Microsoft Azure: Literal wordings discolouring the original brightness

en-US: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/sql-database/ ko-KR: https://azure.microsoft.com/ko-kr/services/sql-database/ 계층 1급 성능을 쉽게 사용할 수 있게 해주는 관계형 DaaS(Database-as-a-Service) A relational database-as-a-service that makes tier-1 capabilities easily accessible -> ‘tier-1’ reads redundant meaning, which is not used in local market. ‘accessible’ is awkwardly rephrased which is a typical example of literal translation. 비즈니스급 응용 프로그램을 위해 클라우드 효율성을 활용하는 고객 …

Halo 4 헤일로 4 awkward wordings & broken syntax

source: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-us/Product/Halo-4/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d530919 target: http://marketplace.xbox.com/ko-kr/Product/Halo-4/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d530919 복수와 파멸에만 눈이 먼 고대 악마와의 전투로 마스터 치프가 돌아왔습니다. The adverbial phrase doesn’t connect to the subject due to the literal flow. 전투로 (to combat) should be adjusted to 전투를 위해. The emphatic noun ending 파멸에만 sounds awkward and is not necessary in context. 신비로운 세상에 난파한 마스터 치프는 새로운 …

Microsoft security 마이크로소프트 보안 페이지 awkward wordings

source: http://www.microsoft.com/security/resources/identitytheft-whatis.aspx target: http://www.microsoft.com/ko-kr/security/resources/identitytheft-whatis.aspx awkward wordings in Korean 하고자 하는 것: The noun phrase sounds literal and doesn’t fit into the title text. 손실을 일으키는 모든 종류이 사기 범죄를 말합니다. 손실을 일으키는 sounds literal and makes the sentence tone awkward. 종류이 reads an improper noun ending. 얻어낼 방법을 항상 모색해 왔습니다. The noun 모색 means …

Microsoft 마이크로소프트 awkward wordings

source: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/meet target: http://windows.microsoft.com/ko-kr/windows-8/meet                     Get Windows 8 Pro on your current PC for an amazing price. 놀라운 가격으로 지금 여러분의 PC에 Windows 8 Pro를 설치하세요. The noun ending 가격으로 (amazing price) doesn’t fit in context since it is taken as a means to install Windows …