Photographed on Feb 1, 2010, in the Jerusalem, Mamilla neighborhood, near the Jaffa Gate.
As a noun, מעבר (pronounced, ma'avar) means passageway (which is what the sign means to say, a passageway for the disabled)
As an adverb, (pronounced, may'ayver) it means beyond. "Beyond Disabled" is an accurate depiction of the Jerusalem Municipality sign translator.
This is definitely one of the worst Hebrew/English sign translations I've seen since the נתב"ג sign on road 40 was translated as "NATBAG".
נתב"ג is an abbreviation for "נמל תעופה בן-גוריון" -- Ben Gurion Airport. Writing "NATBAG" on a sign means absolutely nothing to a non-Hebrew speaker.
hat-tip: SA.
As a noun, מעבר (pronounced, ma'avar) means passageway (which is what the sign means to say, a passageway for the disabled)
As an adverb, (pronounced, may'ayver) it means beyond. "Beyond Disabled" is an accurate depiction of the Jerusalem Municipality sign translator.
This is definitely one of the worst Hebrew/English sign translations I've seen since the נתב"ג sign on road 40 was translated as "NATBAG".
נתב"ג is an abbreviation for "נמל תעופה בן-גוריון" -- Ben Gurion Airport. Writing "NATBAG" on a sign means absolutely nothing to a non-Hebrew speaker.
hat-tip: SA.
N.B. Benji at WhatwarZone got the picture a few days before me. drat!
(but that was rather Israeli of me to use "N.B."...)
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