227
anicent chinese wisdom is sometimes flawed (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Description: Three panels. The first panel is a picture of a sign on a window with Chinese that tells people to not to throw things out the window. There is a poor English translation on the sign that says "Do not shit in the air like a god." The second panel is D.W. from Arthur glaring at the sign. The third panel is D.W. saying "That sign won't stop me because I can't read!"

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Actually, I am wrong, there is actually a thing call 窗户限位, they put a device (called 限位器, "limiting device") on the window to limit how far it opens. So that is what they meant by "the window is limited".

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Leads me to my next question: do you have any clue how the wrong translation came into existence?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No idea, the only words that are correctly translated are "请勿" > "Please do not"

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're right, although it looks like they deliberately omitted some prepositions any conjunctions to save space. All the important elements are there, so it should be understandable by native speakers, but I guess that in speech, you would probably have to add a few more words in to make yourself understood a little more easily.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •