Strange Signs From Abroad

[elleng]

A recent slide show, "A Sampling of Chinglish," which accompanied a story by Andrew Jacobs, showed signs in Chinese paired with unusual and often funny English translations. We asked readers to share photos of amusingly translated or otherwise quirky signs that they've found during their travels. Click an image to enlarge it, and scroll to browse through the collection.

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Example: Do not use elevator, while causing fire.

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[pokerfan]

1. Those are great

From Anguished English by Richard Lederer:

Strange Signs Abroad - English Signs in Foreign Countries:

In a Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next
day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front
desk.

In a Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the
chambermaid.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to
hope for.

Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

In a Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big
rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.

In a Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining
guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby
be used for this purpose.

In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the
latest Methodists.

In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the
afternoon having a good time.

In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven
city tours -- we guarantee no miscarriages.

In the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from
their own skin.

In a Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.

In a Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a
foreigner if dressed as a man.

In a Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.

In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send
them in all directions.

On the door of a Moscow hotel room: If this is your first visit to
the USSR, you are welcome to it.

At a Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any
suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.

In the office of a Roman doctor: Specialist in women and other
diseases.

In an Acapulco hotel: The manager has personally passed all the
water served here.

From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air
conditioner: COOLERS AND HEATERS: If you want just condition of warm in
your room, please control yourself.