WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

Post by semicolondev » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 9:04 PM UTC

igravious wrote: post #189

semicolondev wrote: post #184

Submitted bunch of Nepali swear words. People in Nepal will laugh out a loud when English speaking people talk about renting a Condo or generating a Rand number. Here are few /swear/ words in Nepali (Spoken by ~30M people) Chick Goo Moose Turi Condo Moot Rand Chalk Lado PuT Fuse If you are wondering what these words mean check this: http://www.youswear.com/index.asp?language=Nepali

Turi and Lado are not words in English? (Unless I'm very much mistaken). All the other's are, bar Rand, but that is a variable name beloved of coders!

Post by nvader » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 9:09 PM UTC

temuze wrote: post #162

This is great! There are certain puns/combos that would be really hard to catch though. For example - the Ford Nova. In Spanish, it literally translates to "no va" "doesn't go". Terrible name for a car. I'm unsure how to make this understand the context of the product, but that would be the next step

Post by sytelus » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 9:12 PM UTC

Post by solidpy » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 9:14 PM UTC

marcosdumay wrote: post #152

gus_massa wrote: post #122

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One detail to consider about Spanish is that each country has it local variation, so there are some words that are totally safe in some countries but have a totally different unwanted meaning in others. For example "coger" means "pick" in Span and "fuck" in Argentina. (If you say it in Argentina with a Spanish accent the you will not get into troubles, but the people will give a subtle weird look and someone will exp…

How do you say "pick" in Argentina? I've never learned a synonym for it.

Post by danieltillett » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 9:19 PM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #145

Qantourisc wrote: post #74

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In Dutch pipi is dialect for urination, often used when talking/referring to children.

It's "peepee" in English but you are likely to get a chuckle if you name your product "pipi". Back in 2006 Nintendo ran into this problem with the Wii ("wee" or "weewee" is also slang for urination eapecially among children.)