Thursday, December 16, 2004
More Funny Sign Translations
- Protect CircumStance Begin with Me (in a park, asking people not to litter)
- Free Servict. Politely to each other. Pay attention to treasure. Boware of Sun's dazzling. (at the top of Beijing's TV tower - posted on the telescope to look out over the city)
- Slip Carefully (in a store while workers were mopping)
- Pregnant Woman over 70 and disabled people lounge (in a railway station)
- Civilized Behavior of Tourists is another Bright Scenery (posted along a mountain climbing path)
- No Louding
- No Moving In (as you come in to a shopping mall)
- Sorry, Businessing now (hanging outside of a closed door to an office)
- Tour the Hur tell: Consume the Nur tell: (I have no idea what this means)
- Dangerous Goo: Keep clear (as seen on a railroad cart passing by)
- The Auspicious Hole (on a sign describing to tourists about a cave)
- Genitl Emen ----> (pointing to where men should go to the washroom)
- Offer the seats to the Old, Weak, Sick, Cripple, and Gravid (in a hotel lobby)
- The Shepherd's Purse reveals the winter bamboo shoots (describing a picture on a menu)
- Be Sterilised (on a sign near in a restaurant suggesting that the customers wash their hands before eating)
- When old man's child go up hand ladder temporary need the family to accompany (better translation from the Chinese: We ask that family members who are accompanying elderly persons and children please assist them when climbing the stairs.)
- Women's Civilised Demonstrate Post (I don't really get what they were saying, either)
- Danger! Jumping into the Tunnel is Forbidden
- Civilized Traffic Starts at Home
- Don't Drive Tiredly (posted on the major highways around Beijing)
- Flashing Street <-------
- To Consult to a Telephone, To Throw to a Telephone (outside a telephone booth, giving phone numbers for different operators and phone companies)
- X Rat check (on a marquee at the airport security terminal)
- Waiting Will Be Prosecuted (outside at the airport arrival /pick-up zone)
Posted at 08:08 pm by
Brandi In China
