I've been in a few and also assume it's deliberate. To be honest, I get a huge kick out of funky/odd/slightly off translations. I know they're trying their bes

I've been in a few and also assume it's deliberate. To be honest, I get a huge kick out of funky/odd/slightly off translations. I know they're trying their best and I seriously appreciate that, but I still find it humorous when it's really bad, just as I expect them to find humor in me goofing up trying to say something in Japanese. On the really bad note, I saw what I assume to be donation box on the memorial to mobilized children in Hiroshima that said 'Please Help Yourself'. I had to do a second read of that and it conjured up a mental image of some American digging around in the box for spare change to the sheer horror of Japanese onlookers. But who knows, maybe that was the proper translation and it was for the poor who couldn't quite make the change they needed for something essential. But when I see a box of money bolted to a memorial, I generally assume it's either for the people being memorialized or upkeep of the memorial. Other interesting translations from my Japan vacation: - 24 hr Reparking - The coke of food for specified health use. - A lamp warning label that said "mind the burn."