Beijing removing clumsy translations of English

Do not slide when you see a sign in a washroom telling you to "slide carefully" as it actually means "caution wet floor".

Likewise, do not look for a bowl when a bank sign asks you to "wait outside a rice noodle". Instead, search for a yellow line, or "one-meter line", which is written the same as "a (serving of) rice noodle" in Chinese.

Such mind-boggling mistranslations, once commonplace in Beijing, are quickly disappearing from the Chinese capital's public signs thanks to a new correction campaign to make the city more foreigner-friendly.