Obligatory mistranslation examples

Sunday 9 May 2010 14:22 CDT   David Braverman
Geography

Going over some photos from Shanghai, I found a few examples of the well-known Chinese allergy to validating English translations with people who actually speak English. Some examples:

Mmm! Almost as appetizing as the "hot pig intestines food" offered at the same establishment:

And this one, I couldn't figure out:

Update: An academic explanation (NSFW) of why this might be happening. Oh, the poor cabbage.

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