As any foreigner in China knows, translations are a constant source of amusement. I remember a restaurant's translation of a New Orleans po' boy sandwich into a destitute boy sandwich. And so, without further ado, here is a list of 35 Hilarious Translation Fails from boredpanda.com..
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The Atantic recently published an article entitled, The Dramatic Landscapes of China's Gansu Province, and seeing as how this is my part of the world here in China, I thought I'd share it, as the photographs are wonderful..Click on the link for the full article. The following were drawn by Yang Liu, born in China but currently living in Germany. Any westerner living here will most likely recognize these. The design of cultural differences. Germans are on the blue side, Chinese in red: Many more can be found here: Cultural differences (in pictures) between German and Chinese People? I am always looking for curiosities and oddities that that evoke planet China, and I came across a great list of things you will only witness here in the Middle Kingdom. To see the entire list, click on 42 Things You’ll Only See In China… from The Meta Picture. A Huffington Post article highlights the photographs Michael Sheridan took of the Li River, nicknamed the River of Poems and Paintings. Lyrical odd-shaped peaks rise above the river, captured at sunset. Click the link for the full HuffPost slideshow.
The Spring Festival—also known as the Chinese New Year celebration, is alive with color and light. At the Nanjing Qinhuai Lantern Show at the Confucius Temple, over 500,000 lanterns are lit up at once. Click on 500,000 Spring Festival lanterns for to view the rest of the photos.
Ducks truly have a weird existence in the Middle Kingdom. Here is a photo I couldn't help but share. (Photo Source: people.com.cn)
A photographer captured a real Swan Lake ballet recently on the Yellow River. Click on Swans Dance on Yellow River wetland for the full photo essay.
Oct 23, 2012 Xianfosi waters, Laifeng county, Hubei province. [Photo/CFP] Zhang Ziqiang, 44, from China’s Hubei province is one of the last remaining fishermen still using trained cormorants to haul in his catch. The practice, having been around since 960 AD, uses a line tied around the bird’s throat, allowing it to swallow only small fish, and when it snags a large fish, the fisherman pulls the bird back in and collects the bounty. To read the full China Daily story, click on Fishing with cormorants in Hubei. Teruhiko Matsumoto Photo by Xiao Chundao / for China Daily Like the character Tom Hanks portrayed in the movie 'The Terminal,' Japanese tourist Teruhiko Matsumoto spent a month living in a railway station in Fuzhou, China after losing both his wallet and passport. Speaking neither Chinese nor English, he was lost and alone and told reporters he didn't try to seek help because he didn't want people to mistake him for a beggar. Full story here: Lost Tourist Spends Month Sleeping in Station |
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