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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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fuck the fruit area
Language; Funniest translations
This should have been translated as dried fruit area. However, the Chinese character for dry (gan) can also be interpreted as being the F word.
a time sex thing
Language; Funniest translations
Disposable merchandise. The Chinese character xing is equivalent to "able" in the word disposable. However, it also has the other meaning combined with other words.
if you are stolen
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If you have anything stolen, please contact the police immediately.
tou rism special line
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Tour bus lines. Unfortunately, English words can’t be split up so lightly, or they will mean totally different things.
police road breeze
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Plice road breeze the hurl tell a telephone. This is hard to translate indeed.
Translate server error
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This is a classic example of a bad machine translation going all the way. The owner of a Chinese restaurant wanted his shop signage translated into English so he went online and ...
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