Lost in translation
I just came across this little gem on the German version of the Mozilla Firefox website.
The English version of the page says:
See How We Stack Up
We’ve told you about what makes Firefox great, but how do we compare against Internet Explorer? Check out our handy browser comparison chart to see for yourself.
The German one is entitled:
Sehen Sie sich an, wie hoch wir stapeln
Okay, so literally this means "look at how high we stack" which comes pretty close. Idiomatically however, a "Hochstapler" (High-stacker) is one who brags or embellishes, a charlatan or con man. In other words, the effective meaning of the title is this:
Look At Us Posturing
Since the page is essentially a parody of the hilariously named "GetTheFacts" campaign by Microsoft, I actually thought that was purposefully tongue-in-cheek until I saw the English version.
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