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Saturday, March 03, 2007

Publie Facilifies: The Wonders of Chinese English

English translations are always amusing in Asian countries. Menus and signs are the instant classics in China. On a rainy day in Guilin, one sign in particular lent me endless amounts of entertainment. Below is the posted English translation of the rules for visiting Elephant Park, a famous tourist attraction where a cliff jutting into the Li River bears resemblance to the trunk of an elephant drinking water. It starts off with a series of spelling and grammatical errors and then belligerently crescendos into the jumble of letters and made up words that make up rule #8. See how many errors you can pick out from just this one sign.

Enirance Regulation

1. Tourists must buy tickets for entrance and have if checked before entering into the park the tickets should be kept in good shake for checking after entering the park.the ticket will be invalid in case that the coupon be torn off by oneself.
2. The tourists with check bill should change it for souvenir Ticket at the Booking office.
3. Guide(incl local guidecnd guide in full charge in full line)must present valid certificate before entering the park free of charge.
4. The children under 140cm in height can enjoy free charge for addmnission of the park.
5. The children without company of their guardian are not permitted admission into the park. Any swimming in dangerous water territory is prohibited
6. The park isno-smoking place.please observe thisregulation.thank you for cooperation.
7. Gun and bullet.explosive and flammable articles are strictly prohibited taking.
8. Barbecue is forbidden in the park.lay stress on sanitation and maralify.Taking care of publie facilifies and installaticns in the park.keeping off flowers and turf.taking care of tour ist safety.


Bonus points if anyone can give me a definition of ‘maralify’.

2 Comments:

Blogger jim huffman said...

"maralify" = "morality"?

2:17 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

uhm ... mollify? they are probably trying to slip you a subliminal message to get you to forgive them the nails-on-a-blackboard spelling.

10:47 AM  

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