ABC News: Found in Translation, on a Chinese Flight

The following article, from the ABC News Travel Section , gives us some fun on this Friday with examples of interesting translations from an in-flight entertainment guide in China.

Found in Translation, on a Chinese Flight

An In-Flight Entertainment Pamplet Gains Much in Translation

Reporter's Notebook by DAVID KERLEY and CLAYTON SANDELL
Oct. 23, 2007

ABC News correspondent David Kerley and producer Clayton Sandell, currently on assignment in China, couldn't resist sharing these English translations found while perusing the in-flight entertainment pamphlet on a flight from Guangzhou to Beijing.

Making Sense of the Music Program

JAZZ & ROCK "They are vigorous music; they can't be defined to be something belonging to the furious young people only. Listen to Jazz & Rock and release yourselves!"

LIGHT MUSIC "If you feel tired on the journey, you can fling yourself in the light music to relax. In this peaceful music world, you can smell the fragrance of the greens, hear the bickering of the streams and enjoy the beauty of the blooming flowers."

FOREIGN POP MUSIC "When you wake up in the morning, trying to figure out whether you are in Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou, you hear the harmonic voice of the Backstreet Boys on the radio. You suddenly forget where you are — because music is boundless! This is the power of Foreign POP Music."

Figuring out the Films

CLASSICAL MOVIE "Those movies are so impressive. They attract you to walk into an imaginary world. You can't move your eyes away from the beautiful scenes; you can't help laughing or crying. You are totally moved by those romances."

ART MOVIE "They are the explorers or seekers to art and beauty. They are trying to show you something from their movies that they might not know by themselves. But you will definitely get something from their movies that you can feel."