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grilkip -

Hi.

I don't speak Chinese, I work for a Dutch enameling company. I was browsing the co's website and
noticed a Chinese flag linking to a Chinese version of the site.

Considering the reigning stupidity in my company , I am curious as to how good the Chinese
translation is. Good? Laughable?

So any chinese readers who feel like looking at it, I'd like to hear your judgement.

www.ferrotechniek.com/cn/

Here's a page in English and Chinese talking about heat exchanger plates:
English version
Chinese version

Thanks



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Xiao Kui -

I don't know anything abt heat exchanger plates, so I can't judge the accuracy of the translation,
but the Chinese itself seems okay to me. (I'm not a native speaker)










trien27 -

I would say it's Chinese translation is 90 -100% accurate.
In other words, Perfect. Or so I thought, until I right-clicked on the Chinese page and clicked on
Properties, it said the text language is in Dutch, instead of Chinese! In English, it said "sister
company", but in Chinese, it said "brother company"?! I guess your company can't tell their sister
from their brother?!










heartless -

The Chinese translation is very good. It is accurate, brief but to the point and very
professional(as to commercial adverstisement text). There is only one small thing that is not so
satisfactory. The Framework of the Kyoto treatment usually is rendered in Chinese as
"京都议定书" rather than "京都条约" as the website translates, which I think must be very
minor defect. Other than that, it is perfect.










grilkip -

Thanks all!

I was hoping for a smoking gun but I guess there isn't one.

China is a big market for us so I guess it's only good.

Thanks folks for bothering!










heifeng -

i could only spend a minute or two looking at this, but in addition to the issue of the kyoto
protocal framework above, there is a very obvious grammatical mistake here:

http://www.ferrotechniek.com/cn/spec_exchangers.html
由Ferro
Techniek镀搪瓷的换热器板片总面积超过370万平方米，相当于580个足球场面积��
�和还多！
I'll let other board members figure out how to correct it b/c I am in a hurry today. have fun

Other than this once upon a time I worked primarily with heat exchangers and will look through the
site more...my impression is the chinese is passable, but maybe if you look at an actual Chinese
company's websites the wording seems slightly more formal (flowery, or full of b-s...you can pick
one of these adjective...).
But with most things everything is a work in progress, your company can slowly improve it.












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