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Lost in translation

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

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:25 am
by Dave Bagwill
Gotta love it. :-)

Re: Lost in translation

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:35 am
by John Parchem
That is funny. What would worry me is 30 C is a lot warmer that 20 F.

Re: Lost in translation

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:54 pm
by Herman
Can't be cheap. That is a lot of letters.
Herman