a tonic product in china is made of royal jelly and is supposed to be very effective for some chronic diseases. yet it was translated as ‘oral liquid’, which means ‘saliva’ in english. in the brochure, it was described in this way: ‘it tastes like medicine’, when the language in the original meant to use it as a food therapy.(例子!!)
even the wrong nonverbal cue can bring havoc to a product.(此话也是“帅才”) a baby food company initially packaged their african products just the same as in the us—with a cute baby picture on the jar. they didn’t realize that because so many africans cannot read, nearly all packaged products sold in africa carry pictures of what is inside. pureed baby! how horrible!(例子越举越厉害了，看来是要举到头了!)
in an asian city, where traffic is really very bad, to secure people’s safety, the municipal government has built underground passageways. pedestrians are asked to use them whenever they need to cross the main street. a sign was posted once on the roadside, pointing to the entrance to an underground passageway, intending to notify english-speaking passengers, ‘go underground’.(眼睛的余光已经看到全篇的结束了，所以，这肯定是最后一个例子啦!同时，马上也就要看到作者想说明什么问题啦!)
we chuckled at such clumsy translations.(比较概括，“帅才”，那为什么忍不住要笑呢?下面的解释就必然是作者的写作意图了)is there anything wrong in the language? we must be aware that few words and idioms can be literally translated. it’s best to hire the best for translation. don’t take it for granted that as long as one speaks a little english, he is autonomously able to do the translation. it takes a while to learn to be a good translator.(就是它!千呼万唤使出来!)
请各位再回顾一下本文的写作思路是怎么设计的?