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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; S, d j/ l1 e# x# p! ~: AAnd 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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: O5 m7 {' X- |- |3 O1 M" lCome 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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( [6 Z" n! i, P& VTempting treat: This Korean restaurant appears to have invented a whole new method of cooking. Just don't tell Heston Blumenthal 6 i6 l* b6 y( u8 D
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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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Invalidity Pregnant Parks: There's definitely an important message here, we're just not quite sure what it is 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。0 ?! q8 ~; Y3 b' r' \5 a
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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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels
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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'.2 }% c6 ~0 k& t& E: H2 T( w5 q
( y* D/ \3 E5 w7 D/ L: l. uAnd 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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* `# Y% Y! ]; f% _' a9 @3 l- e. M
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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.'www2.tvboxnow.com# v5 R$ n5 P/ A+ f% ^& l" q
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Deary me: Another hilariously written sign from China $ Z: N" a* q# F$ ~3 L
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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
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