Lost in translation: The hilarious foreign signs that don’t get their English quite right
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4 V f* f% ~2 c% Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt's the most widely spoken language in the world - but to non-native speakers, English can be horribly confusing.
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_7 o3 @1 |: p6 BAnd attempts to communicate often end hilariously lost in translation.
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! Z- |7 ?! b4 l+ y% a0 O0 S5.39.217.76Now a website has compiled a list of the funniest and most bizarre English translations discovered by travellers around the world.
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$ o1 _7 S- P% P: }Come again! We're not quite sure what message the writer of this particular sign advertising drinking cups is trying to get across ( j& c$ o) \8 y, S4 k4 T3 H o
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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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb A" v: g& d& M! u
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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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7 B. k0 ^# I$ r7 o) [4 D2 x" [# T公仔箱論壇The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.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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They've made a boob: Perhaps these Korean bras are designed with breast-feeding mothers in mind公仔箱論壇, b. q( z* P( [8 \
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5 Q m% A( x: U3 p& pExtraordinary telephone? This sign appears to be instructions in the event of an emergency. Let's just pray it never happens
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, G; K( t/ u( U+ |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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels
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3 U2 U( Q$ R2 @& m+ z' k$ v5.39.217.76Tread lightly: Chinese people are known for their modesty but who would have guessed even the grass is ashamed to smile?
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0 |4 o& M( l5 D, A8 u X RThey 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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And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.公仔箱論壇: i. X( m2 H9 Y) N0 T4 Y+ t
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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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! B$ x6 ^5 _: i" o, Z0 l
* W, H0 Z1 k2 g m公仔箱論壇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 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。" G! V" Z$ K5 k7 j/ ?; v' M: `
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Bum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literally5.39.217.762 n. F6 D: F L4 ]
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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' {8 y1 n8 J$ @% r) a. l
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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 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。. c- ^/ F' N+ B6 B% S+ R3 [" p
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