So. Trains can make warning noises, right? The German word is "Signalhupe" or "Signalhorn".
The English word would be Typhon, yet the translator, a human being, called it "signalling horn".
Now. My new customer had a project in Sweden. He speaks no Swedish.
Can you guess already?
They were not drunk, but this take please as a hint - believe me, I sat here giggling!!! So much so, he had to join.
(He told me this after I admitted I´d had thrown out the Dead Man Switch at Siemens - in a document, just in a document!!!)
Back to my new customer - another person, capable of the Swedish language, translated this according to the English translation, signalling horn.
My customer had two monitors, two presentations, English and Swedish and when he came to this point, the Swedish laughed their heads off.
That human translator did not come from railway and translated it to.... THIS...
A horn as in "deer head"!!
Next time my customer went there he... as a private person after the work day... shared some Jägermeister as making-up and everybody was happy.
So, if you happen to see a train in Sweden with a dear head on front you know why!!! 🦌 😂🤣😅
In
case you don´t know, Jägermeister is produced 15 km from our doorstep
and known world-wide, so the Swedish guys sure appreciated this as very
special.
Hope you had a day as fun as I had!
Beware, this was a very useful lesson, too!!!
If you ever are to translate specific words... just make sure... Deepl is actually a good help.
As colleagues with railway-knowledge especially 🤣
How boring would life be without things like this happening? Horn...
Henry 🦁
You find this old train at our railway station, on the parking ground, proudly standing, greeting arrivals.
Other... I had work, so I started at 07:00 am, called teamleader when done without checking the time. Huhhhh (others were online already, too!).
He fell in bed at 03:00 am - preparations for another trip to Kiev... He wasn´t mad at me.
🌻💙💛
18 comments:
Your new job sounds interesting. I think you have more fun and laughs here. I usually refer to toot toot train or choo choo train. Lol!
What a great day to be able to laugh at your work. If only all days were like that :)
Nancy, yes, Ingo calls it choo choo train, too :-)
I sure hope this time it works out!
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Margaret, yes, I kinda hope for more laughs - at least smiles!
Nice story. I was reminded of my neighbour. He is a train driver and we live quite close to a railway line. He often uses his horn
I think just about everyone can recognize that icon LOL
I had to look up Typhon because I have never heard it. My dictionary/thesaurus says: monster, sphinx, chimera, cerberus, echidna.
Nothing at all to do with trains.
I would use the word Horn.
What is Jagermeister? Beer? Rum? Brandy? I only know the name, not what it is.
Sounds like you had a fun day.
River, you make it even funnier - maybe they add en echidna, now that would be international!
Jägermeister is a digestif with 56 herbs, rather sweet.
The fun just continued! :-)
It's good to have a job where you laugh and can have fun. Deer head. 😆
I'm not a big Jagermeister fan, but it is a big drink around here.I recognize the label right right off. Funny story about the word horn. I have a cousin who is literally a train engineer. The kind that drives the train. It was his childhood dream to do that, and he does. And you made me laugh about the rooster in Jamaica you mentioned in the comment you left me today. I had a similar one in Costa Rica. I feel your pain with that one. Have a great rest of your Friday Iris. hugs-Erika
CJ, yes, Dear head 🤣
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Erika, LOL, those roosters! They love to torment tourists, huh!
Great your cousin could fulfill his childhood dream!
Have a great Friday, hugs from here!
That's funny! It is interesting looking at translation. I don't speak another language well enough to translate but I love the stories! (The wrong translation can get you in a lot of trouble!)
Sounds like you got a good job. Having a laugh is good for the mind and less stress. Have a wonderful weekend, Iris.
Sounds like these are good people that you work with.
My food turned out well. Ground meat, snow peas, corn, chili sauce, and left over rice plus green pepper and spices. I didn't measure anything!
Advise to RadPat: Canadians eat what is on the table! (Not what is shown in a colorful recipe book)
That last shot is quite a sight.
I also had to look up the word “typhon” and couldn’t find anything to do with the horn of a vehicle — just a Greek myth. If I read “signaling horn” I would not be at all confused. Very strange. English is my native language and I claim to know it well.
best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
William, yes, I need to take a pic again of the original.
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Mae, the railway-world is a crazy one.
One customer even found a ... hmmm, may I even write this? A "Führerhaus". Some states claim their traditions! As the Swedish people do.
A sense of humor is a definite plus in life :)
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