Too funny- Chinese signs lost in translation

[Dragonbreathp9d]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/nataliemorin/chinese-signs-that-got-seriously-lost-in-tranlsation?s=mobile

[steve2470]

1. I always love these

I'm sure the Chinese laugh at us too

[mysuzuki2]

2. I think # 11 is rather sweet.

[Ron Obvious]

3. A sentiment I fully agree with

[MisterP]

4. don't forget this disaster in 7 languages

http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2011/07/19/1419236.html
http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-father-has-forwarded-me-this-news.html
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3176

[Locut0s]

6. Ahh sweet, going the other direction I knew there had to be...

I knew there had to be such mistakes given the prevalence of multilingual signs but the Engrish signs get all the press, thanks for posting the links.

[MisterP]

7. timid and rapidly grown prostitutes!

this one's for tattoos (and cultural appropriation)
http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/

and this one's for commercial products
http://engrish.com/

Seanbaby went shopping
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-most-unintentionally-hilarious-toys-exported-by-china/

they complement and cite each other well

[Locut0s]

8. Thanks for the links...

Love the tattoo ones. Luckily both my parents are fluent in Chinese, reading and writing, so if I ever want to get a tattoo I'll go to them to verify the right characters first I've never understood why someone would take a tattoo artist or friends word at face value when it came to putting something that permanent on their body.

[MisterP]

9. or use such crappy typefaces--use seal script for class!

[Locut0s]

5. Lol I remember a few when I was in China...

There was one in one of the hotel rooms I was in giving fire evacuation procedures that I couldn't make heads or tails out of.

What I like about that list is they give the intended meaning as well as the engrish.

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. Are there Asian sites that make fun of our tattoos?

I'll bet more than a few of those are lost in translation as well.

[distantearlywarning]

11. I actually kind of love the "tiny grass is dreaming" one

That's cute. Tiny grass needs time to sleep and dream and grow before it can begin to fulfill its destiny of being walked on!