An Acapulco, Mexico, hotel attempted to reassure tourists that their water is safe to drink by posting a sign reading, "The Manager has Personally Passed All the Water Served Here." This sign illustrates how translating languages can cause __________ problems.
A) semantic
B) syntax
C) grammar
D) phonetic

Question

An Acapulco, Mexico, hotel attempted to reassure tourists that their water is safe to drink by posting a sign reading, "The Manager has Personally Passed All the Water Served Here." This sign illustrates how translating languages can cause __________ problems.
A) ​semantic
B) ​syntax
C) ​grammar
D) ​phonetic

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The sign illustrates how translating languages can cause semantic problems because the original message in Spanish may have conveyed a different meaning than what was intended in English.

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