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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Lost in translation while navigating the MTR
Navigating the Mass Transit Railway network is Hong Kong is pretty easy – the map is easy to read, the signage is in both Chinese and English, and the audio announcements are repeated in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. So how did my dad and I managed to get confused when getting from A to B?
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Tagged Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, language, lost in translation, Mass Transit Railway, MTR
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