People are sharing amusing ‘Engrish’ translation fails
TV presenter, writer, producer, director and all-round wit Richard Osman‘s daughter is currently in China and she has been sending him snaps of amusing translation fails, which he has been sharing on Twitter. Naturally, other people have shared their favourites, too.
Here are 11 of the funniest we’ve seen.
1.
No romping in potato.
2.
You are here, there and everywhere … apparently.
3.
Everybody can use his private part as he wants.
4.
Boil broken sea lampshade.
5.
Stupid bean sprouts fried rice.
6.
Sexual harassment dried bamboo shoots.
7.
The car hit cheese bacon mushroom face.
8.
Bavarian half live chicken.
9.
This water does not drink.
10.
Pissing only. No littering in toilet.
11.
You are my love my angle. Don’t treat me like potato.
Meanwhile, back in the UK, somebody misunderstood the out-of-office reply he got from the Welsh translation department and added it to a road sign.
HT: i100