Beijing Makes Dent in Bad English Translations - Keralanext
From Keralanext:
Beijing has corrected over 6,500 traffic signs and will next target public toilets, museums and menus as it erases bad English translations before the 2008 Olympics, a city official said Wednesday.
The host city is taking aim at sloppy and often hilarious translations that dot the city to avoid Olympic-sized embarrassment over menu items such as “fried crap” and attractions like the “Racist Park” — a venue dedicated to ethnic minorities.
Launched last year, the campaign resulted in 6,530 transport-related signs in Beijing being revised or replaced by the end of 2006. More than 1,000 others were dealt with at tourist spots around the city.[Full Text]
