Lost in translation: The hilarious foreign signs that don’t get their English quite right
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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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) O1 L# L3 S* S+ ~4 ~) a5 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCome again! We're not quite sure what message the writer of this particular sign advertising drinking cups is trying to get across tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 h% b2 d& n$ e4 B7 n7 X
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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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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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! l4 W+ Z, N) R* f7 w: itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their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4 R; E' W: b' f$ U9 x& p
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They've made a boob: Perhaps these Korean bras are designed with breast-feeding mothers in mind2 O9 e# p0 q& `" S, x4 A0 {
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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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels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,bttvb8 {6 N k3 K8 X; h2 x) U$ I
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7 J5 F' N7 u% R" j6 o/ n1 pTread lightly: Chinese people are known for their modesty but who would have guessed even the grass is ashamed to smile?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。/ S" ^0 w0 c1 X# j9 G- X& g
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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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One read: 'The small grass is feel ashamed to smile, please don’t bother it', while another says: 'Dear. Don’t Trample Me.'
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* l6 V& d' T8 W# v/ cOthers 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.'7 R0 I3 D' y0 R3 ^9 _: O) T
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Deary me: Another hilariously written sign from China
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& W D! e4 i, FBum 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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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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 f1 d6 D9 ~9 {$ o8 i$ @) q
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