I realize that we don't have an official stance on translation questions, so I am looking for community feedback. Should translation questions of words/phrases be considered off-topic?
The example given is actually not a translation request at all. The user has apparently gotten confused about what they're trying to ask, but they're obviously not asking what the words mean literally. That can be found in a dictionary, and in fact the sample text itself already gives the English "translations". The real question is about explaining multilingual humor, which is a complex topic. It seems unfair to reduce it to a "translation request".
That is true. I just took the title which asked to "untranslate" (translate back to the original) at face value. It doesn't really matter to the question itself so I'll probably just remove it.
No problem! I think this is a good question, just the example has other things so I wonder if it will confuse people. Presumably you want to talk about actual translation requests, not humor, but answers will always be tempted to veer into humor.
Examples are always good though. So maybe just note the complication instead of removing? I'll make an edit suggestion.
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