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General Category => Language Humor at its Finest => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on January 05, 2014, 12:30:01 PM
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Just in case you are going to China or meeting with Chinese business associates or friends sometime soon, here are quick sample lessons in translating English into Chinese. They definitely won’t make you score points on felicity of thought, but they surely would elicit wild guffaws for your phonetic astuteness.
ENGLISH PHRASE CHINESE TRANSLATION
It’s very dark in here. Wai So Dim?
Small Horse Tai Ni Po Ni
See me A.S.A.P. Kum Hia Nao
Stupid Man Dum Gai
Are you harboring a fugitive? Hu Yu Hai Ding?
Has your flight been delayed? Hao Long Wei Ting?
Your price is too high! No Bai De Thing!
Did you go to the beach? Wai Yu So Tan?
I bumped into a coffee table. Ai Bang Mai Ni
I think you need a facelift. Chin Tu Fat
I am not guilty. Wai Hang Mi?
That was an unauthorized execution. Lin Ching
This is a tow away zone. No Pah King
Do you know the lyrics to the Macarena? Wai Yu Sing Dum Song?
You are not very bright. Yu So Dum
I thought you were on a diet. Wai Yu Mun Ching?
I got this for free. Ai No Pei
Please, stay a while longer. Wai Go Nao?
Our meeting was scheduled for next week. Wai Yu Kum Nao
They have arrived. Hia Dei Kum
Stay out of sight. Lei Lo
He’s cleaning his automobile. Wa Shing Ka
—From English Language Smart Words (http://www.smart-words.org/humor-jokes/language-humor/learn-chinese-in-five-minutes.html)
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