Brave New Words

A blog about translation, language, literature, and other related topics.

Name: B.J. Epstein

Location: Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Originally from Chicago, I lived in southern Sweden for nearly 5.5 years, and moved to southern Wales in September 2006. I completed a Ph.D. translation studies in June 2009 at Swansea University, with a dissertation on the translation of children's literature. Now I live in Norwich, England, where I am a lecturer in literature and translation, and I also work as a translator, writer, and editor. Contact me at bravenewwords (AT) gmail (DOT) com.

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Two Years On

Well, Brave New Words is celebrating its second birthday today with its 232nd post.

I thought it would be nice to spend the day laughing (or maybe crying, depending on your point of view), so here's a link to some badly translated signs.

Labels: humor, mistranslation