Engrish: the perils of relying completely on an electronic translator
In International Freshman Composition, many students have little nifty electronic translators which they use to assist them with their writing. Some students, however, become overly reliant on these little gadgets, and you end up with some...stunning...writing. I am not going to post any of their essays online; however, I do have a sample of Engrish so outstanding that I brought it back with me from China.
What follows is from a brochure I picked up at the museum/restaurant in Tianjin with all the headless Buddha statues (it seems to be describing their five different locations within Tianjin; Guangdong is the area of China with food most similar to our own version of Chinese food - that is, not very similar at all, but that type of food is some of the best I had in China). I am not making any of this up; I have typed it here word for word. I cannot fault you if you are unable to get through the entire thing. I also highly recommend that you visit them if you are ever in Tianjin:
Welcome to meet the gate where you pushed time open, come into the only eatable museum in the world. Here, you pick up the ears to listen to the heartbeat of history after tasting home meat and fish dishes delicacy , grade come from enormous glamour of historical relic before the one year, you at the same time have the honor first time in zero from see elegance of them one's life.
YueWeiXian group their subordinate to there are 5 shops in common only on 2001 for September 28, they were respectively. Huayun museum, Juanzhen museum, Guya museum, a Itokin shop in Binjiang Road, a shop of Chifeng of outstanding talent in store (while fitting up).
Huayun museum means the Chinese treasure to accumulate , and there is Great Britain's quick , lucky justice of natural endowments. It displays from the comprehensive showpiece of thoughtful each periods of Qing Dynasty of the Western Zhou Dynasty, has included more than 3000 historical relics of nearly more than 100 kinds , such as stone implement , wooden furniture , old furniture ,etc.. Bony that design accumulate museum main building hang-up floor pass trials and hardship baptism for half a century by Italian among them, still permeate prolonged and noble and refined glamour and extraordinary and refined intelligence. The characteristic of the dish product relies mainly on Guangdong cuisine.
" girl from good family " accumulating with China compares, the Juanzhen museum of outstanding talent, Quaint museum are the exquisite " daughter of a humble family ", there don't be some graceful bearing among them. The Juanzhen museum of outstanding talent means ancient civilization meaningfully, and symbolize lucky justice . Among them the wooden furnitures of Ming and Qing dynasty of nearly more than 1850 kinds , such as several of one , table square table , casement ,etc. are displayed; The Quaint museum means literary pursuits Gu Yan , will and strengthens , breaks through and succeeds in seeing the great cause extremely difficultly . Modern firearms 216 Branch is displayed mainly in this hall (with the pot lead), have offered the important material object materials for Chinese weapon history. Two shops of the characteristic of dish product rely mainly on chafing dish , make you while have a taste of history time brings great changes to the world, fully enjoy the recreation and romantic of modern city life.
The Itolkin shop opening on November 11 , 2004 is located in a flooring eight stories of location Itokin commercial building in Binjiang road, displayed from Northern Song Dynasty that chose carefully among nearly 10,000 pieces of collection that the YueWeiXian Group collected in more than 20 years to Qing Dynasty altogether in the shop, the stone lion statue not the same of size of form amounts to more than 100, time span is up to more than 900 years. Dish product characteristic as the main fact with traditional tea meal that Guangdong cuisine combines with modern fast food, hit and produce Guangdong and only continue another management content outside Guangdong cuisine's chafing dish deliciously.
A shop of Chifeng road fitted up now is the important component of the Yueweixian group's long-term development plan. YueWeiXian harmony of group hold auction room and harmony grand ceremony as being competent to up to Chifeng dishes of together private shop too only when the time comes, it is the YueWeiXian group in order to realize relying on an important step that the development diversified economy of food and beverage takes .
The YueWeiXian group pays close attention to the thing that while developing by oneself, more enthusiastic cause of the public good, have donated millions of yuan altogether for disabled person , family members of armymen and revolutionary martyrs , dropout , etc. for many years. President Mr. Zhang LianZhi is the first person who adopts to giant panda , red-crowned crane , gibbon in the world too, and obtain the philosophy tripod award at the fourth world peace Grand Prix meeting held in fishing platform of Zhongnanhai.
Present Yueweixian group has had seven subsidiaries already, it is up to more than 10,000 to collect the historical relic, the volume of the flow of passengers of Japan is up to 2,000 persons, gather Tan Yonglin, Zhang Xueyou, Andy Liu, Ren Xianqi, Fang Hongjin, etc., and in order to go abroad, march into the world as the developmental goal in the future. We expect presence of friends from all walks of life, and the first-class service, the best dish product is devoted to you!
Huayun Museum (the restaurant in Hebei Road)
*Address: No. 283, Heping District, Tianjin, Tel.: 23398888
Juanshen Musems (the restaurant of Tiyuanbei)
Address: No. 9, Tiyuanbewi Road,Hexi District, Tianjin, Tel.: 23952000
Quaint Museums (the restaurant of Tiaojiao Garden)
Address: No208, Machang Road,Hexi District, Tianjin, Tel.: 2335799
Itokin shop Address: Peaceful 8 stories of district Itolkin mansion in Tianjin
(Beijing one is unanimous with the road of Shanxi) Tel.: 27127200
*Note: these addresses will not help you in the least if you show them to a taxi driver in Tianjin.
What follows is from a brochure I picked up at the museum/restaurant in Tianjin with all the headless Buddha statues (it seems to be describing their five different locations within Tianjin; Guangdong is the area of China with food most similar to our own version of Chinese food - that is, not very similar at all, but that type of food is some of the best I had in China). I am not making any of this up; I have typed it here word for word. I cannot fault you if you are unable to get through the entire thing. I also highly recommend that you visit them if you are ever in Tianjin:
Welcome to meet the gate where you pushed time open, come into the only eatable museum in the world. Here, you pick up the ears to listen to the heartbeat of history after tasting home meat and fish dishes delicacy , grade come from enormous glamour of historical relic before the one year, you at the same time have the honor first time in zero from see elegance of them one's life.
YueWeiXian group their subordinate to there are 5 shops in common only on 2001 for September 28, they were respectively. Huayun museum, Juanzhen museum, Guya museum, a Itokin shop in Binjiang Road, a shop of Chifeng of outstanding talent in store (while fitting up).
Huayun museum means the Chinese treasure to accumulate , and there is Great Britain's quick , lucky justice of natural endowments. It displays from the comprehensive showpiece of thoughtful each periods of Qing Dynasty of the Western Zhou Dynasty, has included more than 3000 historical relics of nearly more than 100 kinds , such as stone implement , wooden furniture , old furniture ,etc.. Bony that design accumulate museum main building hang-up floor pass trials and hardship baptism for half a century by Italian among them, still permeate prolonged and noble and refined glamour and extraordinary and refined intelligence. The characteristic of the dish product relies mainly on Guangdong cuisine.
" girl from good family " accumulating with China compares, the Juanzhen museum of outstanding talent, Quaint museum are the exquisite " daughter of a humble family ", there don't be some graceful bearing among them. The Juanzhen museum of outstanding talent means ancient civilization meaningfully, and symbolize lucky justice . Among them the wooden furnitures of Ming and Qing dynasty of nearly more than 1850 kinds , such as several of one , table square table , casement ,etc. are displayed; The Quaint museum means literary pursuits Gu Yan , will and strengthens , breaks through and succeeds in seeing the great cause extremely difficultly . Modern firearms 216 Branch is displayed mainly in this hall (with the pot lead), have offered the important material object materials for Chinese weapon history. Two shops of the characteristic of dish product rely mainly on chafing dish , make you while have a taste of history time brings great changes to the world, fully enjoy the recreation and romantic of modern city life.
The Itolkin shop opening on November 11 , 2004 is located in a flooring eight stories of location Itokin commercial building in Binjiang road, displayed from Northern Song Dynasty that chose carefully among nearly 10,000 pieces of collection that the YueWeiXian Group collected in more than 20 years to Qing Dynasty altogether in the shop, the stone lion statue not the same of size of form amounts to more than 100, time span is up to more than 900 years. Dish product characteristic as the main fact with traditional tea meal that Guangdong cuisine combines with modern fast food, hit and produce Guangdong and only continue another management content outside Guangdong cuisine's chafing dish deliciously.
A shop of Chifeng road fitted up now is the important component of the Yueweixian group's long-term development plan. YueWeiXian harmony of group hold auction room and harmony grand ceremony as being competent to up to Chifeng dishes of together private shop too only when the time comes, it is the YueWeiXian group in order to realize relying on an important step that the development diversified economy of food and beverage takes .
The YueWeiXian group pays close attention to the thing that while developing by oneself, more enthusiastic cause of the public good, have donated millions of yuan altogether for disabled person , family members of armymen and revolutionary martyrs , dropout , etc. for many years. President Mr. Zhang LianZhi is the first person who adopts to giant panda , red-crowned crane , gibbon in the world too, and obtain the philosophy tripod award at the fourth world peace Grand Prix meeting held in fishing platform of Zhongnanhai.
Present Yueweixian group has had seven subsidiaries already, it is up to more than 10,000 to collect the historical relic, the volume of the flow of passengers of Japan is up to 2,000 persons, gather Tan Yonglin, Zhang Xueyou, Andy Liu, Ren Xianqi, Fang Hongjin, etc., and in order to go abroad, march into the world as the developmental goal in the future. We expect presence of friends from all walks of life, and the first-class service, the best dish product is devoted to you!
Huayun Museum (the restaurant in Hebei Road)
*Address: No. 283, Heping District, Tianjin, Tel.: 23398888
Juanshen Musems (the restaurant of Tiyuanbei)
Address: No. 9, Tiyuanbewi Road,Hexi District, Tianjin, Tel.: 23952000
Quaint Museums (the restaurant of Tiaojiao Garden)
Address: No208, Machang Road,Hexi District, Tianjin, Tel.: 2335799
Itokin shop Address: Peaceful 8 stories of district Itolkin mansion in Tianjin
(Beijing one is unanimous with the road of Shanxi) Tel.: 27127200
*Note: these addresses will not help you in the least if you show them to a taxi driver in Tianjin.
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