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Sunday funny: Amusing auto-translation

Posted on August 3rd, 2008

Via Slashdot (with a link to the authenticating photo):

“Preparing for English-speaking visitors, a restaurant in China recently ran its name through an online translator, took the result, then purchased and mounted a large sign displaying the English version of their name: Translate Server Error.”

[Tags: humor ]

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2 Responses to “Sunday funny: Amusing auto-translation”

  1. Trudy W. Schuett, on August 4th, 2008 at 7:14 am Said:

    My husband’s boss, who is Chinese, is sometimes amused at the tattoos he sees: they’re supposed to be Chinese characters saying something, but in reality they don’t say anything at all.

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  3. davidw, on August 6th, 2008 at 8:55 am Said:

    It could be so much worse …. :)

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