Lost in translation - Snake Warning! Please don't walk here
hmm.... who are they kidding! The sign clearly says "The green
grass is afraid of your feet" in Chinese.
青青的草 怕您的脚
The blue grass fears your foot, as translated by Babelfish.
Imran Shaik, gannstboy, carolmosullivan, and bertowud added this photo to their favorites.
kattebelletje 68 months ago | reply
HA HA HA. You should post this to the Chinglish group!
avlxyz 68 months ago | reply
this Chinglish?
Added :)
dominiqueb 68 months ago | reply
hahaha
avlxyz 68 months ago | reply
dominiqueb... except all the snakes have been made into soup :)
Gwydion M. Williams 68 months ago | reply
I'd not have thought snakes would have wanted to walk there!
avlxyz 68 months ago | reply
gwydionwilliams, heh heh... i didn't think about it that way! :P
kepje 68 months ago | reply
maybe "warning! snake!"? these awful foreigners won't understand that a green (qing may mean green and blue) grass may be afraid of anything, so we have to scare them....
avlxyz 68 months ago | reply
kepje, I think u're right. If the snake warning works in keeping foreigners off the grass, then they have succeeded! :)
avlxyz 67 months ago | reply
Imran Shaik, thanks for making this a fav!
avlxyz 66 months ago | reply
fo2me, thanks for making this a fav :)
avlxyz 64 months ago | reply
gannstboy, thanks for the fav
mangosteen queen 61 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Bad translations -- mauvaises traductions -- traduzioni brutte, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
avlxyz 61 months ago | reply
mangosteen queen, thanks for the invitation!
added.
avlxyz 58 months ago | reply
mangosteen queen, thanks for the Chinese to English tag...
what is it for?
mangosteen queen 58 months ago | reply
I've been going (slowly) through the photos in the Bad Translations pool and indicating for each photo which language is translated into which other language(s). When this process is finished you should be able to search the pool for translations by language. So, for instance, if you are interested in common mistakes in translations from Chinese to English, you could search within the pool for "Chinese to English." It could be helpful for language teachers.
avlxyz 58 months ago | reply
Thanks! That makes sense :)
avlxyz 54 months ago | reply
taxiguy, thanks for the favorite.