Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Lost (or perhaps gained) in translation

I ran across a set of dish drain covers in a Puerto Rico supermarket, and found the following text on the back of the package:

Chenyang Commodity World Using

WELCOME SHOPPING CHENYANG SE-
RIES HARDWARE TOOL ASSEMBLED.
THIS SERIES PRODUCT ADOPT ADVA-
NCED JOINT PACKING, CLARITY AND
AND HANDSOME,DAMPROOF,CONV-
ENIENCE TRANSPORT.

THIS SERIES TOOL HAVE COMPLETE
VARIETY,CREDIBLE QUALITY,BROAD
PURPOSE.

I especially like "DAMPPROOF" and "CREDIBLE QUALITY."

1 comment:

Laurent Schneider said...

http://fun-in-language.blogspot.com/2007/11/chinglish-unrecycle.html

fun with Chinese translations (well, it happened to me too, once I went to my garage to change wires when I meant tires)