Lost in translation: The hilarious foreign signs that don’t get their English quite right
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And attempts to communicate often end hilariously lost in translation.5 _' X6 L: a# M* `% p: G$ I
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Now a website has compiled a list of the funniest and most bizarre English translations discovered by travellers around the world.
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They include a bra advertised in Japan as 'dairy comfort'; a warning in Indonesia about an 'accident porn area' and a supermarket sign that bizarrely just reads 'a time sex thing'.
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Invalidity Pregnant Parks: There's definitely an important message here, we're just not quite sure what it is
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They've made a boob: Perhaps these Korean bras are designed with breast-feeding mothers in mind
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: M! z i% v. _2 _9 s9 dExtraordinary telephone? This sign appears to be instructions in the event of an emergency. Let's just pray it never happens
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Tread lightly: Chinese people are known for their modesty but who would have guessed even the grass is ashamed to smile?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 k( t3 u; \: j9 F( D+ ]" n
9 U" z# M! K, \+ z7 l! }0 l7 v& dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey include linguistic mishaps like the South Korean restaurant meal called 'crotch steamed dish'. and an emergency exit accidentally labelled 'emergency exist'.5.39.217.76: \" w& m) _$ G6 y- }& q
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And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.5.39.217.767 \4 R$ J# o0 E5 T6 J0 N
' ^: q3 y/ d) K1 y( {5.39.217.76One read: 'The small grass is feel ashamed to smile, please don’t bother it', while another says: 'Dear. Don’t Trample Me.'公仔箱論壇' `6 I! W, O: p+ m' L
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Others atttempts at English are are simply unexplainable, like the sign found on a bus in Beijing, China that reads: 'Please Take the Initiative for Bringing Invalidity Pregnant Parks.'
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Deary me: Another hilariously written sign from China
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Bum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literally: Z6 H8 U8 j @; {8 v
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Maybe it's.. Park, reads the sign above this Chinese eatery, but more likely it's just a load of old gobledegook
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A mistake... or perhaps it was it a stroke of genius? We'd imagine many drivers would slow down after catching a glimpse of this 公仔箱論壇5 r% s, S& y5 M$ v% i
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