A good 70% of the residents of our condo are Thai. Nonetheless, the company that serves as our building management, a division of Plus Property, usually does an effective job trying to accommodate those of us who are not native Thai speakers. Within a day or two after notices are posted, an English translation will be taped up alongside.
Tawn and I are still scratching our heads about this one. Unfortunately, the Thai version didn’t make much sense, either.
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Something like this or even worse than this are often seen in Mainland China. In Hong Kong, most English translations are excellent.
I guess that translator needs to be fired and go back to learning english =P
Since it is garbled in both languages I would ignore it lest the scalp become irritated.
That “translation” is bad enough it did deserve an entry in your blog. Now … if the Thai version was confusing as well … ugh
Wow…
Speechless!
I’m baffled! (Pom mai kow-jai!)
Oh, I see…yes…
I know what it is. They had a Russian guy temp’ing in the office, trying to write Thai; and then he fed it through Babelfish.At least the sign doesn’t say “Translate Server Error.”
Wow! Simply wow!
So can Tawn make sense out of the THAI version???? I have no idea what on earth they are talking about in their attempt at English!! Ruth Ann
What? I cannot even begin to imagine what that is supposed to mean.
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All your base are belong to them.
Hey do you live in Phuket? I was going to live there once. I love the bad English – not good live long English!!
@choyshinglin – There is, of course, the Engrish.com website, which has a special section devoted to Chinglish signs.@WilldrawsRainbows – Or back to whatever his or her real job is supposed to be…@murisopsis – And with minimal hair, scalp irritation is a real possibility! =D@TheLatinObserver – So rarely do I engage in these sorts of “Isn’t it bizarre” posts, but I didn’t want to miss this opportunity.@CurryPuffy – Phut geng khrap.@Roadlesstaken – Do you? Really?! Please explain it to me, Alex. Pleeeease!!!@chow@ireallylikefood – Now, THAT would have been really funny.@Justin_DeBin – @elelkewljay – @Dezinerdreams – @yang1815 – It is one of those situations where words really escape you, isn’t it? Although it looks like all sorts of words were escaping the translator, too.@Redlegsix – Exactly, neither Thai nor English.@TheCheshireGrins – I spent some time trying to work out what it might mean. My guess is that “Car Class G” might mean “Car Park, Ground Floor”. I imagine that “refund” is meant to “pick up” or “receive”, so the overall message is that if you are the person who left a cloth bag in the ground floor or the car park, please come claim it at the building’s juristic management office. That took me three days to figure out, though.@moptoplop – Indeed they do.@BabyBuddhist07 – Nope, live in Bangkok. Just went on holiday in Phuket a few weekends ago. What made you change your mind about living there?
I understand that it’s an announcement from the building management about a bag and maybe a refund? That’s about it lol…
right sorry to sound insensitive
That is funny. Some places in India also have signs that are laughable, if not totally confusing.
@WilldrawsRainbows – Oh, no, you didn’t sound insensitive at all! I was just trying to build on the joke. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
@ZSA_MD – Hmm… so much for the Queen’s English, eh?
The message is intended just for Santa Claus who secretly lives in Thai in his off seasons. I bet he left his gift bag where his deers are. Since Santa also buys cheap toys in Thailand and not a resident, he can get his tax refund, a service extended only to Santa for his celebrity status by the building management! =P LOL
@ZenPaper – That’s very funny, Evan!
lol, I couldn’t make heads or tails of it. It was all gibberish!
And I worry that I’m not doing well enough in my Thai class. 😛
@marc11864 – Exactly…