Lost in Translation
Nov 21, 2007
This won't be a very popular Christmas gift.
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I googled for that product, but unfortunately it isn't on the internet, even in Japanese.
I found another copy here
I'd like to think the Chinese sign which was translated as "having fun prohibited," was mistranslated with subversive intent. But for all I know it really DOES say "having fun prohibited."
The sign which says "Because you are dangerous, you must not enter" reminds me that my Japanese is as bad as the translator's English. They meant (in English sign idiom) "Danger, do not enter."
Posted by: Josh Scholar | Nov 21, 2007 at 12:45 AM