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"Now, folks, before we turn it on, we have to play it safe and read the user manual, and when I did, (chuckles) I found a couple of choice sections that you just gotta hear for yourself. Number 4 of 'Introduction of the machine's Function': 'Game console functions for the four function keys to support even the fight function, opponents speed and operational requirements are higher The game is better.' What did any of that mean? Despite the fact the box shows a kid playing, you have to read the manual because it states, in the 'Attention for Using' section, 'Never allow children play it alone for it comes to the power using.' Again, gibberish."

"We stopped at a cafe for breakfast, and it was at that point where I realized I wasn't going to be able to use the image translation app I downloaded to try and make communication easier while we were there. It would have been super awesome to just hover the camera over the Japanese symbols and have the phone immediately be like, 'Hey, this is what this says!', but it wasn't working the way I thought it would. I don't speak Japanese, but I'm pretty sure they weren't selling a 'surprised egg topping was the first time the first time in fabric... this wife'."
JaidenAnimations, What my trip to Japan was like

...I have to note that of the thousands of locks I have in my collection, this is the only one I have that's advertised to possess quote "good character." I have absolutely no idea what they mean by that, but it seems pretty clear that something was either lost or gained in translation.
LockPickingLawyer, Unity Model TSJF70 Picked

Blimey. That was like the motherlode of Engrish. That was something quite amazing. At least now I can call Antonio Stradivari "Antonio Stella bottom tile."

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