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.8 V' ?7 h0 x# l
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" M% V- r0 A. M- Y4 T5.39.217.76Now a website has compiled a list of the funniest and most bizarre English translations discovered by travellers around the world.% u( f" r6 y8 }7 g+ u9 |$ R7 Q
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Come again! We're not quite sure what message the writer of this particular sign advertising drinking cups is trying to get across tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. ~* Y+ l L8 X* m
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Tempting treat: This Korean restaurant appears to have invented a whole new method of cooking. Just don't tell Heston Blumenthal
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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'.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 d# f1 X6 k* W3 R6 Y5 Q$ i0 e. \
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The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.
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% A; U$ t9 y- `/ v: Z5 @1 X5.39.217.76Invalidity Pregnant Parks: There's definitely an important message here, we're just not quite sure what it is
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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
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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?5.39.217.76" D0 y4 O' y7 k$ N+ a
5 h; {1 [/ l) I* e" I1 tThey include linguistic mishaps like the South Korean restaurant meal called 'crotch steamed dish'. and an emergency exit accidentally labelled 'emergency exist'.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。- s, M5 a( A( R( {5 p
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And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 w& H6 z7 e$ ?; b1 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.'5.39.217.76$ `. l4 _/ D4 Y
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Deary me: Another hilariously written sign from China
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& Q6 W9 i i- W" s0 K公仔箱論壇Bum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literally
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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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. B! d0 ~# q$ [& o7 EA mistake... or perhaps it was it a stroke of genius? We'd imagine many drivers would slow down after catching a glimpse of this 5.39.217.768 o$ {& Z6 i- P$ q" O- g3 V: p
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