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August 23, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Desk assembly warning
A reader named Chris points out:
This warning came with a desk that I got from Target:
Cautious: Please do not worry if still some smell from this fresh product when open it. As it is non-toxic and no dangerous while using. It will be gone in a few days after exposure in the air.
Not only was the English poorly translated, the desk smelled.
The broken English is worse than you thought, Chris... you wrote "It will BE gone in A few days AFTER exposure in the air." (caps mine)
It's actually "It will gone in few days aftere exposure in the air."
Give discredit where discredit's due.
Hilarious.
"Not only was the English poorly translated, the desk smelled."
Since we are talking about poor english, I must say no, it did not smell. You smelled. It stank.
What is broken here? The desk smelled, and the note said the desk would smell. The note is right. Cut an engrish-speaker some slack.
I think it more then just translation, it is mentality of another market and their perception over the healthy food factor, that it might smell , that ok }}} Broken.
On a serious note, note that the desk was made in China. In China, products for export are made by almost a kind of slave-labor and obviously the owner companies only do this for money. You are not their end-customers, the company that sold you substandard desks is the Chinese companys customer. Deception in sales cut across races.
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thats one BAAAAADD translation...
Posted by: yofosho at August 23, 2006 12:27 AM