Localization gone wild!

I received an email newsletter from Quiksilver today. This is great stuff! Because it shows how even big companies struggle, wenn it comes to localization… even at a low level. See the following example (you would have to speak at least some German to appreciate it *g*):

To make this clear: I love Quicksilver and their stuff.  And I love France. And I love surfing. But is it so hard to (st least) find any decently German-speaking interns in St. Jean de Luz ? I hardly even understand what “In weniger als 48 Aufgang der Ausverkauf !” is supposed to mean. Apparently Google translate does a bad job, when it comes to French-German…

Please Mr. Quiksilver-Email-Marketer, this is just embarassing. Please, please hire some German speakers… or stick to English. Thank you in advance.

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