Lost in translation: The hilarious foreign signs that don’t get their English quite right
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It's the most widely spoken language in the world - but to non-native speakers, English can be horribly confusing.7 Q: U& q. p+ Q
7 R# ~3 Y& ]* J: j6 y公仔箱論壇And attempts to communicate often end hilariously lost in translation.
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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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' B, X- K; h S4 x$ E* c& ]9 zTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Come again! We're not quite sure what message the writer of this particular sign advertising drinking cups is trying to get across 5.39.217.76! y+ f0 m7 g7 |4 D" u
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. R- g6 |, \' ?+ j6 [) v, Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey 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'.公仔箱論壇. P# \4 s3 t. K: I6 z I" @# [
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The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.
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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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( d2 J* T5 [5 ?6 R; P+ i4 UThey've made a boob: Perhaps these Korean bras are designed with breast-feeding mothers in mind
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Extraordinary telephone? This sign appears to be instructions in the event of an emergency. Let's just pray it never happens % B" ~7 u( V. v0 T' p
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Emergency Exist! The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels / ^# k6 f, x3 a8 h6 @
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" V% E& D2 g0 F6 ]& [Tread lightly: Chinese people are known for their modesty but who would have guessed even the grass is ashamed to smile?
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They include linguistic mishaps like the South Korean restaurant meal called 'crotch steamed dish'. and an emergency exit accidentally labelled 'emergency exist'.
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: W' J) L! |( i' f3 \( zAnd truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。/ T+ h, |5 G, t4 g# [& T L
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One read: 'The small grass is feel ashamed to smile, please don’t bother it', while another says: 'Dear. Don’t Trample Me.'
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Deary me: Another hilariously written sign from China tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: y" \, l; Q$ l4 W
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* `' m: @7 c- H5 l* Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMaybe 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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7 S/ s3 k! j6 C3 @公仔箱論壇Tramps' delight: There's no place quite like it |
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