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Let us start it with a story. There are a few fishmen arounding the stew which some fish living in. All of a sudden, a huge leak was found at bottom of the stew, then how could those fishmen want to do? The first plot model——Would those fishmen organize to repair that huge leak, or all of them just choose to overlook the crisis without any measures? It is obviously that the former one is a fairy-tale, only if they already have a contract to prevent the resources losing which can ensure to maximize the team value, but the most...

The Angry Chinese Blogger posted this nice little translation dictionary on his page. I agree with most. But he did leave a few out. 1) You're a foreigner, you wouldn't understand I'm Chinese and I don't understand either, but I'm not going to admit it 2) Because China has 5000 years of history A) Because I can't think of a better reason right now B) ..... Just because

Signs of panic over 'Chinglish' in Beijing By Aislinn Simpson Last Updated: 7:38am GMT 19/03/2008 For years, badly translated signs have had the Englishman abroad in stitches. But for tourism officials in Beijing, a city preparing for the arrival of millions of visitors for the Olympic Games in August, the problem is far from funny. In pictures: 'Chinglish' signs in Beijing The Beijing Municipal Tourism Bureau has hired English linguists to eradicate "Chinglish" from signs and shop fronts. It has also instructed the city's 4,000 unrated hotels to translate their names, service hours, room rates, menus and notices into accurate...

BEIJING — Visitors to China's capital can stroll through "Racist Park," enjoy a plate of "Crap in the Grass" and stop by a Starbucks franchise for a cup for "Christmas Bland" coffee. Now the Beijing government is trying to clean up such mistranslations and sloppy editing (including the inversion of "a" and "r" in "carp" on menus) before an expected 500,000 foreigners arrive for the 2008 Summer Olympics. "Some of the translations in China aren't clear or even polite," said Liu Yang, director general of the Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages program. "The government realized that if they weren't changed, the...

Beijing stamps out poor English Chinese street signs Occasionally, a sign makes sense China has launched a fresh drive to clamp down on bad English in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Previous attempts to wipe out Chinglish - the mistranslated phrases often seen on Chinese street signs and product labels - have met with little success. Emergency exits at Beijing airport read "No entry on peacetime" and the Ethnic Minorities Park is named "Racist Park". Beijing city authorities will issue new translation guides by the end of the year, Xinhua news agency said. Running joke The booklets would...