Thanks to a posting by Cindy Tham of The Nut Graph, I found out about this government website that has “atrochers engrish” – honestly, it is sooo bad. And I am positive my 12 year old cousin can write better.

To capture and archive the state of affairs for you, here is what the site says… My favorite sections have been italicized.

1. What is NRD’s website?

NRD website is abbreviation to official web National Registration Department. NRD website make major world to information and national registration department service through Internet.

2. Why this website been created?

Latterly, information and service majority National Registration Department has been prepared by online and NRD website been created to provide convenience to the public find information and service that are provided.

3. Whom were allowed surf and use this website ?

Generally, this website could be achieved by all society. However, there were some information and service that need registration.

4. What is privacy policy for this website? Am I been recorded or not?

All access and your use up on this website shall not be recorded. To further information, please visit to ‘Privacy Policy And Safety Policy’ in bottom of each page.

I am still reeling in shock from it. It’s a given that most Malaysians weren’t brought up speaking English at home, but how can a NATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL WEBSITE have such atrocious copy?! You’d think they could hire someone to proof-read it first. But honestly, this typifies the average Malaysian government website – if only they’d hire Integricity! Here’s the website for an entity parked under the National Bank of Malaysia – AKPK that Integricity worked on. A world of difference, eh?

And I haven’t even begun to critique the usability of the website yet! The design leaves MUCH to be desired. It has spinning bullets on the left! No kidding! I can rate it akin to my first website that I launched in 1995! And I most definitely should not mention the flashing text, or the visitor counter, or the pixellated map that was scanned from a brochure of Putrajaya.

Sigh… no further comments your honor.

Oh, if you do want to view it first-hand, go ahead… it’s here.