Delayed due to some reasons: annals of airport Chinglish, part 4

Language Log 2013-03-20

Summary:

The latest collection of "lost in translation" signs from the Mail Online offers some doozies:But wait a minute! Though the English may sound strange, neither of these signs is mistranslated. That's what the Chinese really says:yóuyú mǒuxiē yuányīn yánwù 由於某些原因延誤"delayed due to some reasons"The plane is going to Amoy.wénmíng jīchǎng 文明機場"civilized airport"This type [...]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4525

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Tags:

lost in translation

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

03/20/2013, 09:40

Date published:

03/20/2013, 09:28