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Lost in translation

Post by Jay McClellan » Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:45 pm

I happened across this cheap Chinese thermometer/hygrometer today and had to laugh. Imagine you are a person who speaks no English, and your job is to create the faceplate for the product with English text. Naturally you type some text in your native language into a translation program, and then copy all the English text you see assuming that it says just what you entered. I'm surprised (a little) that this actually made it into production.
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Re: Lost in translation

Post by Dave Bagwill » Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:25 am

Gotta love it. :-)
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Re: Lost in translation

Post by John Parchem » Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:35 am

That is funny. What would worry me is 30 C is a lot warmer that 20 F.
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Re: Lost in translation

Post by Herman » Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:54 pm

Can't be cheap. That is a lot of letters.
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