[misc.misc...] Re: Bad product name translations (was Re: What I got for Christmas...)
Eddie Saxe
Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibology,alt.slack,misc.misc,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Bad product name translations (was Re: What I got for Christmas...)
Mike J. M. (moo...@cnj.digex.net) wrote:
: [snip]
: Which brings up the whole problem of "Janglish," those horribly poor
: product literature translations from Japenese to English (though
: sometimes the term is used for such translations from any of the
: Far East countries).
[snippy snip]
Yes indeed, Mike, the Japanese are not our only Asian friends to make
English, uh, much more interesting.
IT'S THAT TIME, BAD TRANSLATION FANS!!
...It's time to post the legendary Taiwanese English text of
TOUNGE OF FROG.
Below you'll find the actual text on the package of the
novelty toy TOUNGE OF FROG, purchaced near the Florida Turnpike
in 1984 for $1.69 each, American.
Reading the text of TOUNGE OF FROG aloud is one of the sacred
rituals of the True Chuch of the Great Green Frog.
All typos verbatim.
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Frog. If it is thrown with full of your strenght, it will spit out
the tounge, which is like the genuine one from the frog.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOUNGE OF FROG
*A product has the stickness and is just like a soft rubber band with
high contractility. It can be played to stick the remote objects.
*Inspite of it is sticky, it is never like the chewing guns which is
glued tightly and cannot be separated.
*If the stickness is not good enough, it can be washed by soap. After
it is dried, it cab be used continously many times.
*The packing paper has printed the bug picture, which can be cut as per
the black frame and placed on the table; then you can stick the picture
with your tounge of frog.
The key point for throwing far away is the same as the throwing of fish
rod, i.e. to throw out slowly with full of your strength.
Separate it with two hands, then release one hand, throw it with full
of your strength.
No matter what you make a round ball, it will recover the original shape.
CAUTIONS:
*Never throw out the other person's head.
*Keep away from fire.
*Inspite of it is non-toxic, it cannot be eaten.
*Never pull out tounge of frog hard, as it might be separated.
*Its content has the oil, so if it touches on cloth, precious object or
wall, the stains will remain if you don't care about it.
*Never put on surface of any object, shall keep in polybag.
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Here enduth the reading of the word of the TOUNGE OF FROG.
fro...@neosoft.com
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