Monday, January 30, 2012
felixsalmon (via npr): (via Language Log » Annals of airport Chinglish, part 3) Someone, please, set up a simple website where Chinese companies can input whatever language they want, and then helpful English-speakers can provide a comprehensible translation, mechanical-Turk style but for free. It shouldn’t take more than a couple of hours for the translation to iterate with some clever wiki to something almost perfect, and in no case would you end up with something worse than this. Point being, the people who made this sign put effort into creating the English translation. If there were a website which was easier to use than what they’re using right now, wouldn’t we all win? There’s a restaurant near work that plays a bootleg of TOY STORY 3 with Chinese subtitles plus English subtitles that were TRANSLATED BACK FROM THE CHINESE. The results are awful, equally hilarious and tragic.

felixsalmon (via npr):

(via Language Log » Annals of airport Chinglish, part 3)

Someone, please, set up a simple website where Chinese companies can input whatever language they want, and then helpful English-speakers can provide a comprehensible translation, mechanical-Turk style but for free. It shouldn’t take more than a couple of hours for the translation to iterate with some clever wiki to something almost perfect, and in no case would you end up with something worse than this.

Point being, the people who made this sign put effort into creating the English translation. If there were a website which was easier to use than what they’re using right now, wouldn’t we all win?

There’s a restaurant near work that plays a bootleg of TOY STORY 3 with Chinese subtitles plus English subtitles that were TRANSLATED BACK FROM THE CHINESE. The results are awful, equally hilarious and tragic.

Posted at 8:56pm 1,849 notes Reblogged via npr

Notes

  1. storage-units-smith-mountain-lak reblogged this from felixsalmon
  2. replacement-windows-roanoke reblogged this from felixsalmon
  3. buy-juicy-couture reblogged this from felixsalmon
  4. nail-salons-in-fargo-nd reblogged this from felixsalmon
  5. auto-repair-roanoke reblogged this from felixsalmon
  6. luxury-yacht-charter reblogged this from felixsalmon
  7. san-fransisco-finance reblogged this from felixsalmon
  8. outside-wicker reblogged this from felixsalmon
  9. pacquiao--vs-bradley reblogged this from felixsalmon
  10. learn-poker reblogged this from felixsalmon
  11. boost-your-performance-in-bed reblogged this from felixsalmon
  12. sex-facebook reblogged this from felixsalmon
  13. app-empire reblogged this from felixsalmon
  14. hd---wallpapers reblogged this from felixsalmon
  15. liuguksed reblogged this from felixsalmon
  16. blood-pressure--monitor reblogged this from felixsalmon
  17. abercrombie-milano reblogged this from felixsalmon
  18. web-design-wakefield reblogged this from felixsalmon
  19. ballet--barres reblogged this from felixsalmon
  20. london-solicitors reblogged this from felixsalmon
  21. retro-candy-wholesale reblogged this from felixsalmon
  22. relationship-advice-for-women reblogged this from felixsalmon
  23. florida-attorney-jobs reblogged this from felixsalmon
  24. mens---watches reblogged this from felixsalmon
  25. saree-1 reblogged this from felixsalmon
  26. john-hancock-orlando reblogged this from felixsalmon
  27. life-insurance--quote reblogged this from felixsalmon
  28. ongle-incarne reblogged this from felixsalmon
  29. poil-incarne reblogged this from felixsalmon
  30. operation-myopie reblogged this from felixsalmon
  31. jeux-de-winx reblogged this from felixsalmon
  32. haricots-1 reblogged this from felixsalmon
  33. talonz-diablo-3-guide reblogged this from felixsalmon
  34. eye--liner reblogged this from felixsalmon
  35. caille-1 reblogged this from felixsalmon
  36. basilic-1 reblogged this from felixsalmon
  37. jeux-de-garfield reblogged this from felixsalmon
  38. defibrillateur--cardiaque reblogged this from felixsalmon
  39. online-accounting-software reblogged this from felixsalmon
  40. farmhouse-tables reblogged this from felixsalmon
  41. outdoor-tv-cover reblogged this from felixsalmon
  42. carpet-cleaning-austin reblogged this from felixsalmon
  43. gaspreise-vergleich reblogged this from felixsalmon
  44. website--maken reblogged this from felixsalmon
  45. filmbearbeitung reblogged this from felixsalmon
  46. nike--sko reblogged this from felixsalmon
  47. electronic--music reblogged this from felixsalmon
  48. codedoor-web-design reblogged this from felixsalmon
  49. h-miracle-review reblogged this from felixsalmon
  50. buy-cheap-twitter-followers reblogged this from felixsalmon