I'm not surprised about bad translations anymore: usually any japanese manual is translated in english (sometimes engrish) then the translation is translated in minor languages such as italian.

The funniest of these translations are NTI CD & DVD Maker commands: the Enable BURN-Proof for suitable drives checkbox is named Attivare l'opzione di memoria tampone ha subito un errore di protezione per i drive avente tale opzionei [this gibberish can be re-translated as: Enable pad memory suffers a protection error for drives having this options], overburning becomes sovraccarico [overload] and writing modes (TAO, SAO, DAO) are funnily translated in the Write window as well (but help correctly refers as Track at once, Session at once and Disk at once modes! Damn!).
Since Babelfish-like translations give me nerves, I'd shoot NTI QC chief and asking why they love this language bloodshed. Or first I'll ask and later shoot, I don't know

Zandrax

[Topcat]

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LOL @ this thread!! I see a lot of this as well

[stevo1210]

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I saw a funny one on TV a while ago where someone pointed out broken english on an instruction mnual for a kids swing.... it went something like: "put the part onto the part and then put the other part onto the next part"

[Scenic]

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ASRock manual...

the german translation sounds like it wnt through babelfish or google translator..

*everything* is translated into german 1:1
Dual Channel Memory Interface -> Doppelkanal Speicheranschluss o.O

BIOS engrish:
Foxconn WinFast 6150-K8MA-8KRS
xxxxKB Memory KO [instead of OK]

and somewhere in the BIOS options on another board..
Shaved Memory (for the onboard graphics card)

[Krankshaft]

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Hey I think there is a problem my memory is KO is that bad?

Hey my graphics card memory was supposed to be shared not shaved .

[Tom41]

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I've had my fair share of computer Engrish. My favorite one yet was a dialog that popped up when I tried to install something:

"The current user has no the privelege to install driver on system, please use the administrator privelege to logo on"

I also had a cheap dual-mode webcam/digital camera that had an instruction manual - it looked like it had been run through Babelfish several times!

"The more sonorous ticktack expresses a success shot, while the less one expresses a failed shot due to lack of light and so on"

"Absolutely inhibit to open battery cover while power is on. When the electricity is break, all store photos will be gone"

"Putting the battery into fire is inhibited less to hurt anyone by explosion or to damage the enviroment"

[Topcat]

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a motor overlord warning.

overlord warning..... Sounds like there was a Zerg invasion

[gdement]

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I had to go dig out my old "80486 Motherboard User's Guide" for my old unbranded "TRUE 'Green'" motherboard. I found out years later that it was made by PCChips.

Mine was exactly that same layout, except it had socketed cache chips.
I still remember trying to read this paragraph:

Memory Configuration
The DRAM sub-system contain 4 banks. Four 30-pin SIMM Socket U8 - U11 using as bank 2 : two 72-pin SIMM Socket U17 using as bank 1 and 3 ; U18 using as bank 0 and 2 . So you can not install 30-pin SIMM if using 2 banks type DRAM on to U18 and you can install 30-pin SIMM if using 1 bank type DRAM on to U18.

Rereading it now I'm shocked to realize I can finally comprehend what they were saying. I guess I'm getting better at Engrish.

[c_hegge]

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This one must have been translated from chinese to english by someone who didn't know either language very well.

PS. sorry about digging an old thread up

[Krankshaft]

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Well since this old thread is dredged.

It's not just computer parts. Early 90s video games weren't exempt from Engrish either how about the intro to Zero Wing.

All your base are belong to us .

Now who read that and thought that makes perfect sense?

[toastygoodness]

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speaking of videogames, has anybody tried LSD: dream simulator? that game has smoe insane engrish, amongst other insane stuff.

[RJARRRPCGP]

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my favorite was on an enshu machining center.
a motor overlord warning.

I'm sorry, I keep LOL'ing on that one.

[dood]

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I found one on the case of a PSU once. It was actually stamped into the metal:

"Warning! Do not screw off!"

Then there's always this: