KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘translation fail’

  • Government Should Control Use of Kazakh

    Stop insulting Kenyans says Irak Yelekeyev, a member of the lower house of Kazakhstan’s Parliament. He noticed that his tea from Kenya said, in Russian, “Black Tea from Kenya” but in Kazakh it said Kara Kenya Chayi or Tea from Black Kenya! According to sources who were there, Yelekeyev went on to say that this […]

  • On Reading Harry Potter in Russian

    Dec 4th was: 1) The Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan–The incumbent won with 91%. 2) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came out in Russian (ie came to Kazakhstan for the first time) Fun with linguistics: I remember everything from the English version well enough to understand what is going on or I would be doomed. […]