Strange English signs in China and Japan really hate vegetables, sometimes threaten to kill you
Casey Baseel
We’ve talked before about some of the reasons why bizarre English signage pops up in Asia. One of the most common causes is a fundamental difference in the way sentences are structured between English and other languages. Automated translations programs, which aren’t nearly as well sorted out as many monolingual users believe, are also among the usual suspects.That said, looking at a flawed translation is sort of like performing an autopsy, in that sometimes there’s a limit in what it can tell you. Just like the medical examiner might say, “Well, all the baby spiders hatching inside the subject’s eyeball definitely killed him, but I’ve got no idea how the eggs got in there,” there are times like these when we look at some garbled English, and, just like we can’t stifle our chuckles, we can’t imagine why the translation went flying off the rails, or if it was even on them to begin with.
STATS
54.5
Percent of Japanese husbands who say they do at least one hour of housework on their days off, according to a survey by watchmaker Citizen Holdings$8.6 billion
Estimated amount Boeing will pay Tokyo-based Toray Industries to supply carbon fiber for its 777X and 787 Dreamliner passenger jets68.4
Percent of Japanese college seniors who have secured employment offers-the fourth consecutive year the figure has risen-according to government reports
Members of a government advisory panel have endorsed a plan to shift the focus of Japan’s space program from “social infrastructure” to “security.”Lawyers for a 53-year-old graphic designer accused of producing illustrations depicting child pornography contend that “CG images are original creations and [thus] not illegal.”
Scientists at Kyoto University say they’ve found a Japanese macaque suffering from a disease called progeria, which causes premature aging. The monkey is the first non-human primate to have been identified with the illness.
A Tokyo-based travel company that also specializes in studio photography is urging senior citizens to “prepare portraits for their funerals while they are still full of energy.”
BE AFRAID: BE VERY AFRAID
Cyanide?
A Whopping 15% Gender Equality Here We Come
Because Someones Pissed-Off
LDP dominates list of top 20 fundraisers in Diet
KYODO
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and 16 members of his Liberal Democratic Party were among the top 20 political fundraisers in the Diet in 2013, data compiled by Kyodo News showed.Abe ranked 12th within the top 20, having raised ¥164.05 million last year, although the figure fell short of the ¥256.74 million raised in 2012 when he ranked third. Donations received by him from companies and groups were unchanged at around ¥38 million.
In 2013, none of the members of the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition party, ranked in the top 20, unlike in the 2012 ranking when there were two.
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