{"product_id":"9781407007489","title":"Still Lost in Translation: More misadventures in English abroad","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever arrived in a hotel room and been baffled by the information provided? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeware of your luggage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn your room you will find a minibar which is filled with alcoholics. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDo not throw urine around.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever been to a restaurant and wondered what on earth to order?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBored Meat Stew\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorry Driver Soup\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiss Lorraine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever arrived in an airport and found that the supposedly helpful signs just make you feel more lost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are required to declare all sorts of private things.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeparture. Bus stop. Car rectal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlease buy your ticket consciously.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie Croker has, and in 2006 he gathered together what he thought was the definitive collection of English language howlers for his bestselling book \u003ci\u003eLost in Translation. \u003c\/i\u003eBut he reckoned without the great British public. Not only was the book a smash hit, it also opened the floodgates to a deluge of emails and letters stuffed full of further mistranslations and mutilated phrases. From a leaflet from the Museum of Rasputin in Russia (which is apparently situated in a house that \u003cb\u003ebelonged a pilot fish Zubov\u003c\/b\u003e) to a song title on a pirated Pink Floyd CD (\u003cb\u003eCome Fartably Numb\u003c\/b\u003e), the scrambled sentences just kept flooding in. At the same time Charlie has continued his travels and picked up gems of his own. With such a wealth of material, a sequel wasn't just a necessity, it was a public service, and \u003ci\u003eStill Lost in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e is even more addictive, whimsical and side-splittingly hilarious than the first book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169327497456,"sku":"9781407007489","price":12.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781407007489_p0.jpg?v=1763717441","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781407007489","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}