Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Chinese Menus, Lost in Translation


Morning Edition,
September 3, 2007 · Before hosting the 2008 Olympics, China is trying to clean up English translations on the city's menus. Tourism officials discovered one menu with a dish listed as "steamed crap." Oops. That was supposed to be "steamed carp."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14136217

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