Photo Feature: Signs in China: Lost in translation?

All pictures by SHEILA KUMAR except where otherwise mentioned. All images are subject to copyright.

Ran Over, it says on the vehicle up front.They have a sense of humour, these Beijingers.

This polite but stern warning in our Shanghai hotel room caused much bemusement, amusement…and the immediate urge to follow a stranger!

Delighted to find they use English pretty much in the manner we do.

Reassurance or advertising?!

We took good care not to er, knockhead.

No, I didn`t go in there. This was clicked by a friend, and good for him, too.

And this is the friend politely sending up Miss India`s …promoter/owner/chef/boyfriend???

…and whaddya know? It did taste better. No, I won`t get into any discussion about better than what.

Sans comment.

Better warned, eh?

Kelly, here, too!

When language lets down the most noble of intentions. via Rahul Prajapati.

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