Friday, November 27, 2009

Chinglish Friday #1

So one of my little pleasures in life, in China at least, is Chinglish. Chinglish is a result of poor/direct translation from Chinese to English, and usually results in something like "Classic Life" on the cover of a notebook. :-) Well, there is so much Chinglish, everywhere in China, that I have decided that every Friday from now on will be Chinglish Friday. This means I will have to be better about bringing my camera with me when I go out, because so many awesome Chinglish sayings are on billboards, store names, advertisements, etc.

Click Here to see my favorite Chinglish sightings from my time in Beijing.

To start things off, the namesake of this blog:


next, okay, not Chinglish, but apparently if you come to Dalian you can ride whales and dolphins, that interact. That or Dalian has mer-people.


My new coffee mug:

"Joyful small gruff pig." and on the side of the cup it says "This cultivation season arrived. The pipi daddy rides the tractor to prepare the farm work."

My other notebook (No fun picture, just fun text). No typos, verbatim:

"Love you 02

Especially for you
The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.

You like a lily in the valley blossom and wither by yourself and never regret of that.
In the prime time you are't arrogant and in the bod time you don't repent.
Your light sceat belongs to a eternal spring.

You never avoid mountain's heaviness and despise water's shallowness. You are as stead as a rock.
You look the storm as you dynamic power.
you are a bosom friend of mine both in my study and in my life."

4 comments:

  1. I really do like the poem. The thoughts and the mood it sets are well done, despite the Chinglishisms within.

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  2. Who do you suppose taught those authors English?
    someone with corn pickin background?

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  3. Check out Engrish.com for more funnies like this.

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  4. Yay Chinglish, what an excellent post theme. :)

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