Does Japanese have a term equivalent to "Engrish"?


It seems common enough for Japanese to attempt to use English, that we get
some truly bizarre translations. Especially bad are older games that were non-
professionally translated to what we came to call "Engrish", due to what could
have been a misspelling of the very name for our language. I don't imagine
this happens, or happened, very often in the reverse direction. Is there a
word in Japanese for Japanese text that has been poorly translated from
English (or any language)?

In particular, imagine a game that has perfectly normal Japanese, but you can
choose the language, and the language list has "English" spelt "Engrish",
giving you an early warning sign that this could be really bad (and possibly
also really awesome, but not intentionally). I'm looking for the opposite
mistake, where it's the Japanese that's poor, if it exists and can be
understood in the same way.




We usually use 変な日本語、おかしな日本語、怪しい日本語. Most of our supply comes from products
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We usually use 変な日本語、おかしな日本語、怪しい日本語. Most of our supply comes from products
made in non-Japan Asia (Thai, China, Korea etc.) and western tattoos :)

