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Tired of Laughter, Beijing Gets Rid Of Bad Translations
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| February 5, 2007
| MEI FONG
Posted on 02/04/2007 10:54:53 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Maybe it's safer to visit sizzling whors than craters.
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posted on
02/05/2007 5:59:24 AM PST
by
T'wit
(Visitors: the good news is, lots of people have agreed with you. The bad news is, they were Nazis.)
To: MinorityRepublican
"All your bases are belong to us."
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posted on
02/05/2007 6:06:09 AM PST
by
baubau
To: MinorityRepublican
"We cannot leave [these signs] up just for the amusement of foreigners," says Olive Wang...OLIVE WANG??? BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
To: MinorityRepublican; All
To: baubau
What you say? It's base, singular.
To: MinorityRepublican
Here's some advice for everyone on this thread:
To: MinorityRepublican
Can you say fahrvergnugen?
To: Caesar Soze
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:10:23 AM PST
by
thulldud
("Para inglés, oprima el dos.")
To: edpc
I guess that would be the perfect compliment to the Chinese resturaunt in my area that serves Ho Fun. There is a local one called the Poo Ping Palace.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:18:27 AM PST
by
LexBaird
(98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
To: bk1000
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:31:58 AM PST
by
jonassen
To: T'wit
That's Japanese too.
Apparently Asian language don't machine translate very well into English.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:34:13 AM PST
by
jonassen
To: jonassen
>> That's Japanese too.
Japanese rong been mastelfur at Engrish.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:39:10 AM PST
by
T'wit
(Visitors: the good news is, lots of people have agreed with you. The bad news is, they were Nazis.)
To: T'wit
"masterful" in Japanese would be MASUTAAFURU or MASUTARUFURU hehe. That "r" is something special in Japanese.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:47:39 AM PST
by
jonassen
To: jonassen
"That's Japanese."
Correct, but humor in the same vein. I work for a Japanese company. In technical manuals there are humorous misinterpretations all the time. We lovingly refer to it as 'Jinglish'
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posted on
02/05/2007 10:25:56 AM PST
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: MinorityRepublican
Many in China regard the Olympics as the nation's coming-out party -- a milestone in its ascent as a global power. Japan felt the same way in 1966 as WWII was put in the past.
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posted on
02/05/2007 10:51:09 AM PST
by
weegee
(No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
To: volunbeer
Please do not put wet dogs in the microwave.
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posted on
02/05/2007 10:52:46 AM PST
by
weegee
(No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
To: edpc
"Last week, Beijing city officials unveiled a plan to stop the laughter."
Nazi Germany had a plan to "stop the laughter" too.
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posted on
02/05/2007 10:53:55 AM PST
by
weegee
(No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
To: baubau
"My hovercraft is full of eels."
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posted on
02/05/2007 10:54:16 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Championship U)
To: CarrotAndStick
Got to amazon.com and look up "The Heavenly Man". Story the Chinese government's terrible treatment of Christians. A must read book.
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posted on
02/05/2007 11:12:39 AM PST
by
Broker
(Haddi Nuff)
To: edpc
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