Funny ebay chinglish spotted

[Milan]

Scammer never sent item kept stalling finally got my money back thanks e bay Buyer:
4*d
May-29-14 17:34 Feedback conversation

Reply by 2013crazybuy (May-29-14 19:38):
nvver said can’t refund,and we sent on time,but shippig time is out of our stock

[Richwouldnt]

Pretty good.

I am old enough so I can remember how many Japanese manuals used to read though so fractured English is nothing new. However below is a link to a Tenergy battery engineering specification and this is from a company which has a USA presence, an office in Fremont, CA. In fact a web search indicates that this is the corporate office and it is a Silicon Valley founded company. To me they should be able to do better than this.

30016datasheet.pdf

[Pavithra_uk]

http://news.distractify.com/fun/fails/the-x-worst-asian-sign-translations-of-all-time/

[hank]

Bumping a very brief old thread because this info might be helpful.
I’ve found this approach — very simple, unambiguous, short sentences — has solved some sales support problems.

It’s not always the other guy’s fault:

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Non-native speakers generally use more limited vocabulary and simpler expressions, without flowery language or slang. Because of that, they understand one another at face value….
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“Too many non-Anglophones, especially the Asians and the French, are too concerned about not ‘losing face’ — and nod approvingly while not getting the message at all,” he says.

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