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Chinese Menus Retranslated for Olympics

Government mandates names as squeamish tourists descend

By Sam Biddle,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 25, 2008 11:05 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Chinese government is issuing a list of revised names for some of the country's more obliquely translated dishes in preparation for the wave of tourists the Beijing Olympics will draw this August, the New York Times reports.

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