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How do the people doing these knockoffs miss the little details like "stoer"? They're obviously putting a tremendous amount of work into the clone, is hiring a
by blhack 15y ago
How do the people doing these knockoffs miss the little details like "stoer"?
They're obviously putting a tremendous amount of work into the clone, is hiring a native English speaker to look at it and make sure the English looks like English that much of an extra expense?
When I'm sending posters and promotional materials to our printer (as in: the company that does printing, not the device), I go over it again and again, then usually get a second and third set of eyes to triple check it for spelling errors.
These knockoffs are really good, it's kindof sad that they're so close, but missing it with the little stuff.
Or do they not really expect any English speakers to show up? If that's the case, why the English words at all?
- rglovejoy 15y ago> Or do they not really expect any English speakers to show up? If that's the case, why the English words at all? Because it makes the store look trendy and sophisticated. Sort of like how many Americans will think some product is "upscale" if it has a French name or the voiceover actor in the ad has a British accent.
- woobar 15y agois hiring a native English speaker to look at it and make sure the English looks like English that much of an extra expense? You will be surprised how bad is anything in foreign languages looks in major Hollywood movies. Apparently, hiring a Chinese/Russian/German speaker is too expensive even when their product is exposed to much wider audience.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoNative Russian speaker here - I often laugh during movies when they show Russian writing. 90% of the time, it's random gibberish. The only time when the gibberish didn't seem random was during the movie Virus - there's a scene where they are choosing which language to display a control panel in, and one of the options is "Ebonics" - and the Russian underneath is just a random mix of letters, while the other Russian labeling was completely accurate.