@Linguist-in-Waiting — Thanks for the link, I had a few good laughs!

@Bluefish — I just can’t read non-simplified but I see what you mean… In Hong Kong, it was hard for me to decipher anything!

@shionge — I’d love to see some examples! I sometimes speak and write Franglish as well

@Annie — I’d love to see that! Most Indians I have met abroad spoke great English.

@beaverboosh — Bet they should have!

@Seraphine — Butter is cute, that should be your new username! In Spanish, Feng would say “yo quiero nuevo” instead of “huevos” (“I want new” instead of “I want eggs”).

@Liz — Sometimes, I have no clue. Some are just dictionary-translated, like we get the meaning but we wouldn’t say that. Or they are direct translation of Chinese idiomatic expressions, like the “mankind ourselves”, it’s the way you would say it in Chinese.

@Aiglee — It was fun

@expatraveler — To be fair, most signs are actually pretty well translated. And at least, they are translated… it’s easier for foreigners, even if there is some Chinglish!

@Keshi — Long time no see, I gotta visit!

@kevin — Ooops… see, I speak Franese (French/ Chinese) sometimes too!

@David Yang — No Chinglish here, your comment was perfect… and thanks for visiting! I went to Beijing a few times and to be honest, I found the city is making great progress. 说英语的中国人越来越多， 他们的英语也越来越好！ 我去北京的上次，上出租汽车，点菜，买东西等等的时候，大部分的人连一个句子也不会说。对不起，我的汉语也不那么好。。。

@Priyank — Oh fortune cookies.. these are hilarious!

@nhuong — It is much better than it used to be. I had to look hard for them

@Ulquiorra — Chinglish is always fun!

@RennyBA — Makes me laugh in every language

@DianeCA — Good girl, you’re ready to go travel in China!

@kristin — Yeah… and we get lost too!

@Shantanu — I need to check out “Inglish” now then.

@kyh — Ah, thanks for the explanation! I forgot about this “tan/ dan”! I was wondering as well…

@saraht43 — Thank you!

@daria369 — Thank you for the praise and also for sharing your experience! My French is weird now too, after living in Canada for so many years… when I speak to my parents I sometimes translate English expression in French and it doesn’t mean anything.

@SilverNeurotic — It’s a fun activity trust me

@cchiovitti — Nah, only works for Chinese people

Great blog, very colorful (and somehow different-looking than most of the blogs I’ve seen sofar) — and loads of interesting info. Good job!

And for the 请不要把烟灰弹入此外, the character 弹 can be translated as throw (tán) and bomb/missle (dàn). The officials who were in charge of the translation works must have overlooked the meaning behind this!