{"id":2361,"date":"2021-05-28T11:21:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auerbach-intl.com\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2021-05-28T11:21:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T19:21:58","slug":"may-friday-funnies-horny-moses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auerbach-intl.com\/staging\/may-friday-funnies-horny-moses\/","title":{"rendered":"May Friday Funnies – Horny Moses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAs we all enter the Memorial Day weekend and the beginning of a normalized summer, let\u2019s have some laughs and a history lesson!<\/p>\n

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2018 was the Year of the Woman in Mexico.<\/strong>\u00a0 National Public Radio (NPR), reported on the large number of women who were running for elected office and tweeted “Some Mexicans are calling 2018 ‘el ano de la mujer,\u2019” That translated to ‘the anus of the woman\u2019 rather than \u2018el a\u00f1o de la mujer\u2019, \u2018the year of the woman\u2019. The mistranslated A\u00d1O – \u201cyear\u201d as ANO – \u201canus\u201d\u2026 wasn\u2019t exactly a compliment to all those candidates!<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

St. Jerome, the patron saint of translators, spent years revising the Latin Bible<\/strong>\u00a0from Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.\u00a0 While undertaking this project he mistranslated a critical word that described Moses descending Mt. Sinai.\u00a0 He misread the word \u201ckeren\u201d (horned) and used that translation rather than the correct word \u201ckaran\u201d (holy radiance).\u00a0 The mistake of a horned Moses remained in multiple translations for centuries and even in Michelangelo\u2019s sculpture.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Walmart Canada was party to an embarrassing mistake<\/strong>\u00a0in 2018 when an ad for a plus-size women\u2019s swimsuit on their website described it as \u201cSuitable for beach, seaside, hot spring, etc. Made of high-class material, soft and skin-friendly.\u00a0 Best choice for fat girls to spend hot Summer\u201d. Walmart claimed the mistranslation was made by a third party vendor and issued an apology.\u00a0 Social media was not quick to accept their explanation and sales dropped nationwide.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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