Rough Online » Features http://elcreative.com/rough Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Typeface Quiz http://elcreative.com/rough/features/149 http://elcreative.com/rough/features/149#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:59:18 +0000 admin http://elcreative.com/rough/?p=149 http://elcreative.com/rough/features/149/feed 2 Lost in Translation http://elcreative.com/rough/features/11 http://elcreative.com/rough/features/11#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:19:20 +0000 admin http://elcreative.com/rough/?p=11 The following are samplings of interesting and hilarious examples of mistranslated signs reported from around the globe. We’ve simply taken a bit of artistic license in imagining how they might look.

In a Majorcan Shop Entrance

In a Majorcan Shop Entrance


At a Dry Cleaners in Bangkok

At a Dry Cleaners in Bangkok


Outside a Hong Kong Tailor Shop

Outside a Hong Kong Tailor Shop


On the Menu of a Swiss Restaurant

On the Menu of a Swiss Restaurant


On the Faucet in a Finnish Washroom

On the Faucet in a Finnish Washroom


On the Grass in a Paris Park

On the Grass in a Paris Park


In a Paris Hotel Elevator

In a Paris Hotel Elevator


In an Ad for a Hong Kong Dentist

In an Ad for a Hong Kong Dentist


On Kitchen Knife Packaging in Korea

On Kitchen Knife Packaging in Korea


In an Ad for Donkey Rides in Thailand

In an Ad for Donkey Rides in Thailand


In a Japanese Hotel Room

In a Japanese Hotel Room

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