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LaughingJack
Posted: Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:53:24 AM
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Chinese speak and write English exceptionally well - most of the time.

Occaisionally they make an error.


Here are some:

 


Perhaps the proceeds could be spent on spelling lessons.

 

To their credit, they are trying to cooperate.

 

I was told the bottom translates as something loke 'Emergency Room, or, 'Duty Room'

I wonder if the top sign means the officers are observing people, or, if the officers are being observed themselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LaughingJack
Posted: Monday, September 01, 2008 12:07:02 AM
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 I have no idea what this warmly service was. Maybe the meals weren't cold.

 

 

Check out the sign on this rubbish bin.

I think this means 'organic waste', not 'waste organisms' (which could include the elderly is the less affluent rural areas in China).

 

 

 

 

 

LaughingJack
Posted: Monday, September 01, 2008 2:08:22 AM
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 There may well be an English SpeaKer, but his/her punctuation isn't the best.

I ate there (later) and they can speak English.

 

This is what I ate, and it was delicious.

 

The name of a hotel in LiJiang. Maybe it is aimed at rich western farmers.

 

LaughingJack
Posted: Monday, September 01, 2008 4:54:56 PM
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 I think it is a 'Hotel'.

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