In today's world no self-respecting English-language enthusiast could have failed to notice the frequent and flagrant abuse of our native tongue by pesky foreigners. (Forgetting, for a moment, the fact that many nations speak our language better than we do.) Lost in Translation features hundreds of genuine, original and utterly ridiculous examples of the misadventures in English discovered all over the world by the author and his intrepid team of researchers. Everything from hotel signs to baffling advertisements, such as the German beauty product offering a 'Cream shower for pretentious skin' or the Japanese bar that boasts 'Special cocktails for ladies with nuts', or the French warning at a swimming pool - 'Swimming is forbidden in the absence of the saviour.' Published in paperback for the first time this autumn, Lost in Translation demonstrates how widely the English language has travelled, though unfortunately some of it seems to have got a bit scrambled en route.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Michael O'Mara Books LTD
ISBN-13
9781843172727
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87945963
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad
Author
Charlie Croker
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Humor
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
185mm
Item Width
125mm
Item Weight
136g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Charlie Croker
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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