One of the great things about the world we live in is the rich and diverse variety of languages that you can find across the globe. The only problem is that, as you can see from these pictures, sometimes these languages don’t quite translate, turning into Engrish, Spanglish or Chinglish along the way.
In homage to hilariously bad translations and funny slogans, Bored Panda has compiled this list of t-shirt design from East Asia that don’t quite say what they should (“Texas state it’s a triangle OMG so hipster triangle,” for example). Some of them don’t say anything at all (well, not unless “temmby woroing terrislylastly” means anything to anyone?). But while all of them may have failed as far as translation is concerned, they have all definitely succeeded in making us laugh. Hard.
Seen any funny t-shirt translations that we might have missed? Then add to them to the list below and don’t forget to vote for your favorite!
#1 I’m A Kindergarten Teacher In China And One Of My Students Was Rocking This Shirt Today
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#2 I Saw This Girl In Tokyo
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#3 While At The Golden Pavilion In Kyoto, I Saw This Man With Quite Possibly The Greatest Shirt In Japan
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#4 Teaching English In Korea. Best Shirt Ever? Yup!
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#5 My Chinese Friend Doesn’t Understand English. This Is Her Favourite Top
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#6 This Little Guy
#7 Inspirational T-Shirt In Asia
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#8 Gangsta Granny
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#9 My Brother Teaches English In Vietnam. I Don’t Think This Young Student Or His Parents understood What His T-Shirt Meant
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#10 I Deliver Food To Seniors Who Live In Homes As A Side Job. This Woman’s Shirt Made My Day
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#11 Matching Sweaters For Your Favorite And Second Favorite Child
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#12 My Buddy Is Teaching Young Kids In Taiwan. This Is His Student
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#13 Haters Gonna Hate And Ain’ters Gonna Ain’t
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#14 Got A New Shirt, It Means ‘Tranquility’ In English
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#15 Japan And Its Impossible Standards
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#16 Oops
#17 Funny English-Language Slogans On T-Shirts Is Nothing New In Asia, But This One Really Stood Out To Me
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#18 Much Sense. Wow
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#19 You Don’t Want To Mess With This Lady
#20 Another Awesome Japanese Shirt Found In Their “American” Store
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#21 Think Less
#22 The Shirts In Korea Are The Best. There Are 1000s Of Them
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#23 Uh, No Thanks, Chinese Kid
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#24 My Wife Photographed This Woman In Beijing Last Week. Better Not Wear That Shirt When You Travel, Lady
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#25 Found This Shirt In China. All Hail Chairman Obamao
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#26 I Can Feel The Love Tonight
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#27 I Saw This Guy In South Korea And Asked If He Knew What His Shirt Said, He Didn’t Speak English
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#28 I Have Gas
#29 Here’s One Funny T-Shirt From Japan
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#30 Hot
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#31 My Favourite Find While I Was In Asia
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#32 Lovely Combination
#33 Yes, Indeed
#34 Please Don’t Drop Your Bomb
#35 Future Man
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#36 I Found This In Beijing
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#37 I Teach In South Korea. Today An Entire Class Showed Up To School Wearing These Shirts
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#38 Korean Shirt
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#39 Dear Friend
#40 And The Winner Of The “Best Shirt In China” Award Is…
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#41 This Shirt Is Shirt
#42 Everybody Must Get Stoned
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#43 Ahh Yes… Nonsense Clothing In Japan You Say
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#44 Precise Dwarf Bravery
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#45 Oh Chinese T-Shirt, Truer Words Were Never Spoken
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#46 T-Shirts In Japan
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#47 I Love Casio
#48 Emm… No
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#49 The Best T-Shirt To Wear While Travelling The World
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#50 Dubai’s Entry In The Best Failed English T-Shirt
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#51 Gotta Love The T-Shirt
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#52 Touch Me Now
#53 English Writing On Clothes In Asia
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#54 I Am In Tokyo, And Found This In A Shopping Mall
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#55 Pshh. It Doesn’t Make You Better Than Me
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#56 Truer Words Were Never Spoken
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#57 This Rebel Kid
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#58 Bad English T-Shirt In Korea
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#59 I’ve Heard Women Like Bad Boys, But This Is Ridiculous
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#60 Literally.
#61 We All Scream For Ice-cream!
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#62 English Teacher Went To Japanese Clothing Stores And Got Slightly Confused
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#63 Found This Shirt In Japan. I Think They Just Stuck Together Random Words
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#64 This Boy And His T-shirt
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#65 Don’t Have A Box New
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#66 My Wife Found This T-Shirt In A Seoul, Korea Market
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#67 Middle Aged Japanese Women Eating Sushi
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#68 There’s Just So Much Going On In This Photo, But The Sweater That The Guys Wearing Tops It Off!
#69 Creepy T-Shirt For Baby
#70 Sniffing Glue Won’t Keep Families Together
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#71 It’s Only Baby Burn
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#72 Don’t Be Greedy!
#73 My Brother Lives In South Korea. He Bought Me This Shirt
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#74 Funny T-Shirt
#75 Saw This Asian Tourist At The Airport. She Didn’t Choose The Thug Life
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#76 Hmm…
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#77 Japanese English
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#78 Internet Arguments, Now In Shirt Form
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#79 Found Of Walks
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#80 Try It
#81 Found This T-Shirt In China
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#82 T-Shirt Found In South Korea
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#83 Thanks For Sharing That, Aqua Lover.
#84 Good Morning & Good Bye
#85 Spotted In Thailand.
#86 Language Barrier
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#87 Wise Words
#88 Swim With A What Now? Found In Hangzhou, China.
#89 My Friend Modeling My Favorite English T-Shirt Sold In Japan
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#90 T-Shirts In Japan
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#91 I Want Beard Your Sexy
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#92 My Buddy Snapped This Pic While Teaching In Busan.
#93 Asian T-Shirt
#94 Japanese Granny
#95 Sound Philosophy In Fuzhou, China
#96 Don’t Cry Say Fuck You And Smile … Paris
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#97 12 Year Old Girl At The Terra Cotta Soldiers In Xi’an
#98 Different Version Of The Movie From What I Remember…
#99 Mushroom Quicho
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#100 Who Gives This Kind Of Hairpin To A Little Girl?!?
#101 A Shit Jumper (pull Over) From Japan.
#102 Makes Sense
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#103 Strange Asian T-Shirt
#104 Found In A High End Store In Tokyo.
#105 #92 My Vies Follo The Views
#106 Still Need More?
#107 At Least He’s Honest.
#108 #129 I Don’t Need Sex…
#109 Water On The Thirstry Soil
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#110 A Jumper Sold In Japan
#111 A T-shirt From Japan
#112 The Beginning Of Knowledge?
#113 Seems This Dwarf Bravery Is A Thing..
#114 Richland Bombers
#115 The Back Of An Unusual United Way(?) Sweatshirt I Purchased From A Thrift Shop In Tokyo.
#116 At A Train Station In Osaka. There Were About Five Of These Young Women With Matching Outfits.
#117 Seen On A Street In Osaka
#118 This Girl In My English Class In Central China Obviously Has Her Priorities Straight.
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#119 This Is A Boy Who Knows What He Wants. Found In An English Class In Central China.
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#120 It’s Nice To Share (taiwan)
#121 One Of My Fifth Graders In Ulsan, South Korea~!
#122 Oh Japan.. Why Can You Always Find My Temper?
#123 Oh No! My Crush!
#124 Supermarket Café In Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.
#125 Local Man In Bali Loves What..?!
#126 Blog Writers Suck, China
#127 Sound Philosophy In Fuzhou, China
#128 He Learned Young
#129 I Spotted This One In Moscow
#130 Or The Letter N?
#131 Overly Attached Girlfriend Called.. (tokyo)
#132 Hmm, So Warm.. (japan)
#133 I Got This Shirt In Tokushima Japan
#134 Whilst Working On English Camp In Thailand.
#135 Yes, The Toilet Should Be Sure It Cleans Itself
#136 Who’s The Lucky One?!
#137 I Googled It. It’s An Old Nypd Scandal. She Probably Has No Idea Whatsoever.
#138 I Googled It. Evidently It Refers To An Nypd Scandal.
#139 I Googled It. Evidently It Refers To An Nypd Scandal.
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