lost in translation
This is a very well respected science magazine. The left was the cover it initially had, the right is the cover it now has. Why?
These are the offending words:
It says:We spend a lot of money to have girls in house during daytime. Ka Mei and KK present you with young and beautiful girls. Stylish and good mannered beauties from the North (of China). Sexy and hot, young housewives. Flirty and enchanting, available todaySomeone says:
It's like something you'd see stuck out the front of brothels in Mong Kok.They say:
The cover of the most recent German-language edition of MaxPlanckForschung (3/2008) depicts a Chinese text which had been chosen by our editorial office in order to symbolically illustrate the magazine's focus on "China". Unfortunately, it has now transpired that this text contains inappropriate content of a suggestive nature. Prior to publication, the editorial office had consulted a German sinologist for a translation of the relevant text. The sinologist concluded that the text in question depicted classical Chinese characters in an non-controversial context. To our sincere regret, however, it has now emerged that the text contains deeper levels of meaning, which are not immediately accessible to a non-native speaker.I say: FUNNY!
benny | Thursday, December 11, 2008 
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