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. 

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

 
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

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So, for Wenzhou, a city with constantly improving level of internationalization,

what is the status quo

of the English signs in its public areas?

In order to actively respond to the strategic deployment proposed by the Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Wenzhou Municipal Government to further expand the opening-up to the outside world, and to enhance the developmental environment for Wenzhou's internationalization, the activity of “Wenzhou’s International Language Environment Construction & The Correction of English Translation in Public Areas “which is hosted by the Foreign Affairs Office of Wenzhou Municipal People's Government and the Wenzhou People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and organized by Wenzhou Overseas PublicityBase,  is still undergoing. We need your support and help.Thank you! 

Happy Hunting!