Lost in translation: The hilarious foreign signs that don’t get their English quite right
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y/ v3 z7 ~$ b5 q$ q公仔箱論壇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." k3 l, @ O2 t
7 C6 ^: x4 P9 e4 xNow a website has compiled a list of the funniest and most bizarre English translations discovered by travellers around the world.5.39.217.768 w" V% K! z( K
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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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% |0 z/ I: B) _! Y5 }3 x+ i D
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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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6 E4 ~) N' N. u- A, v, ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.
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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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 I U: M- l) z* A7 Q; f# }
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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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels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,bttvb; V1 k3 f: `; x1 r5 F
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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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And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.) Y M# ]2 E" x/ |- [
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3 H4 k7 M7 W& W+ o+ f公仔箱論壇Deary me: Another hilariously written sign from China
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; o7 N* P8 ~& X mtvb 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。" j J( n- N3 Q: @
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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 gobledegooktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# P( J8 ~* t a6 t4 T2 P* `
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3 H8 P' X- Y) O# k7 `6 v/ p公仔箱論壇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 + ]8 l1 J: i/ h2 w. u
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