Lost in translation: policemen help foreigner to proper destination

　　双语｜“老外”坐错车误把靖州当荆州 铁警相助引点赞

“老外”坐错了车，把湖南的靖州当成了湖北荆州。

　　A foreign tourist buys a train ticket and mistakenly arrives at Jingzhou ( 湖南靖州,pinyin: jìng zhōu ) of Hunan Province, instead of his proper destination Jingzhou ( 湖北荆州,pinyin: jīng zhōu ) of Hubei Province. The two destinations have the same sound but with different pitches.

　　红网时刻10月21日讯（通讯员 刘亚平 陈亚星）10月20日，一名“老外”坐错了车，竟然把湖南的靖州当成了湖北荆州。怀化铁路公安处靖州火车站派出所民警热情相助，立即开汽车将外籍旅客送到怀化高铁站，使其乘上了前往目的地的列车。

　　A foreign tourist unexpectedly arrived at Jingzhou (湖南靖州,pinyin: jìng zhōu) by train in Hunan Province, by mistakenly taking it as Jingzhou of Hubei Province (湖北荆州,pinyin: jīng zhōu). Jingzhou Railway Station Police of Huaihua Railway Public Security Department helped him to get to his right destination on October 20, 2017.

　　当天上午11时许，由重庆北开深圳西的K835次列车到达靖州站后，从车上下来一位满头金发的外籍旅客，在站台上一脸迷惘地徘徊。正在站台值勤的民警丁勇见状，立即上前询问情况。由于语言不通，民警只好将这名外籍旅客带到派出所，让精通外语的女民警小周与其沟通。经了解，该旅客名叫菲利普，男，39岁，德国人。从重庆准备到湖北荆州旅游，由于发音不准，在购买车票时错把荆州念成了靖州，买了一张重庆到湖南靖州的火车票。

　　弄清原因后，菲利普十分焦急，民警小周耐心进行解释，打消他的顾虑。由于靖州没有直达湖北荆州的列车，靖州火车站派出所决定，让民警开车将这名外籍旅客送往怀化高铁站，乘坐前往荆州的列车。临上车时，这名德国旅客向民警伸出大拇指，并用生硬的中文说：“中国警察真棒！”。

　　Ding Yong, a policeman on duty, found that a blonde foreign tourist seemed confused after getting off the train K835 at Jingzhou station, around 11 am on October 20. Ding and his colleagues learned about the tourist's situation that Philip, a 39-year-old German, bought a wrong train ticket from Chongqing City of Sichuan Province to Jingzhou of Hunan Province due to his poor pronunciation. With the policemen's help, he arrived at the nearby station of High Speed Rail in Huaihua City for his proper destination. "They are great!" he thanked Chinese policemen for the big help in Mandarin.