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Chinese Restaurant Suffers Large Translation Error

Posted by kdawson on from the invisible-and-insane dept.

linuxwrangler writes "Preparing for English-speaking visitors, a restaurant in China recently ran its name through an online translator, took the result, then purchased and mounted a large sign displaying the English version of their name: Translate Server Error." This one has been around for a couple of weeks but it's destined to become a classic.

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  1. Developer failure by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should also internationalise your error messages.

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