Oxfam tells us in no uncertain terms...
During my stint in the Oxfam office I did a fair bit of proofreading. The staff there do have pretty good English on the whole, but sometimes mistakes are made.
There was one document - the mapbook, which will be distributed to over 700 Trailwalker participants (many of whom are native English speakers), which I didn't check.
My reaction, on reading through a copy of this document which has just returned from the printers, was a mixture of absolute horror and immense amusement.
In this mapbook, it talks in Japanese about not throwing rubbish away on the path - take it home with you.
Check out the English translation of the header!
There was one document - the mapbook, which will be distributed to over 700 Trailwalker participants (many of whom are native English speakers), which I didn't check.
My reaction, on reading through a copy of this document which has just returned from the printers, was a mixture of absolute horror and immense amusement.
In this mapbook, it talks in Japanese about not throwing rubbish away on the path - take it home with you.
Check out the English translation of the header!
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posted by Joseph at 23:28 permenant link
Hello. I'm Joseph. I'm a Tokyo-based Brit, recently returned to Japan following the successful completion of a 5-year mission to learn Japanese, and secure the right to stay in Japan. 
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You have to tell people it's intentional. If I knew someone Japanese had made a joke like that on purpose, I would be filled with respect for their mighty command of the English language (and British English, no less!).
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