The Case of the Fire Chicken (and other hilarious foreign language follies!)

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As cliche as it may sound, some things really do get lost in translation.

In honor of the upcoming holiday, I’d like to introduce you to my favorite English to Chinese translation - the turkey! Not surprisingly, Thanksgiving isn’t the most celebrated holiday in Beijing, China: the bird of the hour is translated literally as the “fire chicken,” and though they are pretty hard to come by in these parts, I won’t let that get my holiday spirits down!

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