Just found a wonderful website with examples of mistranslations called Engrish (after an article Where Was I? by Sacha Molitorisz in the Travel section of SMH).
One of my favourites is http://www.engrish.com/, to which people send examples of mangled English.
Each language articulates or organises the
world differently because different cultures take on different
emotions and attitudes when they conceptualise their experiences
or ideas and these are transmitted through their languages.
We must be equipped with an intercultural awareness besides
the language itself because target readers’ expectations
differ by their linguistic conventions as well as their cultural
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