source: http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/special-travel-needs/medical.html target: http://ko.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/special-travel-needs/medical.html Word-for-word translation delivers the meaning however, in most cases, the sentence structure and grammar are ignored. On the other hand, the client ends up with losing customers.
Tag: eurail
eurail.com: Localization can go wrong – inconsistent spells 36
source: http://www.eurail.com/destinations target: http://kr.eurail.com/destinations The famous festival ‘Oktoberfest’ reads two different spells in the same page. The search terms don’t show any results.
eurail.com 유레일: semantically broken 35
source: http://www.eurail.com/destinations/montenegro/places-visit target: http://kr.eurail.com/destinations/montenegro/places-visit Natural wonders in Kolašin Biogradsko Lake, Montenegro 콜라신(Kolašin)의 자연 경이 몬테네그로, 비오그라드스코(Biogradsko) 호수 -> ‘natural wonders’ reads a dictionary term. Stop in the fortress town of Kolašin, at the foot of the Bjelasica and Sinjajevina mountains, and take in some fantastic skiing in wintertime. The Biogradska Gora National Park is in …
eurail.com 유레일: a funky word 34
source: http://www.eurail.com/destinations/hungary/budapest target: http://kr.eurail.com/destinations/hungary/budapest “Our Lady” reads “a rich/noble woman” in context. Virgin Mary went missing?
eurail.com 유레일: a funky word and function 33
source: http://www.eurail.com/eurail-passes/ordering-info/shipping-calculator target: http://kr.eurail.com/eurail-passes/ordering-info/shipping-calculator The pop-up window contains an alien term “refresh” which is not standard in website localization so it doesn’t deliver the functional meaning for “refresh.” The radio button options also don’t work under other localized pages. The travellers may have difficulty in using the calculator. so sad!!