You remind me of the story told (as true) by that nice Mr Fry on QI about the Burns translation into German, which was then re-translated back into English, with the line ending up as 'Mighty Fuhrer of the sausage people'."Fair fa' yer honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin' race!"
I see we're back in the 1970s again, after a welcome 21st century absurdist interlude.