Something always gets lost in translation, but usually not an entire city.
A sightseeing brochure, originally published in Hebrew, contained the phrase “Jerusalem. There is no city like it!” When it came time to do an English-language version of the flyer, however, that phrase appeared as: ”Jerusalem. There is no such city!”
Israel’s Maariv newspaper reports that tens of thousands of the flyers were distributed before city hall realized its mistake.
A Jew prays at the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem September 20, 2006. REUTERS/Oleg Popov
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