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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Mistranslations: How Not to Install a Car Seat

Instructions for how to install a child's car seat translated by Bing from English to another language and then back into English. The more, ah, interesting translations follow :)


1. Once you have selected an acceptable seating location, place the car seat so that it is facing the rear of the vehicle. Make sure the handle is in the car seat position.

1. When you have chosen to address in court cases, the car seat facing it is the car driving. Make sure the handle is in the rear at the same. (Hmong Daw)

Maybe the judge can figure out how to install the seat properly... 


2. Fit the vehicle belt through the belt path slots in the top sides of the car seat.

2. S and are sinners bandage vehicle waist connecteurs Of in that part the top de la car seat. (Haitian Creole)

Whoa, whoa! What kind of car seat is this, anyway??


3. Buckle the vehicle belt.

3. influenza vaccine use. (Hmong Daw)

Good advice, but couldn't it wait until *after* the car seat is installed?


4. With the vehicle belt buckled, pull the vehicle shoulder belt just until the back of the car seat begins to rise.

4. with the collapsed car, pull the shoulder belt to the back of the car seat begins to rise. (Hebrew)

Who knew that a car seat could inflate a car? 


5. After tightening the vehicle belt system, make sure the correct position indicator is parallel with the floor of your vehicle. If the car seat is too inclined, your child will be too upright, allowing your child’s head to droop forward.

5. tighten the vehicle belt system, make sure that the correct position indicator is parallel with the floor of your vehicle. If the car seat is also willing to further dwindle your baby your baby's head will be also honest. (Hindi)

I don't think car seats that dwindle babies would be a big seller, even if it kept babies honest (they aren't usually big on subterfuge anyway).


6. If you are using a vehicle seating location equipped with a shoulder belt, you must use only one locking clip on the car seat to prevent the vehicle belt system from loosening during use. With the vehicle belt system tight, fit the shoulder belt into the locking clip above the vehicle belt system buckle.

6. If you are using the vehicle seat location with the shoulder belt, you must use only one clip that lock on the car seat belt system to prevent vehicles from flexibility during use. With the vehicle belt system tight, shoulder belt lock Speech clips on a vehicle belt buckle system. (Malay)


Yeah, better make sure to use that one clip, because a car being "flexible" during use does sound like a bad idea. Oh, and what are these speech clips? Can they be used on older kids to keep from getting into arguments? That would be very handy, indeed!


7. Test your installation of the car seat by lightly pushing on the top of the car seat. The car seat should NOT easily rotate down.

7. gently test you on your stroller seat car seat installation. Car seats should not be easy to swing down. (Chinese [simplified])

Oh man, there is going to be a quiz?!? 


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