Lost in translation: The hilarious foreign signs that don’t get their English quite rightwww3.tvboxnow.com/ ]$ \* `5 p8 J* F$ V; X
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And attempts to communicate often end hilariously lost in translation.www3.tvboxnow.com' d) q5 t9 g' h4 O
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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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Come 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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Tempting treat: This Korean restaurant appears to have invented a whole new method of cooking. Just don't tell Heston Blumenthal tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, j0 i: } Y, \& }
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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'.0 y* D: Z! ]7 {% s& [: L! ]+ v
' w9 t9 r% e# w' |The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.
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% i% T4 Z4 a) I6 Y5 E7 |. l6 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbExtraordinary telephone? This sign appears to be instructions in the event of an emergency. Let's just pray it never happens 8 t9 O# B. I6 b
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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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels
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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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5 U4 w) w9 f3 H, z# F, e: Pwww3.tvboxnow.comThey include linguistic mishaps like the South Korean restaurant meal called 'crotch steamed dish'. and an emergency exit accidentally labelled 'emergency exist'.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb g. W- T& y! q6 H( W# C" F5 F
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And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.
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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.'
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9 v3 N/ J/ {. {( z7 Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDeary me: Another hilariously written sign from China
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Bum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literallywww3.tvboxnow.com. Q% [1 E# w' }4 K
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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
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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 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。* y/ T" Z5 |' @$ B7 y. |
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