How many times have you wondered about the origin of some words? How did they come up with it, and who was the inventor? When you add translations to other languages into the mix, they can be hilarious and sometimes ridiculous.
Mats Iversen is a Norwegian artist who likes to play with these translations. On his Instagram account called Bad Norwegian Translations, he began posting illustrations of Norwegian words translated to English—and the results are amazing.
He explains in an article on Bored Panda that his intention with his arts from the beginning was only to entertain both himself and people on social media:
“I love languages, and I really love funny words and phrases. But as a Norwegian, I sometimes catch myself saying these weird things when I speak English because my brain directly translates the words,” Iversen said. “So I made this Instagram account where I translate words from Norwegian to English in a bad way. I also add a drawing so people can understand what it is.”
You can see images of an ape cat (monkey), in-wanderer (immigrant), sea-robber (pirate), earth berry (strawberry), and many other hilarious translations.
Scroll down and take a look at his Instagram account below. Don’t forget to follow him on social media for more funny drawings.
