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Poor translations

By Ishmael N. Daro | Published: November 30, 2009

Xinhua is the official news agency of the Chinese government. But that doesn’t mean they can’t stink at translations. Observe:

Xinhua

No doubt, the headline is meant to say that the “U.S. shows little patience.” Still, for all those people who fear that China is going to overtake the West and make us sex-slaves, this should be a nice reminder of our dominance. At least in speaking English.

USA! USA! USA!

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  1. By ishmael n. daro » Blog Archive » Another great headline on December 18, 2009 at 11:39 pm

    [...] is another recent Xinhua headline that missed the mark somehow. var addthis_pub = ''; var addthis_language = 'en';var [...]

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