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• Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Humor) 2008

Overview

Offers a look at misuses of the English language in Chinese street signs, products, and advertising. This book is useful for English speaking tourists and visitors. Chinglish offers a humorous and insightful look at misuses of the English language in Chinese street signs, products, and advertising. A long-standing favourite of English speaking tourists and visitors, Chinglish is now quickly becoming a cultural relic: preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese government is determined to wipe out incorrect English usage.

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9781423603351

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As China opens up to tourism, more and more signs have to be translated into English. But as these hilarious examples prove, something is usually lost in the translation. -- Daily Mail (London) (12/3/2007 12:00:00 AM)

"""As China opens up to tourism, more and more signs have to be translated into English. But as these hilarious examples prove, something is usually lost in the translation.""-- ""Daily Mail (London)"" (12/3/2007 12:00:00 AM)"

As China opens up to tourism, more and more signs have to be translated into English. But as these hilarious examples prove, something is usually lost in the translation.

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Oliver Lutz Radtke works as a television news producer in Singapore.

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