Ali, what’s up
Back in 2016, my name ended up on the physical menu in a restaurant in Shenzhen as the english translation for the dish 美式杂扒饭 - &quot;American-style assorted grilled meats.&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;larrysalibra&#x2F;status&#x2F;728498064877490176" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;larrysalibra&#x2F;status&#x2F;728498064877490176</a><p>Despite living in Hong Kong and traveling frequently to Shenzhen at the time, I found out from a high school buddy from growing up in Ohio that lived in the USA and had no real connection to China besides this one business trip.<p>It appears someone who couldn&#x27;t read english at all had used baidu translate to translate the menu. It turned out baidu translate was translating &quot;扒饭&quot; - assorted grilled meats - to my Twitter (HN, etc) username for YEARS.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;larrysalibra&#x2F;status&#x2F;959749866036408320" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;larrysalibra&#x2F;status&#x2F;959749866036408320</a><p>Crazy world.<p>Lesson: if you can&#x27;t read the language, blindly trusting translation is always a bit of a gamble!