Entry: More Funny Sign Translations Thursday, December 16, 2004
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)