I am among the first to read the article. It is rather funny that this sort of job is often done on a Sunday afternoon here in Canada. First thing that hit me when I started reading.

Oops, sorry, double post. I must have been having too much fun on the job. 

I especially love all those instruction sheets written in something sort of resembling English by someone who apparently doesn't speak English.  Makes a fun task even more fun.

Yes 'lost in translation' is SO much fun.  It better have decent diagrams then.

It's REALLY funny reading "Chinglesh" on food packages. Candy, noodles etc. The grammar is hilarious.

Or embarrassing (in a funny way) if you happen to be Chinese or married to one. We actually get some pretty good laughs out of English signs and such like when we're over visiting Mrs. M.'s family, though, even if some of them are also cringe-inducing. My wife often suggests that I could make a mint just polishing half-arsed English translations over there. Problem is, I doubt that many of the businesses responsible would actually spend the money to hire an English-speaking foreigner to do it.

Mendalla