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Thread poster: thierry albert
thierry albert
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Nov 4, 2003

在这里

http://www.lecabinet.com/xia/2003_04_02.html
 
Yongmei Liu
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Haha, that was a good one! Nov 4, 2003

Jean-Marc Aquitaine wrote:


在这里

http://www.lecabinet.com/xia/2003_04_02.html


I suspect this is the handiwork of a certain Lonely-Planet-gweilo-backpacker-cum-translator-cum-prankster.

I remember seeing a wire photo in Singtao a few years ago. It showed a cardboard menu of a small restaurant in a remote area of China that had hilarious, sometimes obscene, English names for mundane roadside fare. Case in point: the duck dish was translated as What the Duck.

[Edited at 2003-11-04 12:10]
 
Kevin Yang
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This is so bizarre! Nov 5, 2003

Jean-Marc Aquitaine wrote:


在这里

http://www.lecabinet.com/xia/2003_04_02.html


Jean-Marc,

This is so bizarre! Actually it is beyond bizarre. I wonder where they found this stuff. I initially thought it got to be a typo. But I looked at it again and noticed that the Chinese sign has nothing to do with the English “translation”. I wonder how and why the English words got there. Perhaps it is for a decoration?

Jean-Marc, could you do me a favor? Please paddle your bicycle to there and tell the guy to take the sign down. Or he might can commercialize his store by listing it as a new tourist site.

Kevin
 
Xiaoping Fu
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有意而为 Nov 5, 2003

Kevin Yang wrote:

Jean-Marc Aquitaine wrote:


在这里

http://www.lecabinet.com/xia/2003_04_02.html



Jean-Marc,

This is so bizarre! Actually it is beyond bizarre. I wonder where they found this stuff. I initially thought it got to be a typo. But I looked at it again and noticed that the Chinese sign has nothing to do with the English “translation”. I wonder how and why the English words got there. Perhaps it is for a decoration?

Jean-Marc, could you do me a favor? Please paddle your bicycle to there and tell the guy to take the sign down. Or he might can commercialize his store by listing it as a new tourist site.

Kevin


可怜的店主一定是做了什么缺德事，得罪了什么人，遭此戏弄也许罪有应得。不过这翻译也太损了点！



[Edited at 2003-11-05 22:17]
 
Li-chuan Yen
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Chinese English Dec 9, 2003

When I went to Beijing, I had an urge to correct all the English signs I saw there. I wonder who is responsible for translating them.

Check this one out:
http://education.163.com/editor_2002/031104/031104_116755.html
 
Chinoise
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久违了， Li-chuan ！ Dec 9, 2003

圣诞、新年快乐！



Li-chuan wrote:

When I went to Beijing, I had an urge to correct all the English signs I saw there. I wonder who is responsible for translating them.

Check this one out:
http://education.163.com/editor_2002/031104/031104_116755.html[/quote]
 


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