{"id":6403,"date":"2021-04-13T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/?p=6403"},"modified":"2021-07-08T11:43:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T03:43:01","slug":"beach-sign-google-translate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/beach-sign-google-translate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre Vietnam Beach Sign Says ‘Sea Alcohol Rim’, Turns Out To Be An Epic Google Translate Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beach sign in Th\u00e1i B\u00ecnh took place’s name too literally<\/h2>\n
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English isn\u2019t a dominant language in Vietnam, so it is understandable that a large part of the population has to resort to Google Translate to communicate with foreign visitors.<\/p>\n

But as useful as it is, Google Translate is nowhere near perfect, and being over-reliant on the technology can sometimes result in a hilarious translation fail or two. A beach\u2019s sign in Th\u00e1i B\u00ecnh Province recently made the rounds on the Internet for this exact reason.<\/p>\n

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Weird text comes from Google Translate<\/h3>\n
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\nImage credit: Beatvn<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday afternoon, several popular Facebook pages in Vietnam started sharing a funny picture of a sign spotted at the C\u1ed3n V\u00e0nh Beach in Th\u00e1i B\u00ecnh Province.<\/p>\n

The sign says \u201cBi\u1ec3n C\u1ed3n V\u00e0nh H\u1eb9n G\u1eb7p L\u1ea1i\u201d. In English, the sentence should have translated to \u201cC\u1ed3n V\u00e0nh Beach See You Again.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, whoever printed the words decided to take them exactly as Google Translate had dished out. Naturally, the limits of technology were not able to replicate the place\u2019s proper name in English. Instead, it translated everything word-for-word with hilarious results.<\/p>\n

For context, \u201cBi\u1ec3n\u201d became \u201cSea\u201d, \u201cC\u1ed3n\u201d was translated into \u201cAlcohol\u201d, and \u201cV\u00e0nh\u201d was understood as \u201cRim\u201d.<\/p>\n

The outcome? A sign that read, \u201cSea Alcohol Rim See You Again\u201d, printed permanently on a cheery welcome banner.<\/p>\n

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\nThe sign was quickly fixed
\nImage credit: Beatvn<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The mistranslation was fixed only hours later. By then, though, its pictures were already spreading all over social media, giving netizens a good laugh.<\/p>\n

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Hilarious fail creates a trend of mistranslating other places\u2019 names<\/h3>\n
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The incident has prompted many people to intentionally mistranslate names of Vietnamese landmarks, just for fun. And indeed, when translated word-for-word, names of some popular destinations actually sound pretty weird.<\/p>\n

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\nThe B\u00e3i Ch\u00e1y Beach in Qu\u1ea3ng Ninh Province<\/em>
\nImage credit: @hang_309<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

B\u00e3i Ch\u00e1y<\/strong>, for instance, is a popular beach in northern Vietnam that welcomes thousands of visitors on a daily basis. But if we were to understand its name literally as \u201cBeach Burn<\/strong>\u201d, it probably wouldn\u2019t have been as\u2026hot, or will it?<\/p>\n

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\nC\u1eeda L\u00f2 Beach<\/em>
\nImage credit: @star.dhs<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Likewise, C\u1eeda L\u00f2<\/strong> is another known tourist destination that would no doubt turn many heads if there were a sign translating its name to \u201cDoor Oven<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/em>The Lan H\u1ea1 Bay \u2013 C\u00e1t B\u00e0 Islands<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the C\u00e1t B\u00e0 Islands<\/strong> are a cluster of islands off the coast of H\u1ea3i Ph\u00f2ng Province famous for its pristine beaches.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s dissect its name: \u201cC\u00e1t\u201d means \u201csand\u201d, and \u201cB\u00e0\u201d is a pronoun we use to call our grandmas. \u201cSand Grandma Islands<\/strong>\u201d really does pique your imagination.<\/p>\n

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Props to those who fixed the beach sign quickly<\/h3>\n
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Sure, we might look at the translation fail and find it hilarious. But to be honest, the best of our blunders can become learning points for us too.<\/p>\n

At least this time, the mistake was quite harmless and we all had a good laugh out of it. Also, kudos to whoever was in charge for fixing the error quickly.<\/p>\n

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