Why Chinese Shouldn't...
...Translate the English Language.
From a FoxNews.com article:
BEIJING — Along with spitting, run-down housing and bad manners, add unintelligible English to the list of things organizers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics want to ban.
Throughout the city, examples abound.
A store selling tobacco products advertises: "An Excellent Winding Smoke."
On the floor at Beijing's Capital Airport, a sign reads: "Careful Landslip Attention Security."
On a billboard this mysterious message: "Shangri-La is in you mind, but your Buffalo is not."
From a FoxNews.com article:
BEIJING — Along with spitting, run-down housing and bad manners, add unintelligible English to the list of things organizers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics want to ban.
Throughout the city, examples abound.
A store selling tobacco products advertises: "An Excellent Winding Smoke."
On the floor at Beijing's Capital Airport, a sign reads: "Careful Landslip Attention Security."
On a billboard this mysterious message: "Shangri-La is in you mind, but your Buffalo is not."
posted by Gung Ho at 5:57 AM
3 Comments:
I think I've seen that middle photo on the second floor of Carver Hall, the guys' dorms here on campus.
They're all about obedience here, too.
I think the Chinese trump the Japanese in "Engrish" - I haven't seen anything this bad here in Japan. "Window" is probably the name of the store but in this context, it's hilarious! That reminds me of a store I saw in Sannomiya called, "Pearly Gates"!
For a lot more hilarious examples check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinglish
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