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I remember the student union at the university of Edinburgh having massive welcome signs printed on a wall in all languages, and the Arabic one very clearly had the mistake in the points 2 and 3. Printed on a wall. It was very clear to me even though I don't speak a word of Arabic.

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Mistranslations are always a source of amusement

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm

> When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.

> Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated".

Wouldn't it make sense for translators to send messages like that in multiple languages?

At the end of the "It's a small world" ride at Disney, FL, there's a sign in Zulu that translates to "goodbye". But in Zulu, how you say goodbye depends on whether the person you're saying goodbye to is staying or going. The sign at the ride says goodbye as though the rider is staying (implying that the ride is leaving).

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