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http://reuters.excite.com/article/20060920/2006-09-20T122735Z_01_B181920_RTRIDST_0_ODD-JERUSALEM-DC.html

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Something always gets lost in translation, but usually not an entire city.

"Jerusalem. There is no such city!" the Jerusalem municipality said in the English-language version of a sightseeing brochure it had published originally in Hebrew.

The correct translation: "Jerusalem. There is no city like it!"

Carrying a photograph of the brochure, Israel's Maariv newspaper said Wednesday tens of thousands of flyers had been distributed before city hall realized its mistake.

Date: 2006-09-22 12:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyllgrum.livejournal.com
What is the Hebrew for 'Oops'?

Date: 2006-09-22 02:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] isabelladangelo.livejournal.com
"Oy-vey!" I think. :-)

Date: 2006-09-22 07:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedoran.livejournal.com
Some editor got their ass canned somewhere along the way there.

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