McDonald's to change Hmong billboard after translation error

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Arthur Godinho
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Funny! Sep 7, 2012

Ahhhh...... The pitfalls of translation!

 
Rossano Rossi
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Sometimes the translator is not the one to blame Sep 12, 2012

See
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18911599
Other people may be involved such as Desktop publishers who are not aware of language issues.


 


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