http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3544799
Just thought this one was funny!
"Hungry visitors to next summer's Beijing Olympics won't have to choose between "steamed crap" and "virgin chicken" if Chinese authorities succeed in ridding restaurant menus of mangled English translations."
Hopefully they recruit NATIVE English speakers who truly understand the language as well as connotation to do the translating. Otherwise good result have not well. Or something like that. It makes me wonder what on earth a native ENGLISH speaker must sound like in Chinese LOL!! We've *got* to be very funny people ourselves...
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That Mexican market is my favorite place to shop, actually. The signage is a bit of comic relief as you browse for sales.
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