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Re:A museum dedicated to mistranslated Japanese phrases by YurgenJurgensen on Thursday December 08, 2022 @07:32AM (#33907174)
Without context, it's still a reasonable translation. I guess the idiomatic English in that situation would be "When the coffee is gone, it's gone.", or maybe "Refills of coffee will not be provided".
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Re:A museum dedicated to mistranslated Japanese phrases by alistairSH on Thursday December 08, 2022 @08:38AM (#33907734)
I’d love to see the original setting. Was the sign intended to tell the consumer that no fresh coffee would be made, or that there are no free refills? The museum setting (in front of an empty coffee maker) implies the first, but I suspect the second was intended?
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Re:A museum dedicated to mistranslated Japanese phrases by projektfu on Thursday December 08, 2022 @10:49AM (#33909151)
It says, when this coffee has run out, it is finished.

Basically, this pot will not be refilled. I can imagine at a hotel where there is free coffee in the lobby but just in the morning.

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Re:A museum dedicated to mistranslated Japanese phrases by layer8 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @12:45PM (#33910774)
It’s the coffee-pot equivalent of “while supplies last”.
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