Hey, can I get that in ‘cracker white?’

More reason why you should never, ever use a translation program.

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on April 20, 2007 at 5:06 pm, filed under Asides, China, East and Central Asia. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

SomeguyinKorea

Posted April 20, 2007 at 7:17 pm | Permalink

So, what color is your couch?
SomeguyinKorea

Posted April 20, 2007 at 7:18 pm | Permalink

Mine is shit brown and puke green.
railwaycharm

Posted April 20, 2007 at 7:27 pm | Permalink

I put my Poji pink tie on my gook yellow brief case.
Newton Kabiddles

Posted April 20, 2007 at 10:32 pm | Permalink

Hah! When I first saw this story a few days back it was that the old derogatory term was still being used in some parts of the HK/China textile industry. Now they say it’s the translation program. Okaaaaaay…..
mins0306

Posted April 21, 2007 at 10:02 am | Permalink

For us who have to depend on translation programs, Babelfish isn’t giving out the sort of translation mentioned above.
railwaycharm

Posted April 21, 2007 at 10:52 am | Permalink

Yes! Here is a similar excuse: I was walking back to my desk and I accidentally tripped and fukced my secretary.
SomeguyinKorea

Posted April 21, 2007 at 11:01 am | Permalink

One thing for sure, the software many of my students use to translate a Korean text into something that they try to pass off as their own original work totally sucks.
michael

Posted April 23, 2007 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

Hey, “crispy-skin infections”

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/ID12Ad01.html

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