I wasn’t even aware they had Walmarts in China. Apparently, they do.
Some of my favourites in this list include pigs faces and assorted dried reptiles.
1000 bonus points to anyone who can identify #6.
Click here to discover what they sell (at discounted prices by underpaying workers) in China that you can’t find here.
The New York Times just did a hilarious photo essay on translated English signs found in China.
I remember being in China, and one of the first things I noticed were the horrendous English translations. I was in a five star hotel, where my bedroom had a private hot spring and other luxuries galore, and there was still terrible translations on the restaurant’s menu. Want to be taken seriously, China? You gotta do something about this.
Now I won’t refer to what is going on here as “Chinglish”; in my opinion, Chinglish is the special kind of half-Chinese half-English dialect spoken by CBCs. The poor English found on the signs in China imply more a sense of laziness and lack of research, rather than “Chinglish”.
Some of the most hilarious examples from the photo essay: “Smart Hoshery Makes You Slobber” found on a restaurant sign and “The jew’s ear juice” found on a beverage can.
Share in what has fully made my week here. Ten extra points if you can read the Chinese too.
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