Wall Street Journal ran an article about how the Chinese government is trying to ensure that their signs are in proper English before the Olympics.
Examples- "Dongda Hospital for Anus and Intestine Disease Beijing" has become "Hospital of Proctology". A sign for handicapped reads "Deformed person". "To take notice of safe:The slippery are very crafty" has become "Be careful. Slippery."
Does any one know of other mistranslated signs from China or from other countries?
2007-02-05 09:49:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
1. www.engrish.com
There are some hilarious Japanese signs here. The whole of the website is worth looking at, if you have the time - it's really funny.
http://www.engrish.com/category_index.php?pageNum_categoryindex=0&totalRows_categoryindex=307&category=Signs/Posters
2. Other websites
http://www.transperfect.com/tp/eng/badxlate.html
http://badtranslations.alkaline.org/
http://also.cc/blog/bad-translation-classics/
http://www.funlol.com/pictures/bad-translation.html
http://www.translationtospanish.com/fun.htm
http://picsnjokes.com/badenglish/index.htm
http://www.silverladder.com/literature/chinglish/chinglish.htm
2007-02-06 04:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Funny Mistranslated Signs
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