As a person living in Wenzhou, have you ever come across an English Translation that is hard to understand or brings confusion? Were you able to get the meaning or not?
Wenzhou Overseas Publicity Base invites you to participate in this activity of "Wenzhou’s International Language Environment Construction & The Correction of English Translation in Public areas” by finding faults on English translations in the urban public areas.
We will randomly select some participants to distribute gifts.Thanks a lot for your participation.This activity will end on June 30.
You have three ways to participate:
①You can go to streets,parks or scenic spots with our volunteers
to find those faults on English translations. If you’d like to participate in this way. Please call us to register :4008678110.
②You can take a photo of the incorrect translation including the location, your mobile phone number and send it to us. (You can send directly to Wenzhoudaily official WeChat account.
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Please add the text note as follows:
Location of image taken+ English translation error + Name of contact person + Contact information
③ You can share any suggestions with us about English translation errors in Wenzhou by calling our Hotline. It will also serve as the English translation correction hotline at the same time.You are welcome to call us!
There are other cities in China which are dealing with this issue as well:
Binjiang Scenery Belt, as the “City Card” of Nanjing,
is also full of English translation errors.
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On the Xi’an Terracotta Warriors Highway,
the English translation on its highway sign
really confuses the foreign friend who is visiting
