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Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad

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Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad affectionately demonstrates the very best – and worst – instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world.
<p><b>Spoken by over 700 million jabbering individuals, the English language has travell...

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Product ID:9781789290738
Product Form:Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:GB
Title:Lost in Translation
Subtitle:Misadventures in English Abroad
Authors:Author: Charlie Croker
Page Count:176
Subjects:Translation and interpretation, Translation & interpretation, Humour, Humour, English
Description:Select Guide Rating
Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad affectionately demonstrates the very best – and worst – instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world.
<p><b>Spoken by over 700 million jabbering individuals, the English language has travelled to all corners of the globe – unfortunately, some of it has got a bit muddled along the way ...</b><br><br><i>Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad</i> affectionately demonstrates the very best – and worst – instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world, discovered by the author and his intrepid team of researchers. It includes everything from hilarious hotel signs to baffling advertisements, such as the German beauty product offering a 'cream shower for pretentious skin', the notice at a French swiming pool which proclaimed that 'swimming is forbidden in the absence of the saviour', or the warning sign at a Czech zoo which instructed visitors: 'No smoothen the lion'.</p>
Imprint Name:Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Publisher Name:Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Country of Publication:GB
Publishing Date:2019-04-04