Gail Owen

On a recent trip to Japan, Gail Owen, Account Manager in our Birmingham office, spotted some interesting translations on public signs. Whilst these are light-hearted amusement, they also illustrate the importance of using a professional, qualified, native tongue translator. We hope these make you smile!

This sign warns of the dangers of crossing a small pond via some stepping stones.

This lucky charm wards off disaster… well perhaps in Japanese it does!

Gail is currently arranging all her sentences in this wonderful notebook.

There was no sign of any life in this particular pond.

This sign was on a toilet tissue dispenser, outside a public toilet. Fortunately the tissues Gail purchased had not been used…