Lost in Translation
Sometimes I can't help being amazed by some English translations throughout the world.. Seriously, they could do better by asking a grade-school student to proof-read.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
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'Cunt' examination?! haha, what an 'appropriate' word to be seen in a hospital!!haha...
Imagine patient asking 'May I know where is the cunt examination room?'
Haha...
That is why I have the impression that China's standard of English is not very satisfactory. This is not the first time I saw such pathetically-funny English...
A plausible conversation:
Patient: May I know where Dr. Yew is?
Clerk:Dr. Yew? Oh, he is currently executing his duties in the cunt examination room.
Patient: (What the?) ...
Chinese English definitely has a lot of room for improvement. I have a couple of Chinese friends and according to them, they hardly speak, write, and read in English back in China.
Actually, within the East Asia region, Malaysians, Hong Kongers, and Singaporeans speak relatively good English, albeit broken sometimes.
oh mee gosh!
that's hilarious! cunt examination! HAAHAA!!!!!
Wee Loon, day-dreamer: Haha yeah, they should at least get someone to proof-read or something.
Eric Fu: Yeah but all our English has strong accents. :P
kyh: I guess you wouldn't want to go to that hospital eh? :D
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