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[rant]why do english/chinese companies don't give a damn about other languages..
coppice:
Most of the bad Chinese/English translations we see are in one direction - Chinese to English. Here's a nice example of an amusing bad English to Chinese translation at York Railway Station, in the UK, that will amuse the bilingual among you:
Tomorokoshi:
--- Quote from: coppice on March 11, 2020, 04:37:49 pm ---Most of the bad Chinese/English translations we see are in one direction - Chinese to English. Here's a nice example of an amusing bad English to Chinese translation at York Railway Station, in the UK, that will amuse the bilingual among you:
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Where does the correct luggage go?
CatalinaWOW:
--- Quote from: Tomorokoshi on March 11, 2020, 04:49:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on March 11, 2020, 04:37:49 pm ---Most of the bad Chinese/English translations we see are in one direction - Chinese to English. Here's a nice example of an amusing bad English to Chinese translation at York Railway Station, in the UK, that will amuse the bilingual among you:
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Where does the correct luggage go?
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I don't know about the Chinese part, but the English part can be confusing to speakers of American English. I am assuming that "left luggage" in UK English translates to "missing luggage" or "lost luggage" in American English.
coppice:
--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on March 11, 2020, 05:59:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: Tomorokoshi on March 11, 2020, 04:49:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on March 11, 2020, 04:37:49 pm ---Most of the bad Chinese/English translations we see are in one direction - Chinese to English. Here's a nice example of an amusing bad English to Chinese translation at York Railway Station, in the UK, that will amuse the bilingual among you:
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Where does the correct luggage go?
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I don't know about the Chinese part, but the English part can be confusing to speakers of American English. I am assuming that "left luggage" in UK English translates to "missing luggage" or "lost luggage" in American English.
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In the UK, and most other English speaking places, "Left Luggage" means a place where you can leave your stuff for safe short term storage, typically at a train station or airport. I've never seen one of these places labelled anything else..... except for this funky Chinese translation.
rsjsouza:
--- Quote from: coppice on March 11, 2020, 04:37:49 pm ---Most of the bad Chinese/English translations we see are in one direction - Chinese to English. Here's a nice example of an amusing bad English to Chinese translation at York Railway Station, in the UK, that will amuse the bilingual among you:
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Dubious translations are everywhere. Pick this one from Fluke Brasil where it says: "The Fluke 117 is the ideal multimeter for the electrician with contactless voltage reading."
All electricians I met need contact to see if there is voltage on a wire. A shocking experience. :-DD
(not to mention electrician spelled wrong in the blue black part, but that is pure spell checking fail)
P.S. I worked many years translating press releases and technical articles from English to Portuguese. It is not an easy task.
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