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Title: The perils of online translation
Post by: pauld on Sunday, August 3, 2008, 11:28:17
I'm sure most people have seen this, it must have gone viral by now, but for those who haven't, see what happened to the Beijing restaurant that wanted to get an English sign for Olympic visitors. They put their name in an online translation site to get the English translation et voila:

http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/07/then-well-grab.html


Title: Re: The perils of online translation
Post by: Samdy Gray on Sunday, August 3, 2008, 11:32:56
:D


Title: Re: The perils of online translation
Post by: Rich Pullen on Sunday, August 3, 2008, 11:33:05
I'm sure the trio of owners Messrs Translate, Server and Error are happy with the sign.

:D


Title: Re: The perils of online translation
Post by: axs on Sunday, August 3, 2008, 12:18:05
They should keep it that way, it'll get a lot of business now.