Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Because we need them

I was recently visiting 山海关 (shan hai guan), a forrest park near Qinhuangdao that contains a section of the Great Wall, when I stumbled across my favorite sign in China. Figured you'd get a kick out of this:
"Please keep off the grass because we need them." 

And a few others, just for good measure:
Apparently, the Elmer Fudd translation for "Narrow Passage" was used


Check here to learn more about Chinese-to-English translation and why its existence makes the world a better, healthier place (assuming laughter is the best medicine). Check here and here for other good examples of Chinglish I've encountered while in China.

1 comment:

  1. LOVE this. Because, man, we DO need them grass.

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