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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4 g6 g8 E3 d! D. `6 c3 n( {And attempts to communicate often end hilariously lost in translation.
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! q6 y3 ]8 j" P1 sNow a website has compiled a list of the funniest and most bizarre English translations discovered by travellers around the world.www3.tvboxnow.com2 P1 T. X, R8 s5 H" y" \
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" X) x* u6 N iwww3.tvboxnow.comTempting treat: This Korean restaurant appears to have invented a whole new method of cooking. Just don't tell Heston Blumenthal
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3 t! q. T$ d% uTVBNOW 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。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'.公仔箱論壇& z. D) c' r! W; ^) K
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They've made a boob: Perhaps these Korean bras are designed with breast-feeding mothers in mindTVBNOW 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。5 T, l; h1 D4 ~) H
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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 www3.tvboxnow.com% j y% _9 [2 c1 q% R0 c+ G
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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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels $ V( r" b+ e! ?+ V6 M
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Tread lightly: Chinese people are known for their modesty but who would have guessed even the grass is ashamed to smile?
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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'.www3.tvboxnow.com: K: Y0 U- i2 N# T
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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.'
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Bum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literally
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Maybe it's.. Park, reads the sign above this Chinese eatery, but more likely it's just a load of old gobledegook公仔箱論壇* d+ C4 e! a8 x9 D
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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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! R- \3 R, z8 [" E, ^; T8 i' c
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