Fun_People Archive
21 Jul
Lost in the translation? Lessons in Jinglish (Japanese Instruction

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 93 11:50:57 PDT
To: Fun_People
Subject: Lost in the translation? Lessons in Jinglish  (Japanese Instruction
Manual English)

 From: "EL Shaw" <harvard.harvard.edu!EL_Shaw%lucifer>
 From: lyle@senile.HQ.Ileaf.COM (Lyle Hodgson x3360)
 From carson@zama Tue Jul 20 09:43 EDT 1993
 From: carson@zama (Carson Graves)

The latest issue of Consumer Reports had this gem, under the heading:

"Easier Said Than Done"

But the real eye-opener comes from Japanese manufacturer Yamaha. While
perusing the assembly instructions for his new "Electric Grande"
keyboard, a reader found a diagram showing assorted pieces of hardware
and labeled with a single Anglo-Saxon word of instruction. We can't
repeat the instruction in this family magazine, but we believe the
company meant "screw."

© 1993 Peter Langston