Camera in Operation

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The Japanese didn’t translate this sign correctly, which reads “Camera In Operating“.

It should read

Camera In Operation

Popularity: 25%

Feb

10

Incorrect Hotel Instructions

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On a recent trip to Turkey, I was stranded on my return trip through Germany and ended up in an airport hotel in Frankfurt, Germany. This instruction card by phone was grammatically correct except for wake up call section. Here is card next to the telephone

The incorrect part reads

Press the button “ALARM” and then just enter your wanted time.

The correctly written sentence should be

Press the “ALARM” button, then enter your desired wake up time.

Popularity: 28%

Aug

31

external exit?

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Here is another picture from my trip to Nagano. It reads

Please put your shoes on at the external exit.

Since the sign is by the exit, it would better to write this as
Please put your shoes on outside the exit.

Popularity: 48%

Aug

22

Import Magazine?

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On a recent shopping trip to Costco in Kanazawa, Japan, I saw this sign which read “Import magazine“. I immediately realized this is not a magazine titled “輸入雑誌　Import Magazine” but magazines published outside of Japan. So, the sign should read Imported Magazines.

At the same Costco, I saw this sign attached to a big globe. It reads

指を挟まないようにお気をつけください。Please watch your finger.

It would read better as

Caution: Watch your fingers.

Popularity: 34%

Aug

21

Yodobashi Camera Mistake

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I went shopping at Yodobashi Camera in Yokohama the other day. Yodobashi is one of the largest electronic stores in Japan, similar to Best Buy or Circuit City. Now I would have thought that their signs would display the correct English translation, but I found a mistake in one of their signs which in Japanese is 格段清算のお願い商品のご清算は各階にてお願い致します。 In the pictures it reads