engrish Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/engrish/ Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg engrish Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/engrish/ 32 32 Writing Translatable Copy: Avoiding “Engrish in Reverse” https://old.wordsbyapro.com/writing-translatable-copy-avoiding-engrish-in-reverse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=writing-translatable-copy-avoiding-engrish-in-reverse Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:21:14 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=810 The Internet abounds with examples of “Engrish”—signs, menus, and other writing, poorly translated into English. For example: “Carefully slip and fall down.” “Please present your octopus.” “If you are stolen, call the police at once.” Although English speakers find these amusing, did you ever stop to think that it works both ways—that non-English speakers might […]

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