Beijing's Funny Road Sign Errors May Be Memories

Beijing is working on it's image and is updating it's English translations of street signs. Some humorous translation errors pointed out in the article include:

• "Don't Fall Down" - a sign at the palace museum
  
• “Being Urgent Call 110 Quickly”
• "No Entry On Peacetime” instead of “Use Only In Case Of Emergency”
• "Racist Park" - The translation of Beijing's Ethnic Minorities Park

Another article about Beijing's English Street Signs gives some other examples of humorous signs:

• "Mind falling water"
• "The slippery are very crafty"
• "three quarters are under water" instead of "three-quarters of the park is a water surface."

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