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Subtitled More Misadventures in English Abroad, Still Lost in Translation is an absolutely hilarious compendium of fractured English drawn from a wide variety of sources by Charlie Croker. These wonderful howlers can be found throughout the world, and most of us can quote (with some relish) favourites of our own. But can they match the wonderful signs such as that to be found at a skiing cable station in China? ‘Refuse the person without ticket or drinking excessively, and the person with hypertension, heart disease, neuropathy and simpleton to get on the lift.’ Or a leaflet at a sporting event in pre-democracy Hungary: ‘Sports in the rotting capitalist countries are the declared enemy of the Socialist Athletes who consider it their duty to worth the superiority of the Socialist races’. But it isn't just communist countries that come up with these cherishable manglings of the language: from menus in various countries, we are tempted with ‘corrugated iron beef’, ‘sad-faced cod’, ‘pee soup’ and ‘ice cream with rubber chocolate’. Some of the most entertainingly puzzling instructions recorded here really have one scratching one’s head, such as the following written on a computer components box in the Far East: ‘Please no plummet’.
A book as diverting as this, however, should come with a warning: you won’t be able to resist quoting page after page to your nearest and dearest -- exactly as has happened in this review. Charlie Croker, who wrote the similarly entertaining The Little Book of Beckham also compiled the first book in this series, Lost in Translation -- which is equally quotable. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Spectator 1 December 2007
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Having thoroughly enjoyed the original "Lost in Translation", I was looking forward to another feast of mangled English and unwitting hilarity. Well, mangled English there is in abundance, but somehow, much of the hilarity seems to be missing. Crude renderings of Chinese delicacies just don't do it for me, and Japanese instruction manuals are more gaffe than laugh. All in all, I was left with the impression that this book had been rushed into print to capitalize on the success of the original; neither the content nor the illustrations are better than second-best. You can do better, Mr. Croker!
Format:Mass Market Paperback
English is a tricky language, brought home when you see how non-English speakers struggle with the nuances.
Even funnier because they do not realise the misinterpretations they have made. Entertaining reading!!
Even funnier because they do not realise the misinterpretations they have made. Entertaining reading!!
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A few good laughs
14 April 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback
A compilation of mistranslated, mangled signs, menu items, notices, ads, etc. found in foreign countries and sent to the author. It's not always mistranslated, sometimes it's just an especially awkward translation--it may be "literally" correct but sounds totally wrong in English! The menu items were my favorites, leaving me with tears literally streaming down my face I laughed so hard at some of those. Some of the longer notices from hotels and shops were quite funny too. While most of the items you could glean what it was saying, there were some that just totally left you scratching your head trying to decipher just what it was they were trying to say. A quick, easy read and always good for drawing stares if you read in a public place.
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