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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* W% A6 V( F8 T$ Q t7 Qwww.tvboxnow.comAnd attempts to communicate often end hilariously lost in translation.www.tvboxnow.com3 D' j/ f4 a% `' Y/ L
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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 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。7 K' `9 L, p) F6 t; r" e3 m4 U% D
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/ U9 ~6 ~3 Q/ a, STempting treat: This Korean restaurant appears to have invented a whole new method of cooking. Just don't tell Heston Blumenthal
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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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The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 F9 D, i, |0 K4 `- ~2 p* m+ a
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- r4 \2 s8 Q6 ?4 e: ^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。- z( v0 p p- o4 \
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$ o A' D7 u, R, U( V1 zTVBNOW 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'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。1 K: G% {7 P+ y+ I+ S& \* e
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3 @7 _( b% w3 c4 b9 Q" Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbExtraordinary telephone? This sign appears to be instructions in the event of an emergency. Let's just pray it never happens 公仔箱論壇" f1 g7 ~& }3 T5 v% A R4 y
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N' g6 n, @" |7 xEmergency 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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels 公仔箱論壇 k1 X- C& d4 ^9 `7 U$ n- d
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% k- [$ p6 {/ F/ X. T3 Z公仔箱論壇They include linguistic mishaps like the South Korean restaurant meal called 'crotch steamed dish'. and an emergency exit accidentally labelled 'emergency exist'.
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And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.
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+ x5 a3 W3 @! `! P2 w; @/ V7 @9 hwww.tvboxnow.comOne read: 'The small grass is feel ashamed to smile, please don’t bother it', while another says: 'Dear. Don’t Trample Me.'( C& r* H0 Z4 ^- F2 B c$ B
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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.'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。, R7 b, E' ~/ ^2 R" L
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Bum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literally" _4 P1 h7 U/ s. O" c7 _0 l
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6 f( R/ d" M2 F$ d; v: z- p# C0 G. `Maybe it's.. Park, reads the sign above this Chinese eatery, but more likely it's just a load of old gobledegooktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( E0 q) }* m3 {& ~% z" [( U8 a
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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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