Some crappy English
Posted in Beijing, Fun/Humour on 01/10/2007 06:36 pm by anthonyI spotted some crappy English translations in Beijing’s Wangfujing bookstore, that’s quite funny.
“Horizontal Qualifying Examination of Computer”? So there must be some “vertical” examinations?
“Flushbonding” – a new word is invented!
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01/10/2007 at 11:02 pm
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Beijing is preparing like this.
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03/15/2007 at 1:14 pm
The expression “flush bonding” is not new; it is indeed used in, say, industrial manufacturing, to mean making a bond that is “flush” to the surface, I guess. Here is an example about a “flush bonding” surface for golf clubs: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20050034834.html
And here is a dictionary claiming that “flushbonding” means “嵌入式”: http://dict.yqie.com/english/f/flush.htm
However, searching for “flushbonding” on Google reveals mostly erroneous usage by Mainland Chinese, in embedded computing related academic paper no less! Really scary! Other more appropriate but apparently Chinese-only usage are: “flush bonding” electro-magnetic door locks, “flushbonding” light fixtures, “flushbonding” gas stove, etc. There must be more proper names for these, but that’s beyond my limited English skills.
Cheers,
Anthony
10/10/2007 at 7:45 pm
It’s very funny