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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Michael O'Mara (1 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843172720
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843172727
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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"'Too funny for public transport' Sunday Times travel magazine"


Scotland on Sunday, 1 Oct 06

"Croker amusingly highlights the mounting slush pile of
communicative catastrophe" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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32 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 2 Nov 2007
By Pushpendra Rishi "Yumster" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English (Hardcover)
Was browsing in a bookshop and came across this book. After about 10 seconds i started getting some strange looks. Most people avoided me...

I was laughing like a mad man - this book is funny!

Only one woman plucked up the courage to ask me what i was laughing at. I showed her the book and she bought one then and there.

If you are looking for a present get this book, but I recommend you buy this book for yourself too.
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24 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is hilarious, I couldn't stop laughing!, 19 Oct 2006
This review is from: Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English (Hardcover)
I was given this book as a gift for my birthday and wasn't sure but it was really funny. So easy to read on the tube, but embarrasing because it made me laugh out loud!
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5.0 out of 5 stars extremely funny, 17 Oct 2009
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What a wonderful collection, gently poking fun at translations of English sentences which, whilst almost/technically accurate, completely ruin the meaning. You probably either enjoy this sort of humour or you don't. While some might see it as an arrogant and unfunny attempt to poke fun at people from other countries (whose language we couldn't even begin to speak), I completely disgaree. The introduction reminds us of the attitude we should take: we can have a giggle at the mistranslations of others whilst remaining humble of our own language abilities. Life's very short, and what's the point if you can't have a chuckle on the way? Oh yes, and have other reviewers have warned, do not read on public transport!!
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