Chinglish in the Wild
filed in China, Language, Photo Set on Sep.25, 2008
I’ve just spent two months in China, and despite Beijing’s best efforts to improve translations nation-wide, I’m happy to report that Chinglish is still everywhere. There’s nothing better than awesomely hilarious mistranslations!
The opposite of Recycling
Bathroom notice
May we remind you…
Safety sign above a staircase
Save Water
“prink” menu — I’m constantly amused by how the Chinese can’t seem to tell the difference between “p” “d” “q” and “b”!
Made surprise
Delicous Menu
No tact!
Not my idea of a better future…
“We Fuck The Fakeshit” — This catchphrase was EVERYWHERE in Lhasa, especially on trucker hats which are incredibly popular amoung young people in China. I bought a green hat like that because I found it so amusing, and when I was wearing it, I ran into a girl wearing an identical hat. We had a pretty funny, “lost in translation” kind of conversation in rudimentary English…she didn’t have any idea what the hat meant either.
“Pespect”
I have no idea…
Slip Carefully
Anti-Graffiti
“Don’t walk on the grass” as a suggestion
Those 8 year olds are tough inspectors…
Fire Exting Atsher
Glory Days
Caution, Scald
I dunno…Watch your step?
Police Suggested
Gentlman
On a washing machine
Justle?
In a cafeteria in Xi’an
December 7th, 2008 on 6:23 pm
forward a small ster cicilized a big step … is telling you to keep the toilet clean and act more ‘civilized’ by taking a small step forward and pee closer to the toilet. and the three or five steps one.. i guess they just felt that don’t step on grass don’t cut it when translating such a poetic phrase
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