Ahahahahahahah, these examples keep coming up everyday. This proves that translation does have its limits. I am a translator and am ashamed to admit, but I don't think it is Google Translate that translated the BP Chairman's speech. But translation is not perfect, sometimes, speech writers or sports rule makers, writing in their mother tongues still make serious errors though. To err is human. Please, read these not so funny errors.
http://americlic.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/translation-errors-cause-pr-nightmare-for-bp-and-major-league-baseball/#comment-2

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