Annals of poor translation
Language Log 2017-07-17
Summary:
Below are two pages from the instruction book for a small point and shoot digital camera (the original in Chinese and the corresponding page translated into English). As you can see, the language display has a couple of strange choices. jiǎn Zhōng 简中 ("simplified Chinese [characters]") fán Zhōng 繁中 ("traditional Chinese [characters]") — fán 繁 […]