Amusing Translation Mistakes

A selection of amusing translations from around the world!

A sign outside a Hong Kong tailors:
"Ladies may have a fit upstairs"

Danish airline:
"We take your bags and send them in all directions"

Japanese hotel sign:
"You are invited to take advantage of the women who are employed to clean rooms"

Mexican hotel:
"We are pleased to announce that the manager has personally passed all the water served here"

A Bangkok dry-cleaners:
"Drop your trousers here for best results"

German camp-site:
"It is strictly forbidden on our Black Forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose"

Athens hotel:
"Vistors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11am daily"

In a Hong Kong supermarket:
"For your convenience, we recommend courteous, efficient self-service"

A Swiss restaurant menu:
"Our wines leave you nothing to hope for"

A sign in a Romanian hotel lobby:
"The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable"

In a Norwegian cocktail lounge:
"Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar"

In a laundry in Rome:
"Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time"

In an Austrian hotel climbers were reqested:
"Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension"

A sign in a Hungarian zoo:
"Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty"