Top 15 Chinese to English Translation Failures
Accurately translating text from Chinese to English can be a hard job. The two languages are so different, both grammatically and phonetically. And Chinese small businesses often don’t have enough money to employ a proper translator and can only rely on machine translation (like google translator) instead. So the translations are sometimes odd and nonsensical, and even hilarious.
Check out the top 15 Chinese to English translation failures below and see which one you think is the funniest, and most important of all, avoid making these kinds of grammatical mistakes!
What they meant to say: Cup.
What they meant to say: Dried Vegetables
What they meant to say: Adult Shop.
What they meant to say: Please keep quiet when chanting
What they meant to say: Caution, Wet Floor
What they meant to say: Bicycle Parking Lot
What they meant to say: Exit
What they meant to say: Pork Lungs in Chili Sauce
What they meant to say: Registration
What they meant to say: No Crossing, Danger Deep Water
What they meant to say: Hand Dryer
What they meant to say: Office
What they meant to say: Dried Orange Peel，Dried Ginger, Milkwort Root
What they meant to say: Hot Dog Doughnuts
What they meant to say: Please wait behind the one meter line
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