Lost in translation: The hilarious foreign signs that don’t get their English quite right
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$ r/ ~, ?) Q. r5 U etvb 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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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.
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. K% G3 w0 y( X X4 D5 b4 z; S公仔箱論壇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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# l K# d9 G5 H* K5.39.217.76Tempting treat: This Korean restaurant appears to have invented a whole new method of cooking. Just don't tell Heston Blumenthal
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$ z* a( ]& P$ Z* p6 LThey 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'.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。0 U; I- w8 |4 d2 L
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The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.
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! p3 o4 Z' D3 |& V1 [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 * G8 ~3 f9 E: Y4 z( V: t% o; q
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6 P0 |! `$ a& e" U% C5.39.217.76Emergency 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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels
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+ b8 C; ^! Z0 d) m/ i+ MTread 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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& w& G4 g. |# p6 P% ~: K0 @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.
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% O/ k1 f8 Y, XOthers 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.'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 ~, s- r7 ]% }+ h/ W% o
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2 ~, @( b: W! ~; M3 B$ g( Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDeary me: Another hilariously written sign from China
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6 t/ Q9 R# X/ g: w% _ [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literally
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0 h2 `7 B/ c- U j. D1 z' @5.39.217.76Maybe it's.. Park, reads the sign above this Chinese eatery, but more likely it's just a load of old gobledegooktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( ^- `1 Y1 c' K: E3 o6 S& D& T- X; ^. S
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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
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