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katayoun's review against another edition
3.0
travel brochure:
If we are lucky we will see duck boys home, men massaging their cocks on the road, cow boys taking grass. Yes it is a wonderful experience. :)
and then there is this, which i love. it's so beautiful and lyrical and one hopes that they really meant it to sound that way,
Chinese sign:
Little grass is smiling slightly, please walk on the pavement.
If we are lucky we will see duck boys home, men massaging their cocks on the road, cow boys taking grass. Yes it is a wonderful experience. :)
and then there is this, which i love. it's so beautiful and lyrical and one hopes that they really meant it to sound that way,
Chinese sign:
Little grass is smiling slightly, please walk on the pavement.
lizziethereader's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
It made me laugh tears at times and made for a great hour of reading, but it's not without its faults.
lexxorfern's review against another edition
2.0
Lost in Translation is a collection of English mistakes culled from signages, travel brochures, and product labels as seen by Charlie Croker from his many travels across the globe.
I had a few laughs initially but it got boring after a few pages. It's a book not to be taken seriously. Read it then forget about it. If I want to read something similar I only have to walk out my house and read pirated DVD labels. I don't have to buy one either.
I had a few laughs initially but it got boring after a few pages. It's a book not to be taken seriously. Read it then forget about it. If I want to read something similar I only have to walk out my house and read pirated DVD labels. I don't have to buy one either.
shivers_g's review
4.0
Got this today as a gift from my friend for looking after her goldfish over the last 2 monthe.
sarah42783's review
2.0
This book was an amusing enough read but not nearly as funny or hilarious as the reviews said it was. What really bothered me is that the book contains quite a few inaccuracies (there's no such city as Algericas in Spain, it's Algeciras), translation mistakes of its own ("pâté de maison in France", I don't think so!) and that some of the supposedly "hilarious" translations are only funny if you're ignorant of the culture & uses of the concerned country (the fact that no children are allowed in maternity wards in Kenya -it's the same in France- isn't funny at all, it's to prevent the spreading of bacteria, viruses, etc to newborn babies). It's quite ironic that a book written to make fun of others' mistakes can boast quite a few mistakes of its own...
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