Is イングリッシュ a good translation of "Engrish"?


Is イングリッシュ a good translation of Engrish?

The Japanese-language Wikipedia
[article](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engrish) on the subject only uses
"イングリッシュ" at the start (presumably just as part of Wikipedia indicating how
the subject of articles are pronounced). When trying a google web search, many
hits were referring to English schools referring to English, not Engrish (for
example english-bell.com), and a google image search mainly gets hits for
Johnny English, or the English cocker spaniel.

If it's not a good translation, what words or phrases, if any, are likely to
be easily understood, preferably without being offensive?




Translating _Engrish_ in Japanese is no easier than pulling yourself up by
your bootstrap, since they use it while they don't notice using it.
(Transcribing _Engrish_ would face the same paradox, too.)

So, basically you should explain instead of translating. The first sentence in
your Wikipedia link shows one of the most thorough samples.

> 日本人が日本語の文章を英語に翻訳を[ _sic_
> ]する時、あるいは英語で文章を書こうとした時に生み出された、語法・文法・綴り・語彙などの点で奇妙な英語表現

But for the sake of brevity, you can just express it as
「（日本人の）変な英語」「怪しい英語」「奇妙な英語」 etc.

You could throw a visual knuckleball like イングりッシュ (cf. トイザらス _Toys"R"Us_ ),
which might convey the intended oddity but not guaranteed to be understood as
you expect, either.




Translating _Engrish_ in Japanese is no easier than pulling yourself up by
your bootstrap, since they use it while they don't notice using it.
(Transcribing _Engrish_ would face the same paradox, too.)

So, basically you should explain instead of translating. The first sentence in
your Wikipedia link shows one of the most thorough samples.

> 日本人が日本語の文章を英語に翻訳を[ _sic_
> ]する時、あるいは英語で文章を書こうとした時に生み出された、語法・文法・綴り・語彙などの点で奇妙な英語表現

But for the sake of brevity, you can just express it as
「（日本人の）変な英語」「怪しい英語」「奇妙な英語」 etc.

You could throw a visual knuckleball like イングりッシュ (cf. トイザらス _Toys"R"Us_ ),
which might convey the intended oddity but not guaranteed to be understood as
you expect, either.

