# Translation of Asian Spam

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-of-asian-spam/351081>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-of-asian-spam/351081 "2006-04-03T15:29:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-of-asian-spam/351081/1 "2006-04-03T15:29:33Z")

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Great. Now I’m getting spam in Chinese (I think).

I was wondering if any of our scholars in Asian languages could translate the following for me. I am partucularly wondering if:

A. One of my relatives in China has died, leaving me $60 million in a safe deposit box

or

B. The numbered items are the Chinese equivalent of

1. Steal underpants
2. ???
3. Profit!!!

My apologies in advance if this message is not work-safe in Taiwan. If so, mods please delete.

I have deleted the website name that was included (which had a location of .cn) as well as the e-mail address and phone number.

Subject: 与您友情链接

与您友情链接

您好！  
我们是巴黎街健康网站长。每天的访问量是200000人次。想与您友好链接，请访问xxxxxxxx欢迎与本站交换友情链接( 请申请链接的同时做好本站的链接。 )  
操作方法：  
1、 [打开www.yzjk.cn](http://xn--www-282fu0m.yzjk.cn) 首页面，在网页下站点击"欢迎友情链接"。  
2、 里面有我们的链接地址。（把我们的链接在贵公司网站上做好。）  
3、 点击"添加友情链接"，把贵公司的信息填好，待审核。

注：如果有问题可打电话：xxxxxxxxxxxx  
邮件地址：xxxxxxxxx

谢谢!

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-of-asian-spam/351081/2 "2006-04-03T15:31:53Z")

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Sorry, I left one link in. If a mod would delete that, I would appreciate it. I would not advise clicking on it.

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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-of-asian-spam/351081/3 "2006-04-03T15:54:48Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> Great. Now I’m getting spam in Chinese (I think).

If I can’t recogognize sender or read/understand an email it goes straight to TRASH !  
NON-STOP !

If they really wanted to contact you legitimately they would have done so,

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**Author:** ![carterba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@carterba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carterba)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-of-asian-spam/351081/4 "2006-04-03T15:57:10Z")

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According to Babelfish, it says:

> [@](#):
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> Subject: With your friendship link
> 
> With your friendship link
> 
> Hello!  
> We are Paris street healthy net stationmaster. The daily visit quantity is 200,000 people. Wants in a friendly way to link with you, please visit xxxxxxxx welcome and the home station exchanges the friendship link (please to apply to link simultaneously completes the home station the link. )  
> Operating procedure:  
> 1st, turns on the [www.yzjk.cn](http://www.yzjk.cn) first page, clicks on “in the homepage next station welcome friendship link”.  
> 2nd, inside has our link address. (Completes ours link in your firm website.)  
> 3rd, clicks on “increase friendship link”, fills in your firm’s information, treats the verification.
> 
> Note: If has the question to make the phone call: Xxxxxxxxxxxx  
> mail address: Xxxxxxxxx  
> Thanks!

My translation of the translation: “Want to increase your web page hit counts? Give us your contact information and we’ll do the rest!”

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-of-asian-spam/351081/5 "2006-04-03T16:12:51Z")

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> [@spingears](#):
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> If I can’t recogognize sender or read/understand an email it goes straight to TRASH !  
> NON-STOP !

Pretty much all of mine does too. I was simply curious about this one.

> [@](#):
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> If they really wanted to contact you legitimately they would have done so,

They would have written to me in English, too. 😉