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.
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And attempts to communicate often end hilariously lost in translation.
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6 U4 G8 |% u" x c3 ~# HNow a website has compiled a list of the funniest and most bizarre English translations discovered by travellers around the world.1 b; `$ {4 d! i, I% }2 V# v5 Y
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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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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( @! K* Z9 ^$ j: r$ g2 z2 E
w- j1 \9 y0 g! h+ 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'.2 I# `. z8 |4 ?
( a: s9 B6 D5 m7 H) d+ z& ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their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.5.39.217.767 b. H* r' m& w
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Invalidity Pregnant Parks: There's definitely an important message here, we're just not quite sure what it is 4 }. `+ J" `# }' R& e
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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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6 y0 E7 V h- s$ \) z0 SEmergency 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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels
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5 |" X, A! s# x' R5 iTread lightly: Chinese people are known for their modesty but who would have guessed even the grass is ashamed to smile?5.39.217.76% g9 L/ S' x! S l; k8 a4 N9 J/ t
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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.'5.39.217.76/ w4 P6 t2 b7 e: }$ B2 z
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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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. o, @" B8 N+ X, m5 [# aDeary me: Another hilariously written sign from China
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Bum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literallytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- L" U' b; }0 Q/ v1 a
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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 gobledegookTVBNOW 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。% ]1 K( U- h& z2 u g5 a" @# J0 ^
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# }: e1 {* J4 Y* O* D9 K' MTVBNOW 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。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,bttvb. D6 y# F V: M* |6 q# ]4 R z1 R. F' n
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: t, Y+ Z4 |1 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTramps' delight: There's no place quite like it |
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