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.公仔箱論壇; ?/ w6 {! Z) h5 f7 i8 B2 |7 w! X
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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.5.39.217.765 ?( L$ L1 ]" y, k
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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
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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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9 {$ X# I# H# h. V6 V5.39.217.76They 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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* H8 n1 ]* L+ L% x( G7 G7 u5.39.217.76The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.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 " L- w! Y, u. ^# k# F& K `2 X
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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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6 Q3 G. p$ a8 Q/ x. ?0 b( F" \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbExtraordinary telephone? This sign appears to be instructions in the event of an emergency. Let's just pray it never happens 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。# p: T6 b) s2 l1 ~4 `9 U2 y
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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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels 公仔箱論壇5 q1 f, N1 y1 T/ k# m8 F& `: Z9 Y
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8 t. S8 A- t$ M5 vTread lightly: Chinese people are known for their modesty but who would have guessed even the grass is ashamed to smile?
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$ I: B' T/ d1 c# ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey include linguistic mishaps like the South Korean restaurant meal called 'crotch steamed dish'. and an emergency exit accidentally labelled 'emergency exist'.- H% T# E4 w5 c; _, _
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And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.3 m0 a Q) z$ R/ i
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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.'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。' z: c# q, S% \' R, R
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Deary me: Another hilariously written sign from China
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- J* ]( s# g6 D, S8 K. W' Z/ q3 e' g5.39.217.76Bum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literallyTVBNOW 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。! F9 P/ u% ~7 V4 {
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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 gobledegook5.39.217.76. F D% J, k! \3 t
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& R% g4 L: Q" D6 kTVBNOW 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。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
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) z3 \" d( b, C* X$ y5.39.217.76Tramps' delight: There's no place quite like it |
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