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Mistranslation du jour

July 8, 2007 by dafyd

I spotted this at Montreal’s central bus station yesterday:

Screenshot of a Montreal bus timetable screen

[Clicky for bigger at Flickr]

Those crazy Canadians took the word “guichet”, which can mean both “ticket window” and “wicket”, and picked the wrong translation.

Well, I found it funny, anyway.

[More of my Montreal photos at Flickr]


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