China - Signs

Dec 30, 2005 10:39

It might come as a surprise, but even at such touristy places as museums and observation decks, one sees absurdist translations of some Chinese phrase word for word into English. Some are translations of "Ispolkom" type terms, and some have unknown origins. Enjoy The Chinese Sign Collection:

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sashamalchik December 30 2005, 23:14:35 UTC
Submit some here: http://signspotting.com/index.html
You may get money or win.
(They publish in places like Chronicle's travel section.)

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