I just wanted to pass along a photo from a Flickr member of a restaurant sign in China as an example of why humans should still be involved in the translation process:

This gem has already made its way around the internet, often noting how blind reliance on an internet translation tool led to the biggest translation goof we’ve seen in a long time.
Let’s look at the upside though. It’s unique. And it may just create the kind of buzz they were looking for.










2 responses so far ↓
1 Francis Fine // May 20, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I do not see any connection between the Chinese and the English.
2 Glenn // May 20, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Precisely! The English was supposed to be a translation of the Chinese, but instead their computer gave them an error message, which they thought was the translation.
Leave a Comment