Here’s a little dialogue from 河蟹上岸:
蒙牛:请问我们的产品检测出三聚氰胺了吗?
Mengniu: Excuse me, did you find any melanine in our products?
质检人员:恭喜你,没有!
Quality inspector: Congratulations! No.
蒙牛:那请问检测出致癌物质了吗?
Mengniu: So did you find any carcinogens?
质检人员:恭喜你,含量没那么高。
Quality inspector: Congratulations! The amount wasn’t that high.
蒙牛：有..有多高?
Mengniu: So, uh… how high?
质检人员:不足以致癌,只是有害!
Quality inspector: Not enough to be carcinogenic, just harmful.
蒙牛:有害的物质有..有吗?
Mengniu: Was there…. wasn’t there harmful matter?
质检人员:有还是没有?
Quality inspector: Was there or wasn’t there?
蒙牛:你们检验的,有没有你还不知道啊,这又不差钱!
Mengniu: You tested but you still don’t know! I’ve already paid!
质检人员:哦~~那没有.
Quality inspector: Oh… there wasn’t.
蒙牛:益菌因子有吗?
Mengniu: Was there beneficial bacteria?
质检人员:没有!
Quality inspector: No!
蒙牛:这个可以有!
Mengniu: But that’s allowed!
质检人员:这个真没有!
Quality inspector: There really wasn’t any!
Mengniu, for those who don’t know, is one of China’s bigger dairy companies, and, along with (yet another) New Zealand dairy company, is in a spot of bother over one of its products.
