- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd; Reprint edition (7 Oct 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843174421
- ISBN-13: 978-1843174424
- Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 13.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 137,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Tomas Santos has a way with words that's unique and hilarious. I wish he'd taught me English --Gyles Brandreth
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'Found in Translation' is an English-language guide with a difference. Compiled by Tomas Santos - a well-meaning but incompetent foreigner of indeterminate nationality - it contains a wealth of priceless miscommunications on a variety of handy themes, from hotels, restaurants, shopping, travel, and health, to quintessentially English topics such as the Queen and village cricket.. . 'Found in Translation' is an innovative, eccentric and charming 'guide' to the English language that is guaranteed to have any English speaker crying with laughter.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I heard the author on the radio and he made me laugh aloud, but the book is even better, if hard to describe, being a mixture of supposed lessons in English given by an incompetent foreigner, interspersed with hilarious letters to, and from, famous people, some of which date back to the 1980s. Without doubt this is the funniest book I've read this year. It's absolutely packed with hilariously tortured language that somehow builds as you read and is so funny that you find yourself gasping for air. The character of the author, Thomas Santos, sort of grows on you as you go along, and what a funny and touching character he is - vulnerable but sharp at the same time. I kind of fell in love with him, even as I laughed. An original comic creation and a complete delight. As you'll guess, I am a big fan.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Bought this as a present but had sneak preview and couldn't put down. Having read 'Lost in translation' thought it would be difficult to match in terms of humour. This book is equally, if not more, funny. Will borrow so I can finish reading!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this yesterday as a present for my now middle aged son,all day the media were doing their best to bore and depress the population with news about the Lib/Dems,so I started to read my sons present,The depression lifted,birds sang,the sun shone and I forgot about the side effects from my prescription tablets!!Buy this book NOW and forget all your worry's.
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Boring!
Heard this reviewed on my local radio, and fell for the hype. It is worse than boring, consigned to the bin I would not even give it away.
Published 10 months ago by J. R. Saunders
Great Reading
This is a fantastic little book crammed full of prose that exploits and gently ribs the stereotypical mistakes made by non-native speakers of English, while relentlessly mocking... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Old Student
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