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.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。. V' W( ]+ Z& Q, r4 c& A: A
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And attempts to communicate often end hilariously lost in translation.5.39.217.761 h/ N1 J1 X: S( ^; N4 c: x
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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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( J2 H0 @. g$ a- f' k5.39.217.76Come again! We're not quite sure what message the writer of this particular sign advertising drinking cups is trying to get across 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。( O: O0 `0 O& q( v* }7 C- Z
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1 n) d% N- N9 t- X$ }8 X7 n5.39.217.76Tempting treat: This Korean restaurant appears to have invented a whole new method of cooking. Just don't tell Heston Blumenthal ' n! Y* w, \- S6 a
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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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The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.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
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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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels 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。5 I8 `. G& K+ G2 n
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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?
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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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~( d3 j. t% ]* S公仔箱論壇And 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。! m3 o4 ~4 F6 B _ d: p
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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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" i+ n1 c2 M+ E" L, o; q) r. tDeary me: Another hilariously written sign from China tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; p5 F( \/ s4 J1 g; v/ C
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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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