Have a break. (countdown - 6!)
"有狗，请勿靠近" you gou, qing wu kao jin (literally: dog/s in here, please don't come close) is just the good ol' Roman "cave canem" or "Beware of the dog".
Tibetan-speaking reader Francoise comments:
Talking about Tibetan, the Tibetan text in the picture "Have dogs" actually means "Dog owners are not allowed to come/go", which actually is puzzling enough because does it mean owners are not allowed but dogs are?
Note that in Tibetan too there is a mistake, a letter must have have fallen, hence the white space in the middle ...
Taken at the former summer palace of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet. Thanks, Gregor!
posted by olr — 纪韶融 @ 7/06/2007
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10Comments:
Have a dog - have a KitCat.
Glad someone got it that quickly!
Thanks, Matthias,
olr.
I still don't know what's the meaning of "have a dog".Who can tell me?
Hi Emily,
very simple, they just translated the characters before the comma ;), meaning "there is a dog inside/on the premises/in the house, so don't come close". So basically a matter of deterrence, but leaving out the rest of the sentence and translating it wrong with its imperative meaning turns the English translation into a slogan for the international dog lovers lobby...
I think it's because they didn't know the difference between have and there be
this is a good place to learn English, right?
have a dog! 哈哈 you know ,the grammar of CHINESE is very different from ENGLISH. first ,I have to say, I love China and Chinese,but ,I still wanna show you something interesting:1．we two who and who？
>> 咱俩谁跟谁阿
2．how are you ? how old are you?
>> 怎么是你,怎么老是你？
3．you don' t bird me , I don' t bird you
>> 你不鸟我，我也不鸟你
4．you have seed , I will give you some color to see see, brothers ！together up ！
>> 你有种，我要给你点颜色瞧瞧，兄弟们，一起上！
5．hello everybody ! if you have something to say,then say ! if you have nothing to say , go home !!
>> 有事起奏，无事退朝
6．you me you me .
>> 彼此彼此
7．You Give Me Stop!!
>> 你给我站住！
8．know is know ,noknow is noknow .
>> 知之为知之，不知为不知…
9．WATCH SISTER
>> 表妹
10． dragon born dragon,chicken born chicken,mouse'son can make hole!!
>> 龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠的儿子会打洞！
11． American Chinese not enough .
>> 美中不足
12． one car come one car go ,two car pengpeng,people die
>> 车祸现场描述
13． heart flower angry open
>> 心花怒放
14． go past no mistake past
>> 走过路过，不要错过
15． 小明：I am sorry!
>> 老外：I am sorry too!
>> 小明：I am sorry three!
>> 老外：What are you sorry for?
>> 小明：I am sorry five!
16． If you want money,I have no; if you want life,I have one!
>> 要钱没有，要命一条
17． I call Li old big. toyear 25.
>> 我叫李老大，今年25。
18． you have two down son。你有两下子。
19． as far as you go to die >> 有多远，死多远！！！！
20． I give you face you don""t wanna face,you lose you face ,I turn my face
>> 给你脸你不要脸，你丢脸，我翻脸
有意思吧
This afternoon I saw your experience in the magazinee World Vision, so I come to see your blog with a little curiosity. Interesting!
Interesting!
你很有幽默感,也是个有心人.但我认为这些英语译文应该都是由翻译软件翻译的,不是真正意义上的中式英语,也不是学英语专业的人士所为.
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