Chinglish

[Trevor Wilson]

I'm servicing a headphone amp today. The client thoughtfully supplied the
instruction manual with the unit.

Every page contains some of the most hilarious stuff I've read. Here's a
couple of excerpts:

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"The faucet of our product is standard 6.5mm output faucet, most of the
faucet is selling in the market is standard 3.5mm output faucet; if you want
to match it, you shall buy a faucet of 6.5mm turn to 3.5mm."
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"NOTICE
Our company keep the right of processing, if any changing, we are sorry for
not informing you."
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"SYSTEM UPGRADE
8. Upgrading condition: Our product can be upgraded by the man who got
electron audio technology competency."
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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[Davo]

Trevor Wilson wrote:

I'm servicing a headphone amp today. The client thoughtfully supplied the
instruction manual with the unit.

Every page contains some of the most hilarious stuff I've read. Here's a
couple of excerpts:

---
"The faucet of our product is standard 6.5mm output faucet, most of the
faucet is selling in the market is standard 3.5mm output faucet; if you want
to match it, you shall buy a faucet of 6.5mm turn to 3.5mm."
---
---
"NOTICE
Our company keep the right of processing, if any changing, we are sorry for
not informing you."
---
---
"SYSTEM UPGRADE
8. Upgrading condition: Our product can be upgraded by the man who got
electron audio technology competency."
---

I've met a lot of Chinese on the internet who love to speak English and
are keen to meet people they can practice with. I think if they had more
contact with English speakers they'd be much better at it.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:49:40 +0800, Davo <Dave@gmail.com> put finger
to keyboard and composed:

I've met a lot of Chinese on the internet who love to speak English and
are keen to meet people they can practice with. I think if they had more
contact with English speakers they'd be much better at it.

In this particular case it would be advisable for the Chinese
manufacturer to engage a native English speaker (other than Google's
translator) to proofread and correct their documentation. I would hope
that all Western manufacturers use native speakers to produce docs for
their target markets.

- Franc Zabkar
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Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

 

[who where]

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:58:38 +1100, Franc Zabkar
<fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:49:40 +0800, Davo <Dave@gmail.com> put finger
to keyboard and composed:

I've met a lot of Chinese on the internet who love to speak English and
are keen to meet people they can practice with. I think if they had more
contact with English speakers they'd be much better at it.

In this particular case it would be advisable for the Chinese
manufacturer to engage a native English speaker (other than Google's
translator) to proofread and correct their documentation. I would hope
that all Western manufacturers use native speakers to produce docs for
their target markets.

Dunno how I score then. I write manuals in Australian for products
destined in large part for Merkins ;-)

 

[Bob Larter]

who where wrote:

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:58:38 +1100, Franc Zabkar
fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:49:40 +0800, Davo <Dave@gmail.com> put finger
to keyboard and composed:

I've met a lot of Chinese on the internet who love to speak English and
are keen to meet people they can practice with. I think if they had more
contact with English speakers they'd be much better at it.
In this particular case it would be advisable for the Chinese
manufacturer to engage a native English speaker (other than Google's
translator) to proofread and correct their documentation. I would hope
that all Western manufacturers use native speakers to produce docs for
their target markets.

Dunno how I score then. I write manuals in Australian for products
destined in large part for Merkins ;-)

I once had a job with a Japanese company, where I often had to translate
Jinglish stuff into English for the benefit of the local tech's.

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