... meanwhile, here's a fun site I found among my bookmarks:

http://hearsay.simplenet.com/translation/

You'll find lots of good stuff here, JM; e.g.:

"When a passenger of foot heave in sight,
tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously
at first, but if he still obstacles your passage
tootle him with vigor."
-From a brochure at a Tokyo car rental firm