A Hong Kong Snob, Vinyl Collector and Analogue Music Activist: Bad Translations

Friday, September 26, 2008

The Word F*** can not be used as "Dried" in Chinese meaning by direct hard translation!

Anonymous said...: Hi Paul,

Guess "chicken without sexual life"
in Chinese.

Rebecca; October 8, 2008 at 11:22 AM
HK Snob said...: Hi Rebecca,
I did not see your point? What Chicken without sexual life is?

Paul; October 8, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi Paul,

"chicken without sexual life" 其實是內地餐牌上的"童子雞".這樣子的笑話,在內地多的是.他們總喜歡用字面的意思去翻譯成英文,使外國人看得一頭霧水.
Rebecca; October 9, 2008 at 10:27 AM