http://shopMCM.com Broken Korean 정신이 녹아져 있는 (literally, immersed into/incorporated with wildlife mentality) Several space errors in description. How many are there in the highlighted area? (more than 6 in conservative way) Awkward/unreadable wordings 누적 금액별 해당하는 등급 shop MCM을 통하여 구매하신 내역만 (only for the purchase via shop MCM) vs On-Line Outlet 상품을 구매하신 내역은 …
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Zynga Poker 징가 포커 inconsistent term
Facebook Zynga game app 페이스북 징가 게임 앱 Experience Experience is shortened to a game term XP but it reads the dictionary meaning in the description popup tool tip. 온라인인 친구가 없습니다 The noun ending 온라인인 reads a literal meaning and sounds ambiguous in context. It should be either 접속 중인 or 온라인 상태의.
ibm.com 아이비엠: semantically broken 01
source: http://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/?lnk=ft target: http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/kr/ko/business_analytics/ideas/?lnk=ft 비즈니스 분석을 활용하고 있는 조직은 경쟁사보다 뛰어난 성과를 보이고 있습니다. The sentence reads awkward tone due to the present continuous tense. The simple present tense delivers a compact and clean meaning and gives a better emphasis. Smarter Analytics는 IBM의 비즈니스 분석에 대한 IBM의 접근 방식입니다. The repeat pronoun IBM makes the …
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 …
Apple iPhone 애플 아이폰 awkward wordings
source: http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/ target: http://www.apple.com/kr/iphone/features/ 놀랄 만큼 날씬해진 디자인에 디스플레이는 더 커지고 칩은 더 빨라졌습니다. The structure of the three phrases in the sentence are not consistent so the sentence reads awkward flow. The first one reads modifier+subject, the second subject+verb, the third subject+verb. As well, the shortened subjects in the second and third can be …