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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

These poorly translated English language T-shirts spotted In Asia are a hoot

Most of these, I assume, are translation fails, although in some cases it's hard to imagine what the intended translation was. This set is OK for work; there are more (some of which are NSFW) at Bored Panda.














Related: Chinese restaurant menu fails.

5 comments:

  1. You just have to love that man wearing that "vagina" T-shirt! I guess in Japan they have no idea what that English word is! Thanks for the laugh! Got my day off to a good start ...

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    1. That's China, not Japan. They know the word in Japan.

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  2. When I see t-shirts or tattoos with Chinese or Japanese characters, I often wonder what they really say! I imagine that they might be pretty funny to people who know Chinese or Japanese!

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    1. I recall a Readers Digest anecdote about a knitter who knit a sweater and incorporated characters from a Chinese menu. Ran into someone who could read it, and it said "This dish is cheap but delicious."

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    2. Here's a link to some funny ones:
      https://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/ridiculous-chinese-character-tattoos-translated?utm_term=.ntYpoPR7DL#.sm9Q7jEdKW

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