MISTRANSLATIONS

In a Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a hotel in Athens: Visitors are expected to complain at the fofce between the hours of 9 and 11 am daily.

In a Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.

In a Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.

In a Bangkok dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results.

Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take y our bags and send them in all directions.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

On the menu of a Polish hotel: Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.