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October 16, 2007 at 09:47 PM
penguinvitamins2

Lost in translation – missing the point, but still true…

by penguinvitamins2 . Updated 18 years, 10 months ago

My English is particular bad, but I can’t help but smile at how some of the Chinese(and others) to English translations, particulary on IT products, hits the spot/though completely missing the point.

Have you stumbled across any of these that, though they meant something else it made you think?

I think a section for the good ones on T.R. is called for!

Warning label on a CD writable ink pen – “Keep out of children” – We’ll try our best as any good parent will, but who puts them in there in the first place that warrants this label?

A few sites I came across on the topic

http://www.engrish.com/
http://www.joe-ks.com/Engrish.htm

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