Pawn shops must sell when the items
Language Log 2013-04-11
Summary:
Joe Abley is in Beijing this week attending the 46th ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) meeting, and this sign appears in the window of one of the polished, expensive-looking boutiques within the Beijing International Hotel:This would appear to be a robot translation derived from a slight rearrangement of a word-for-word rendering:diǎndàng háng [...]