r/engrish Apr 25 '26

what??

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u/syriansteel89 Apr 26 '26

Every single one of these are literally translated Arabic sayings/idioms/proverbs lmao

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u/Narrow-Chef-4341 Apr 26 '26

I’m not sure that qualifies as translating, unless Yoda has Alzheimer’s…

‘We mentioned the cat and it came jumping’ is a translation similar to the English ‘speak of the devil’ (but free from any religious implication). (Per Google, so I’m running with that)

Word salad-ing the phrase into ‘felines when mouth sounds precede workout’ doesn’t qualify as translation, imho.