We do Chicken right. Really?
Some Chinese netizens tried to translate the fast-food chain's slogan "We do chicken right". Here are the results.
This is a proof that Chinese are not only good at Chinglish, but also extraordinay in creating Engnese:
KFC店里现在都挂着海报，上面写了一句话：
WE DO CHICKEN RIGHT.
这句话怎么翻译合适？
翻译（1）：我们做鸡是对的？
翻译（2）：我们做鸡正点耶~~
翻译（3）：我们就是做鸡的。：-）
翻译（4）：我们有做鸡的权利。
翻译（5）：我们只做鸡的右半边。
翻译（6）：我们可以做鸡，对吧！！
翻译（7）：我们行使了鸡的权利。
翻译（8）：我们只做右边的鸡...
翻译（９）：我们只做正确（正版）的鸡！
翻译（１０）：只有朝右才是好鸡，吧！
翻译（１１）：我们有鸡的权利。
翻译（１２）：我们做鸡做地很正确。
翻译（１３）：我们只做正版鸡。
翻译（１４）：只有我们可以做鸡！
翻译（１5） ：我们公正的作鸡！
翻译（１6） ：我们的材料是正宗的鸡肉！
翻译（１7） ：我们"正在"做鸡好不好...
翻译（１８）：右面的鸡才是最好的。
翻译（１９）：向右看，有鸡。
翻译（２０）：我们只做正确的。
翻译（２１）：我们一定要把鸡打成右派！！！
翻译（２２）：实际上是说："麦当劳做的是盗版鸡"。
翻译（２３）：我们做的是"右派"的鸡（麦当劳做的是"左派"的鸡！
翻译（２４）：我们做的是半边烧鸡腿！
翻译（２５）：我们只做右撇子鸡（要吃左撇子鸡请去麻荡老）。
Found at http://www.iselong.com/7/817.htm.
Many thanks to Qin Liwen for the hint!
posted by olr — 纪韶融 @ 6/22/2005
9 Comments
9Comments:
As you might not know why this had been an issue on forums, "chicken" in chinese means "prostitute" and apparently that sentence made exceptional humour if considering a direct translation of "do" to chinese can have the same meaning as "make love". So if translated "right" (or maybe I should say "wrong") The same sentence can carry the same meaning as KFC claiming itself to "make love with prostitute correctly"
Ah, yes, that's more.
Some of the sentences actually is saying "It is right being a prostitute"
Thanks for adding your comments.
I wonder if there is an official response by KFC managment :).
ha,seems you're interested with China and know Chinese. That's really a funny (at least weird) centence to Chinese :)
ps: I googled this sentence and it led me here :>
So i really wanna know what the Chinese translation is? Anyone can help?
肯德基为您呈上美味鸡餐？maybe.
the actual translation is
"啖啖靚雞 專家炮製"
its meaning is bit different from the original text, its meaning is like "tasty chicken being cooked by experts"
《我们只做鸡肉》 因为KFC里没有其他肉类。这样能适应任何民族（伊斯兰教不吃猪肉）。只做鸡肉也说明他们是做鸡肉的专家，做的出色。这句广告语是KFC营销人员写的，从营销观点翻译应该最能反应其原始含义
According to the english originals!We'd better think bout it without context!
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