Yuri Ebihara, wedding dress with radar attachment

[Yokohammer]

god i love engrish. you'd have thought that there would be a huge market for native english editors to correct all this stuff before it goes to print, especially as the japanese are such perfectionists when it comes to details in everything else.

Yeah, but only when they do the perfecting themselves. Can't trust an FG to do it. I'm sure every FG who writes or translates here for a living has at some point had a J-perfectionist with at best a feeble grasp of Japanese high-school level engrish "correct" their carefully constructed prose before it goes to print.

[Typhoon]

OK, When I read his post, I assumed he meant "for men", but is the Uniqlo line called "Pour Homme" as if they meant it was for the home?

Would it not be "Pour Mansion" in that case?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

god i love engrish.

Sorry to be anal, but is this Engrish? I would have thought it would be a case of Flancais (as opposed to Francais).
Where is Plastic Betrand when you need him?

[American Oyaji]

[quote="Typhoon"]Would it not be "Pour Mansion" in that case? ]

My question is, which language did they fuck up and what was their intended meaning?

[Taro Toporific]

[Coligny]

Sorry to be anal, but is this Engrish? I would have thought it would be a case of Flancais (as opposed to Francais).
Where is Plastic Betrand when you need him?

ehh... pour homme mean for men...
For the house, pour la maison, but the 'mercantile' term would be "linge de maison" (house wear, like sportswear, NOT houseware like hardware)

Plastic is still 'plane-ing' I think...

[Cyka UchuuJin]

Sorry to be anal, but is this Engrish? I would have thought it would be a case of Flancais (as opposed to Francais).
Where is Plastic Betrand when you need him?

you are most correct, sir. i just couldn't think of a good term for it at the time.

[Cyka UchuuJin]

Yeah, but only when they do the perfecting themselves. Can't trust an FG to do it. I'm sure every FG who writes or translates here for a living has at some point had a J-perfectionist with at best a feeble grasp of Japanese high-school level engrish "correct" their carefully constructed prose before it goes to print.

yeah, you're right there. i tried to help my former business partner with her use of 'the' and 'a' and she always used to say i was wrong. i did finally give up. so for nearly 5 years she would remind me to pay a rent and that she was taking the holiday.

[Mulboyne]

...and that she was taking the holiday.

That usage might actually be appropriate in Japan given how infrequently some people take holidays.

[sublight]

Yeah, but only when they do the perfecting themselves. Can't trust an FG to do it. I'm sure every FG who writes or translates here for a living has at some point had a J-perfectionist with at best a feeble grasp of Japanese high-school level engrish "correct" their carefully constructed prose before it goes to print.

Yep. Frustrating as it is, I wouldn't have it any other way. Those morons are what keep me in business, because whenever some of their "corrected" crap goes out the door the mistakes they've added get brought to light immediately, much to their embarrassment.

So they keep coming back for another round, but never learn their lesson. Much like my ex-girlfriend.