Engrish

[sonidos]

Two separate emails to a coworker that came from a quite cute sales rep from overseas:

"You have me like a dog!"
"How is everything in your end?"

 

[SY]

I need to work at your company.

 

[sonidos]

At another employer, the sales rep that sold us components was an ex-Hooter's girl. She spoke perfect English. Bummer!

 

[Wavebourn]

In Russia Vacuum Rubes are called Radio Lamps.

 

[Michael Bean]

I just remembered one from the owner's manual that came wiith my Denon turntable; "May become without cartridge at a certain country" 😉

 

[Pano]

The Japanese instructions and manuals used to be so wonderful. A sort of surrealist poetry. No more. The Chinglish is OK, but never quite as poetic.

 

[steve jones]

Back in the 80's I was working at a mining equipment company. On bare wheels for the mining trucks, that we sourced from Japan, they had described a feature on the 2d drawing as " 1" x 4" SROT 4 PLC'S ".

Here we call them "Slot"

 

[steve jones]

Sorry I can't publically post the photo I took.

But on a resent trip to China, in the main entrance area of a factory, they had sayings in Chinese with Englich below cut into marble. Such inspiring sayings as "Activeness To Ambition", "Courage in the face of difficuties" and "Winning by Speed".

One such cut in stone translation read "Refer To Attached File".

Priceless.

 

[Frank Berry]

The Manuals for Sony Broadcast equipment are first translated from Japanese into French and from French, into English.
The results are sometimes interesting.

 

[DF96]

I guess if you are in Japan then Britain and France look like close neighbours, so obviously we think in the same way and speak similar languages.

 

[Pano]

We used to have a fridge magnet of a cow with a milk can. The can said "Flesh Milk"
Made in China, of course.

 

[digits]

 

[Wavebourn]

I like this: ‪???????????! (Voice Recognition Elevator - ELEVEN! Burnistoun S1E1)‬‏ - YouTube

 

[thaumaturge]

A friend liked this Chinglish MP3 player manual so much he had me scan it. Best example I've seen to date. Zoom in and try to read it.
Doc

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k485/machinebuilderdoc/Image-01.jpg
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k485/machinebuilderdoc/Image-02.jpg

 

[Pano]

Nice of them to stochastically provide the reading material.

 

[jamikl]

And all you younger generation thought we oldies were given the wrong in formation:

 

[KBK]

I spent some time recently in ZhuHai China and had two memorable introductions with some of the local women.

One went: "Hi my name is Steve". "I Wu Min." "Uhhhhh.....yes you are and you're quite pretty, too. My NAME is STEVE." "I WU MIN!"

The other: "Hi my name is Steve." "I Swallow."

BTW, she wasn't selling anything.

😎

Jebus, stop that, I just had a hernia operation and laughing is painful.

 

[KBK]

Sign Language: strange signs and bizarre English - Telegraph

the best site for funny signs.

 

[digits]

 

[mickeymoose]

Seen at the gates of a beatifull cathedral in Puebla, Mexico. E