Top Gear - lost in translation

James May and Jeremy Clarkson discover the perils of a literal translation.

[@airwick4u]

when you put your French assignment through google translate

[@shAdOwstAlkEr945]

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@twistedyogert]

Yeah, that happened.

[@mr.snaplles5964]

Barath Vedant he said that it happened to him real life idiot he understood joke

[@bvedant]

@@mr.snaplles5964 just when I thought this comment thread couldn't get anymore dumber

[@mr.snaplles5964]

Barath Vedant yeah it became pretty dumb when you commented

[@PastaRiiCe123]

"THEY'RE IN GIBBERISH. There's no point relying on this.I brought them as a joke for the viewer" i died

[@fdpunchypops7814]

All though it's all set up its so funny.

[@Mike-cy5jg]

You realize it's a comedy show sprinkled with cars? Who cares if the comedy is real, it's funny. ..

[@kaihocompany]

@@TheAtomicANetwork Although it might look that way because of the angle and low res camera there's no way to fake the shadows on them that well with a small budget.

[@isaacclarkson2833]

AtomicA Network definitely not green screened it would have been pointless

[@srt4788]

@@TheAtomicANetwork mood killer

[@MichaelBradley1967]

"When you turn the handle, it *_will_* break your wrist" "You wot?"

[@risxp]

Michael Bradley h

[@josephwhite1371]

Michael Bradley h

[@mr.pissshivers]

Michael Bradley h

[@laa0fa502]

Michael Bradley h

[@vyke2107]

Michael Bradley h

[@enzofudo7872]

going to the *hardware store* i'd like a *crowbar of embrayage*

[@Controldo]

You mean *clutch lever* sir?

[@shahancheong9792]

@@siysamuel DeDion Bouton , I think it's spelled.

[@Sledgeh101]

That always cracks me up the way Clarkson emphasizes 'of EMbryage'

[@oliverward6344]

Always imagined it as embraillage?

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

Didn't that one Gordon Freeman bloke have one of those?

[@123fourfive5]

For those who dont know, Embrayage means clutch in french

[@kotomile]

Thanks for that. So the translator just.. skipped that word lol.

[@123fourfive5]

@@kotomile Dude. 10 years later and you're still active on your video. Props to you, man

[@123fourfive5]

Thanks for the clip

[@AndorRadnai]

I will need that! Thank you very much!!!

[@Grandtarkus]

And in spanish, clutch is "Embriague", little fun fact

[@DeadlyLazer]

"I brought it as a joke for the viewers" Love Clarkson's honesty

[@iexplainjokestomakethemles1560]

No replys?

[@iexplainjokestomakethemles1560]

So sad

[@035gogmofo6]

@@iexplainjokestomakethemles1560 no life?

[@035gogmofo6]

@@iexplainjokestomakethemles1560 So sad

[@iexplainjokestomakethemles1560]

@@035gogmofo6 no chill?

[@mishary2793]

"Without brutality" XD

[@Proccito]

Good thing Cpt Slow was driving!

[@GuninGames]

Hurl the mover

[@corbinedmonds1365]

It gives ALL its strength!

[@Snookbone]

Fuck your XD, leave that shit in 2008

[@klevino1179]

@@Snookbone why do you have to be rude

[@rodriguezracer4567]

"For taking the second speed, push rapidly at the crowbar forward without brutality. "

[@TheWolvesCurse]

the crowbar of embrayage!

[@DerFliegendeMocca]

Guys, this is a life motto. For taking the second speed, push rapidly atthe crowbar forward without brutality. Trust me. 30% of time, it works everytime!

[@KhairulFadzlyAKarim]

Hundred of years ago, this manual are written for them, at least Hammond not driving it, that will be prophetic.

[@FarmersAreCool]

Men had arm strength 100 years ago. Now some thing they are women.

[@dialupdave6276]

@@DerFliegendeMocca what about the other 70%?

[@casehamatojones1369]

I can imagine Richards reaction if the vehicle *hadn’t* stopped; “Sadly, James and Jeremy are dead - anyway !”

[@branting2]

Would have been the most ironic and peculiar thing in history to have him survive a 300+ mph dragster crash and them die going 15 mph.

[@Oblio1942]

can you imagine if hammond had been driving? Hed be upsidedown and on fire in switzerland by the halfway point

[@rogehmarbi]

-anyway if you're interested to be a Top Gear presenter, send your application to Top Gear, BBC Television, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TS. Now the new Porsche 911....

[@sergeantpepper42]

Well Brandon they’re laying on the ground, missing a few body parts and there brains have leaked out of their skulls. So that would be a no.

[@52flyingbicycles]

They should have cut right before the car stopped to Richards saying that, continued for a bit, then had them back in for the next scene without fanfare.

[@BradBrother]

The crowbar of embrayage hahahaa

[@johnn278]

It's hilarious I know, me and a friend just randomly say it sometimes and burst out laughing.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

I take embrayage at that description.

[@melondude5597]

hull the mover!!!

[@AR15.666]

Brad Charles free man would love to use the crowbar if embrayage.

[@232nightowl]

@@AR15.666 and rapidly without brutality

[@annme_87]

I think my favourite thing about James is that he could listen to Clarkson read that gibberish and actually figure out what he's meant to do.

[@MrWolfSnack]

HURL THE MOVER TIL HIS STARTING

[@Troels_T_Kjoeller]

Luckily James May is fluent in Gibberish.

[@CaptainFryingpan]

James May, oaf-whisperer

[@vibecheck663]

So could I, it's not hard

[@jakehodgson443]

​@@vibecheck663oohh get you tiger

[@waxwinged_hound]

I love Jeremy's decision making skills. Giving up on the instructions and deciding to stand up in what is basically a fragile, rickety tractor and trying to use his own body as air resistance to slow it down.

[@EltonBeatles]

His genius is almost frightening.

[@mirurbin]

His genious generated gravity.

[@TouchiestMetal]

If you listen carefully you can hear his genius

[@tbmofoulprinceromero]

Clarkson is such an aerodynamic genius. Remember Adrian Newey used to copy his Physics homework when they were at Repton.

[@BlazeSkipper]

As James may once said it's a good job he's not an airline pilot.

[@hbk4eva1000]

This is peak top gear James jumper Jeremy’s jokes

[@astupidmidge]

Hammond crashing

[@berkkarsi]

Perfect old Top Gear clip

[@FurnishedIgloo]

this is the one! the one the manufacturer literally asked him to stop wearing, lol

[@volante8657]

Clarkson rarely calls James "James" unless in a genuine fear of death. So driving this is more dangerous than climbing the Himalayas then😂

[@Matt561]

It's like when the Toybota was sinking and he called Hammond, Richard

[@ReachForTheSky]

@@Matt561 Richard... Richard... Richard...!

[@MHScrat]

@@Matt561 I have been looking, and I can't find this episode? Is that a misspelling of Toyota, or did you mean Toybota xD

[@aaronm1246]

@@MHScrat kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ2Wk6aCbLOVpM0 Jeremy calls it the Toybota

[@qiaolinhuang1229]

IIRC in the Polar Special he shouted "Nooo,,,,James! " whiles James took out a bottle of wine in the tent

[@hellzila]

" I brought them as a joke for the viewer" I can confirm I was amused

[@vaughnsigal4560]

For making the carriage walking at the first speeds

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Vaughn Sigal Hurl the mover till his starting.

[@AdamantJHS]

Take back the drag of the wheel backward crowbar of the right and take completely and progressively back the crowbar of embriage...

[@visionist7]

@@AdamantJHS WITHOUT BRUTALITY

[@shivas3003]

@@visionist7 YES !

[@AhDollar]

for making the carriage completely stopped, when it goes at 15 kilometers an hour, take abruptly the crowbar of embrayage

[@JeanLuc5000]

When it is raised up again, IT GAINS ALL ITS STRENGTH!

[@gustavkjellin4436]

damn you commented this in 2011

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

Thats what she said

[@VegitoBlueYT]

POWER

[@DixieOverland]

My next tattoo!

[@FarmersAreCool]

@Billy The Goat What do we raise children to be above when we say we raise children up?

[@375-Productions]

The way Jeremy says "Make it STOP!!!" you could hear the terror and fear in his voice 😂

[@pamelah6431]

3:01 looks like a "Poo came out" moment. 😅

[@Tea-oc3gh]

Then the pathetic horn

[@Stonehopper1067HMG]

He did a skid steer in his trousers

[@TheBarnem13]

One of the funniest Top Gear moments ever "HURL The mover till his starting"

[@jacobhise8044]

For making the carriage walking at the first speed, take back the drag of the wheel backward crowbar of the right, and take completely and progressively back the crowbar of *embrayage* to you, while you keep the direction of... hurl the mover, until his starting. For taking the second speed, push rapidly at the crowbar forward, without brutality. When it is raised up again, *IT GAINS ALL ITS STRENGTH!* For making the carriage completely stopped, when it goes at fifteen kilometres an hour, take abruptly the crowbar of embrayage...when you are in first speed, JAMES WE’RE GOING TO BE KILLED!

[@adrielsebastian5216]

MAKE IT STOOOOPPP!!!

[@ministerievanstudiecollege5788]

Thanks, I Google Translated this to French and back to English again: "To roll the cart in first gear, take the rear wheel drag from the right crowbar and bring the clutch crowbar fully and gradually towards you, while keeping the direction of... crank the engine, until it's gone. To shift into second gear, push the presser foot forward quickly, without being harsh. When he is revived, HE RECOVERS ALL ITS STRENGTH! To bring the car to a complete stop, when it's going fifteen miles an hour, jerk the crowbar out of the clutch... when you're in first gear, JAMES, WE'RE GOING TO KILL OURSELVES!" Honorable mention: *pathetic horn*

[@EpicFishFingers]

Kinda illustrates why people consider French a beautiful language, too

[@hunterkiller1984]

I'm going to frame this.

[@lyonvensa]

The fact that you added "JAMES WE’RE GOING TO BE KILLED!" made me laugh uncontrollably for a good five minutes.

[@ThePiquedPigeon]

1:46 I love how the instructions say that you have to push the crowbar "without brutality". Either this is a warning against the flimsiness of the car, or a nod at how you would treat your carriage horses right so that you won't hurt them, and you had to treat your "horseless carriage" just as well.

[@GaiusCaligula234]

No, it just means that you shouldn't do it to hard because the clutch will break, it had no synchromesh

[@Coleman_H]

@@GaiusCaligula234 cuts to James grinding the gearbox lol

[@guguigugu]

its good advice to treat all devices without brutality

[@andyweuling]

my '98 civic has a crowbar of embriage

[@Josh_Roberts]

lmfao

[@CoDWiiPS3Gameplay]

andyweuling Do you have to push rapidly at it?

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Please use it without brutality.

[@christianhernandez5928]

L O L

[@OggaDugga]

I am dead lmfaoooo

[@0mn0m15]

Missed opportunity to title it "Lost in Transmission."

[@samjones7834]

“This was designed for someone with three arms and one leg.” *GENERAL GRIEVOUS WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*

[@visionist7]

Jeremyyy Claaarksoooon! *cough hack* You aaare a boooold one *cough wheeze*

[@twistedyogert]

@@visionist7 Your vehicle will make a fine edition to my collection!

[@WarringFighter]

clarkson using friction standing in a T-pose to stop the car the scope of his engineering genius literally knows no bounds

[@gedhoughton9523]

*drag… you moron

[@TheDriver458]

@@gedhoughton9523 drag is technically friction against the air

[@rep100Luxio]

Quite terrifying

[@joelouis-arena4061]

That’s how the T-Ford was invented

[@alexanderhill5206]

Jeremy: "Yeahhhhh top gearrr" James: "Now how do I stop?" Jeremy: "What?" *Boss music plays*

[@colmreynolds9869]

James's reaction when he realizes he is driving a priceless museum piece at top speed and has no idea how to stop. And then the double take when he realizes his only hope is Clarkson besides him accurately reading an instruction manual that doesn't make any sense. "We're going to be killed"

[@bmc8319]

“James we’re going to be killed”

[@jacklougheed4561]

Gotta love the gleeful frolicking of a wild May in his natural habit. 0:34 for those curious

[@ChodeMaster]

Gleeful? I think hes jumping because his wrist was in agony

[@kotomile]

Fantastic, glad I could help. I actually uploaded this so that the admins at my school (the Defense Language Institute) could use it as a piece showcasing the need for accurate translations versus word-for-word.

[@kotomile]

@jonny j good man, good. You?

[@kanide5007]

@jonny j About a decade older i think

[@VegitoBlueYT]

11 years ago you good fam

[@kotomile]

@@VegitoBlueYT good bro, you?

[@VegitoBlueYT]

@@kotomile oh yk exams

[@Unirule]

"You wot" -James May

[@chriswilson2431]

Having had personal experience of driving a veteran car through London when other road users don’t give you any space or foolishly think you can stop like they can, I can sympathise completely. I always describe stopping a veteran car as towing a caravan with your modern car and only use half of the handbrakes full stopping power to stop the vehicle. What’s worse, is your thinking your going to crash but it’s all happening at around 20mph. I loved this clip.

[@roadwarrior114]

I have a '70s Dutch moped, and this pretty much describes it.

[@MrWolfSnack]

How old are we talking? It's common sense in a car with drum brakes you need more time to stop. I have a 1998 dodge Durango and it has drum brakes - more modern ones than on a 40s, 50s, 60s car - but still. It will whine and roll with the pedal mashed down on rainy days. Just give yourself another 5ft stopping distance and decelerate before reaching the car.

[@valiumdemon]

@@MrWolfSnack 1998? brakes were pretty good back then... i think american cars were just still stuck in the 60's

[@DimitarStanev]

@@MrWolfSnack veteran car usually means made before the end of ww1

[@akhilhalgeri6304]

2:40 I died laughing lol

[@floriskuipers4925]

that horn sound killed me

[@TheApple90]

James! We're going to be killed!

[@DjManeyecool]

Jammessssss gets me every time

[@skaggulkbergstrom2019]

No you didnt. You are alive since you wrote that comment.

[@cesarg4328]

2:49 Jeremy trying to brake with his own air resistance lmao. Amazing!

[@ivorharden]

2007 was another great year for this show, this season was superb. 2005 to 2014 was prime Top Gear.

[@peterboyd6780]

“Now how do I stop?" “What?"

[@zodiac909]

"For making the carriage, walking at the first speed."

[@graboid78]

2:54 Clarkson was genuinely scared MAKE IT STOP!!!

[@bremCZ]

No he was fine. The roads are closed for filming and they drove the car before filming too. It's all for entertainment.

[@NiallSlimDrew]

Brem I bet you’re fun at parties 😂 even if the roads of are closed, I still wouldn’t want to hit that T-Junction in top gear after I’d just pushed rapidly at the crowbar of embrayage without brutality

[@restnyoni3064]

Which season was this?

[@tmanepic]

"Push rapidly at the crowbar forwards without brutality" 😂

[@ThisIsMyRodrick]

"When its raised up again, it gaves all its strengths"

[@RWL2012]

@@ThisIsMyRodrick *gains

[@ergomedasa1362]

@@RWL2012 i have actually read the original translated manual and if i recall correctly it actually say "gaves" and not "gains"

[@LethalJizzle]

My favourite top gear moment

[@robben896]

Was gonna post this.

[@nikhilsharma3563]

Especially when Jeremy says... James we are gonna get killed.

[@kotomile]

Season 10, episode 8

[@MikeWillSee]

You should pin this comment so it's at the top

[@andrewlethbridge2093]

Episode 7 not 8

[@ijemand5672]

Stfu

[@declanvillar5557]

Nope. That episode is about a Fiat and the diesel BMW race

[@yammmit]

Jean Girard how did you manage to upload this and then forget which episode it’s from, and THEN never fix your comment?

[@X1R-EZ]

Something about Jeremy and James laughing together makes me happy

[@franciosdeaeruiu7555]

I seek the ancient relic known as the *CROWBAR OF EMBRAYAGE*

[@HSMiyamoto]

This Voiture is a great advertisement for the advantages of cycling, roller skating, and walking.

[@ThatoneGuy-tk4xc]

I've driven a 1909 international harvester auto wagon and it was similar to this. One of the best things I ever got to do in life I drove it in 2009 when it turned 100 with my grandpa

[@neonman1604]

Did you also engage the crowbar of embrayage to make it walking?

[@brickisland6353]

I was just waiting for the comment: “some poo came out!”

[@KTOWNK1D]

Now this is what I call, manual car!

[@zodiac909]

I've watched this a million times, and I still can't stop laughing.

[@sutton513]

one of the best parts of any top gear ever.

[@josaphatfebrianj.f_works2838]

"How do i get to Top Gear" cow : *moo* "James we're going to be killed" *honks* My favorite part

[@mel_energy]

I think think those are gears grinding instead of the horn honking

[@thehammurabichode7994]

He's reffering to 1:40 & 2:40

[@fazerunner8171]

“Take back the drag of the wheel backward crowbar of the right” lol

[@kb9072]

All these years later it still makes me laugh out loud.

[@S500-]

I like how james jumps when he start the car🤣🤣

[@hamisharnold8745]

The pure joy when it starts moving from both is so wholesome

[@TrinityCourtStudios]

*POO IS COMING OUT*

[@gw4487]

Why did this make me laugh so much

[@guybucknell4481]

Haha same

[@s3rgeantrogu327]

"I'M GAY!" - Poo

[@georgelamacka8125]

Mr Gavin Morgan (90 years old) had this car in his Netley workshop for repair in Adelaide, South Australia. He was able to make missing engine as per manufacturer's drawing. Amazing. I made photos of that car approximately 15 years ago.

[@triskilion1771]

I like how Jeremy grunts at the very end.

[@sanchezking6188]

When it is raised up again IT GAVES ALL ITS STRENGTH!!!!!!

[@bushmg1061]

Finally, I’ve learned that “Top Gear” is just British for “Full Speed”

[@CullenCraft]

1:41 "How will I get it into Top Gear?" Mission accomplished

[@HECKproductions]

i think jeremy was genuinely scared haha

[@rep100Luxio]

Who wont, i be worried if i was driving something thats before WW1, i felt that deeply

[@thehammurabichode7994]

Was this scripted? I didn't even notice but at 2:58 he seems to have shit himself

[@blob22201]

@@thehammurabichode7994 nah I doubt it, they seem to be genuinely panicking

[@sainttacobell7264]

@@thehammurabichode7994 the only scripted thing on old top gear was The News bits, even then they like to improvise jokes while filming

[@TheRealBarryR]

"Many poo's shot out of my ani" -J.C S22E08

[@southendparaquest]

"MAKE IT STOP!!" Possibly the best line of Top Gear ever.

[@jamesharvey7793]

Old Top Gear was so perfect. I miss it :(

[@callumhardy5098]

I can’t actually imagine how the museum owners of that car allowed those two to use those priceless antiques.

[@rorybone100]

Probably my favourite excerpt from all of Top Gear.

[@RedCard94]

The Crowbar of Embrayage! 😆😆🤣🤣

[@jdpragmatic8644]

“ ‘When you are in first speed, push’ we aren’t are we? JAMES WE’RE GOING TO BE KILLED!!!”

[@nrdaniel1994]

2:56 🤣🤣 his pants aren't clean anymore

[@Vladpryde]

"Some poo's come out!"

[@lobstepgaming249]

I almost die laughing every time I see this clip.

[@captaincrumpet5558]

2:41 *J A M E S W E R E G O I N G T O B E K I L L E D*

[@BathtubBass]

That panic at the end 😂

[@TheXraxa]

Make it STOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPP!!!

[@thanuheenatigala4057]

Jeremy was so eager to let James start it. Man that's real friendship

[@nozyspy4967]

"JAMES WE'RE GOING TO BE KILLED!"

[@giraudy221]

I was expecting at the end “MANY POOS JUST SHOT OUT!”

[@TheScarface43]

"WHEN YOu are in first speed, push--we aren't, are we."

[@syahminorizan8064]

*JAMES WE'RE GOING TO BE KILLED*

[@babybanks1052]

Rest In Peace May‘s Pink and Purple Rugby Shirt

[@brianwong7285]

#papsrsod

[@Ninnuam999]

He found it (drivetribe)

[@twistedyogert]

RIP Clarkson's pants

[@DatW268]

The car: Goes for 8-9 Miles An Hour James's hair: ➡️➡️➡️

[@majorkilljoy]

this is by far my favorate top gear segment

[@EarlFaulk]

The crowbar of umbrage. Sounds like a weapon from a bad Japanese RPG.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Embrayage.

[@jimtaylor294]

More like one from a good JRPG.

[@Kirillissimus]

This could be a good name for some anime as well. Something like "Crowbars of Embroyage: the instruments of judgement (season 2)" sounds completely legit to me.

[@jimtaylor294]

@@Kirillissimus I'd watch it :D .

[@ShonnDaylee]

@@Kirillissimus I use people's ability, or inability, to operate the "crowbar of embrayage" as an instrument of judgement.

[@salland12]

james always wares that jumper james is awsome!!!!!!!!!

[@justandy333]

And apparently a rep from GAP that produces that jumper asked him in person to please stop wearing it! And James told him to sod off. ahahhaa!

[@michaelramsey82]

the Crowbar of Embrayage sounds like one of the TGPD gadgets from the police chase episode (like the Drone of Intrusiveness, the Tank of Righteousness, or my personal favorite, the Eaty Thing of Devestation).

[@lightningjet9444]

When they were driving James looked like a mad scientist with his hair

[@benjy6358]

1:14 i really wanted to know if they rented a horse, put it there, timed the car to go through that road and filmed it so just they could deliver the line..

[@seanjosephhayes]

Nah. Just cameramen/producers setting up the gag. Editing and commentary added after. What landowner would be happy for them to randomly bring along a horse to their field for the sake of a 3-second joke. Too much hassle for them to get the horse, pay the cost and transport it there and back too.

[@benjy6358]

@@seanjosephhayes asked that because i've seen production spent millions on several second bits..Top Gear budget is around $1.5 million per episode back then..

[@seanjosephhayes]

@@benjy6358 Fair enough but I doubt they’d go to such lengths over a horse for a joke in passing that wasn’t even funny really.

[@benjy6358]

​​@@seanjosephhayesstumble upon my old comment..just to share what i know now, all long distance race (all race actually) such as Bugatti vs Plane/Ferrari 612 vs Jet/Gallardo Balboni vs Blimp, they ran it twice..once for these guys really race, once again just to capture anything missing and b-roll for the whole journey (without the trio)..all the cross country, hotels, drivers, crews, traffic ticket, logistics, again..

[@BaconFrisbee]

"Take completely and progressively back the crowbar of embrayage..." 🤣💀

[@Bluetoothedshark]

It's all in gibberish!😂 Is one of the funniest things out of Jeremy's mouth

[@alexanderhill5206]

"When you are in first speed...we aren't are we?....JAMES WE"RE GOING TO BE KILLED"

[@israelcortes6714]

Ahhh him screaming make it stop and walking off was one of the funniest moments and all I could think him saying is “poo is coming out”

[@pamelah6431]

Same!

[@awilson5636]

Since I didn't see it mentioned in the comments, I thought I'd point out that there's a specific way to hold the crank when hand starting an engine so it doesn't cause injury. Perhaps the most important part of which is to not wrap your thumb around it, so that you're not hanging on to it if the engine whips it around when it starts.

[@Goat4459]

Smart

[@_s_9920]

I love how the jittery motion of the engine makes the camera footage look like a dodgy CGI car scene from the 60s

[@wonderland.6]

Jeremy reading the translated instructions is just pure gold.😂

[@__7381]

What made me laugh was Jeremy screaming STOP IT, MAKE IT STOOPPPPPP

[@dougcox4310]

One of the best bits ever. Still laugh every time I see it.

[@TheBear7669]

It sounds like it will break if a third person will get on

[@Snakerider987]

Iv always loved Jeremy’s concerned “what”

[@MashedJoetatoes]

I was already laughing, but then that pathetic horn sound at the end had me crying.

[@user-qj6lj4iq2b]

This was one of the best moments

[@ejlister]

I love James. Best show in the world!

[@user-qj6lj4iq2b]

ejlister It was

[@elsden722]

Hilarious how one minute they're fine and then immediately they are in panic 🤣 "make it sttOOOOPPPPPP" lmao