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| 8-2-2008
Posted on 08/02/2008 11:15:04 PM PDT by lainie
"Preparing for English-speaking visitors, a restaurant in China recently ran its name through an online translator, took the result, then purchased and mounted a large sign displaying the English version of their name: Translate server error." This one has been around for a couple of weeks but it's destined to become a classic.
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/07/then-well-grab.html
Of all the poorly translated signs that can baffle English-speaking visitors to China, this one takes the cake for the most epic of all possible fails. And, as Dear Jane Sample notes, it’s also a good reason to invest in something more than a Web-based translator.
—Posted by David Griner
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Humor; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: 404error; 404errormnotfound; 404notfound; babelfish; beijing; engrish; freepun; humor; lolfunny; notfound; olympics; toofunny
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lol!
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posted on
08/02/2008 11:15:04 PM PDT
by
lainie
To: Cheapskate; hole_n_one; BurbankKarl; mylife; NormsRevenge; SilvieWaldorfMD
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posted on
08/02/2008 11:16:51 PM PDT
by
lainie
("Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." - Thomas Jefferson)
To: lainie
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posted on
08/02/2008 11:23:06 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(Congress, Get Off Your Gas, And Drill!)
To: lainie
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posted on
08/02/2008 11:38:19 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." Ronald Reagan)
To: rabscuttle385
To: endthematrix
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posted on
08/02/2008 11:44:27 PM PDT
by
LukeL
(Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
To: lainie
Surely they know what they’re doing?
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posted on
08/02/2008 11:47:53 PM PDT
by
paudio
(Like it or not, 'conservatism' is a word with many meanings. Yours may be different from mine.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/02/2008 11:49:02 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: lainie
Personal sightings during one of my trips to China:
To: LukeL
To: lainie
To: endthematrix
"Takewaterplace" sounds more like
Chingdeutsche.
Cheers!
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posted on
08/03/2008 5:01:56 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Lancey Howard
Wouldn't it have just been easier to post a picture of Paris Hilton?
Cheers!
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posted on
08/03/2008 5:03:36 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: lainie
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posted on
08/03/2008 5:20:01 AM PDT
by
Impy
(Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
To: KoRn; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
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posted on
08/03/2008 7:56:30 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: Slings and Arrows
I need that sign for my back porch
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posted on
08/03/2008 8:03:14 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: ShadowAce; tubebender
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posted on
08/03/2008 12:57:20 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Baraq Hussein Obama ~ black, white, and red all over.)
To: glock rocks
I see where you got the pic you sent me...
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posted on
08/03/2008 1:11:38 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Why does a round pizza come in a square box?)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
08/03/2008 3:35:07 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: lainie
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead.
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posted on
08/03/2008 3:56:54 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
(How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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