"In my world there are only ponies. They eat rainbows and poop butterflies."
If you’re a Russian learner, but bored with textbooks, why not check out the Russian version of LOLCats? Don’t expect to see Vanya asking for directions to the movie theater, though. Some of these pictures do to the Russian language what LOLCats did (and continues to do) to English. If your Russian slang helmet is a bit rusty, fear not. Each comes with its own English translation and, if it exists, a cultural or historical explanation.
The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights holds the Guinness World Record for the most translated document, the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” which has been translated into over 300 languages and dialects. How many of them can you read?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
If you’d like to hear some of these translations read by native speakers, point your browser to Omniglot. [Note: I found a couple of apparent errors in the Japanese version and have apprised Omniglot. These minor errors may have already been corrected by the time you read this.]
