Comments on: How to Read English Instantly in 13 Simple Steps http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:53:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pol http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5959 pol Wed, 07 May 2008 22:02:18 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5959 yeah, world can be intersting, but at least they make an effort to use a foreign language in their country, most countries don't bother much yeah, world can be intersting, but at least they make an effort to use a foreign language in their country, most countries don’t bother much

]]> By: Anne Lyken-Garner http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5955 Anne Lyken-Garner Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:36:17 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5955 Thanks nobert, CD and K. I have learned that translating (my husband is bilingual and worked for years to translate the court hearings of war crime defendants) has a lot to do with understanding the culture and idioms of the language you're translating. <br /> <br /> I think that a lot of these signs have been transliterated rather than translated, that's why we have this problem. Someone sat down, found a dictionary, and swapped individual Cantonese words for English ones, without knowing how to actually speak English. I am putting together a second article like this one, since I had too much material for one article of a decent size.<br /> <br /> All said and done, I couldn't translate into Cantonese to save my life. Thanks nobert, CD and K. I have learned that translating (my husband is bilingual and worked for years to translate the court hearings of war crime defendants) has a lot to do with understanding the culture and idioms of the language you’re translating.

I think that a lot of these signs have been transliterated rather than translated, that’s why we have this problem. Someone sat down, found a dictionary, and swapped individual Cantonese words for English ones, without knowing how to actually speak English. I am putting together a second article like this one, since I had too much material for one article of a decent size.

All said and done, I couldn’t translate into Cantonese to save my life.

]]> By: keyboardologist(Triond contributor) http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5953 keyboardologist(Triond contributor) Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:53:31 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5953 This is hilarious. I heard there was a company that made t-shirts, and one had the saying "crap your hands and be happy." It was a China based company that was promoting American sayings. This is hilarious. I heard there was a company that made t-shirts, and one had the saying “crap your hands and be happy.” It was a China based company that was promoting American sayings.

]]> By: chinese dude http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5949 chinese dude Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:56:31 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5949 lmao i see those weird stuffs when i go to china and im like wtf?<br /> <br /> im chinese BTW but i live in canada lmao i see those weird stuffs when i go to china and im like wtf?

im chinese BTW but i live in canada

]]> By: nobert soloria bermosa http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5951 nobert soloria bermosa Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:03:49 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5951 real funny,<br /> congrats for making it to the hot contents list, again, i guess, i'm relatively new in the family.thanks real funny,
congrats for making it to the hot contents list, again, i guess, i’m relatively new in the family.thanks

]]> By: Anne Lyken-Garner http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5947 Anne Lyken-Garner Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:04:10 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5947 Thanks for your comments everyone. It's nice to know that the article has made you smile. Thanks for your comments everyone. It’s nice to know that the article has made you smile.

]]> By: Alexa Gates http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5945 Alexa Gates Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:49:56 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5945 that's hilarious!! that’s hilarious!!

]]> By: Dee Huff http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5943 Dee Huff Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:53:14 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5943 V. funny. V. funny.

]]> By: louie jerome http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5941 louie jerome Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:43:23 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5941 Funny! It seems it was so good that Triond have published it twice! I 5thought I was seeing things. Funny! It seems it was so good that Triond have published it twice! I 5thought I was seeing things.

]]> By: CHAN LEE PENG http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-5939 CHAN LEE PENG Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:40:57 +0000 http://purpleslinky.com/humor/life/how-to-read-english-instantly-in-13-simple-steps/#comment-5939 Great post! But it seems like some of the pictures appeared twice. Great post! But it seems like some of the pictures appeared twice.

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