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The title doesn’t look like anything but Chinglish, right? I know…

This book, written in Chinese readers for China, is my debut work. It had a cause to be after I started snapping so many Chinglish pics that my iPhone 4 ran out of storage space (I kid you not)! Next thing you know, iPhoto started tallying up a grand total of… over 2,000 Chinglish pics as of summer 2011.

When you start seeing signs to the tune of ACCIDENT MUCH ROAD, UP AND DOWN PLACES TEMPORARILY and LOVE ROAD IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE popping up all over the place, and when you are mistaken for a railway vehicle (as in PLEASE WAIT YOU TRAIN OUTSIDE THE SAFETY LINE) as you stand next to the INFECTIOUS DISEASE BUILDING, you know that this Chinglish story is one that is dying to be told.

The Publishing House of Electronics Industry based in Beijing, China, was sold on this. They churned out this small, cheap (that’s how you win ‘em over!) booklet that was full of language near and dear to kids in their early 20s — if only to tell them how not to do Chinglish. Through this book, you’ll learn why a parking lot for cars (where the car park is to be used during holidays only) is not AUTOMOBILE PARKING ON HOLIDAY (can a whole parking lot “go” on holiday?), and you’ll understand the logic (or lack of logic, rather) behind such linguistic delicacies such as UNLICENSED VEHICLE ON THE ROAD WILL NOT BREAK THE LAW (say, it’s time I shredded my vehicle license!).

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Just some of the Chinglish you’ll find in the book…

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華語

囧的不僅是 Chinglish，我承認…

作為自己寫的第一本圖書，《囧圖就在你身邊：雷人 Chinglish》這本書之所以問世，是由於自從我開始關注「中式英文」(Chinglish) 問題以來，我發現 Chinglish 案例越來越多。前幾天，我 iPhone 4 崩潰到都無法拍照的情況了，後來發現電話內容都滿載了。跟 Mac 電腦同步後，才發現令人雷倒的數據：到了 2011 年夏天，我已經收藏 2,000 多張 Chinglish 照片了。

太嚇人了啊…

而且相當多的是蠻雷人的中式英文。這裡有語法錯誤的 (如 UP ACROSS AND DOWN —「上去，橫著過去，再下來」=「先下後上」?)，更有直接將拼音和英文混雜在一起的，比如再經典不過的 BUS ZHUANYONG (公交專用車道) 了。還有一些甚至於是漢字和英文完全混在一起的傑作：我看到過如「二五一 Factory」(二五一工廠) 的極其雷人的路標。

媒體界朋友發現這些錯誤後，同樣也被雷倒了；給我介紹到電子工業出版社後，那兒的人都雷倒了。這…

在各方尤其是熱愛 Chinglish 各方的努力下，這本書終於在 2011 年 4 月正式和大家見面了。這本書不僅是「搞笑書」，更是「輕鬆教育圖書」。比如，你會學到為何「PESTROOMS」和「RESTROOMS」之間有甚大區別 (前者為「害蟲屋」，後者則是「衛生間」)，也會學到一些標準翻譯 (如「THIS UPSTAIRS」— 由此上樓 — 應該翻譯為「THIS WAY UPSTAIRS」)，等等。

 
還想要看嗎?… 這光是書裡 275 張雷人圖的 4 張呢…

Book Purchase Link / 購書連結

At the present moment, my Chinglish book is only available to readers in Mainland China, who may order the book from Joyo Amazon (as in Amazon.cn). People living on Mainland China, including expats, are free to order the book online.

現階段《囧圖就在你身邊: 雷人 Chinglish》只可在中國大陸地區購買。你可通過「卓越—亞馬遜」(Joyo Amazon) 線上訂書。本功能向所有住在中國大陸的讀者開放。

There might be slight problems at times with the image link; it’s best to use the text link below.
由於下面圖像或會出錯，請直接從以下文字連結購書。

• 囧图就在你身边: 雷人 Chinglish

PS: Wanting a bit more Chinglish? There you go…