Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad - Softcover

Croker, Charlie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1789290732 ISBN 13: 9781789290738

Publisher: Michael O'Mara, 2019

Synopsis

Spoken by over 700 million jabbering individuals, the English language has travelled to all corners of the globe - unfortunately, some of it has got a bit muddled along the way.

Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad affectionately demonstrates the very best - and worst - instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world, discovered by the author and his intrepid team of researchers. It includes everything from hilarious hotel signs to baffling advertisements, such as the German beauty product offering a 'cream shower for pretentious skin', the notice at a French swiming pool which proclaimed that 'swimming is forbidden in the absence of the saviour', or the warning sign at a Czech zoo which instructed visitors: 'No smoothen the lion'.

About this title

Review:

Very funny [and] beautifully illustrated --(The Spectator)

A wonderful collection of recent outrageous howlers from all over the world --(Irish Independent)

Book Description:

Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad affectionately demonstrates the very best - and worst - instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael O'Mara
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1789290732
• ISBN 13: 9781789290738
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176