Lost in translation

[jeroen]

I know most of you don't understand Dutch but this is very odd.

http://wikipedia.qwika.nl/en2nl/Noel_Cantwell

Verenigde de Ham van het westen : United The Bacon of the West (West Ham United)
He played Veenmol : (mole-cricket, an insect)

[j_enckevort]

Is there a word in it that's translated right?
Funny, but also a bit sad, such a computer translation

[silvermane]

Is there a word in it that's translated right?
Funny, but also a bit sad, such a computer translation

It looks to me more like a Wikipedia joke than a use of computer translation. It's also interesting that it has not been corrected earlier.

[hmps]

Hi

Wikipedia is not a reliable source
As far as I know this is a free insertion Encyclopedia and
sometimes there are funny guys that insert silly and wrong
information.

Last week there was an insertion of a portuguese politician that
besides being insultous it was full of lies and wrong data
and only after a lot of complains that entry was deleted

So be carefull with Wikipedia
It was a good idea but with some of the guys that are surfing
Wikipedia lost the quality it try to keep .

Bye

[silvermane]

Of course, but there is always a history of edits to check when was any suspected information added and by whom (IP users are always suspicious)