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 J7 i' a; {+ x. r
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' {! e( l7 {0 b7 e* B4 Q0 wNow a website has compiled a list of the funniest and most bizarre English translations discovered by travellers around the world.
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7 t! }' r" h1 fCome again! We're not quite sure what message the writer of this particular sign advertising drinking cups is trying to get across * K2 S7 X+ k5 m0 r
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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 公仔箱論壇' S2 P8 j/ l- V; |4 @0 p( T7 i
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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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/ ]$ u1 p: b: U4 }$ V$ m5 gThe signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.
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# N' E8 _* m$ a1 A2 S, v' f' p5.39.217.76Invalidity Pregnant Parks: There's definitely an important message here, we're just not quite sure what it is 公仔箱論壇 r4 \8 T5 ]( k4 B! `% t
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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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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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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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 k. w! S; `1 G. V9 U7 q; {2 O
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- a" n7 d0 e9 U6 O/ t+ P# D5 \公仔箱論壇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'.2 \: c- w- l3 N4 \
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And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.
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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.'% m" Q$ M* Z8 {/ ~7 \
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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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, t# [; T% B8 M" z$ itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBum 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。' g4 W! @4 V% A8 b k4 G
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' T: k& b8 m+ \! @+ k, }公仔箱論壇Maybe it's.. Park, reads the sign above this Chinese eatery, but more likely it's just a load of old gobledegook5.39.217.768 l0 ?/ o) ^1 f' m
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9 |6 L: f# y: s$ a( ^/ {( AA 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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