OK product, but AWFUL Chenglish! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: maverickbna
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 23, 2019, 08:11:18 pm
content: The product looks OK, from a hardware perspective, but:They did a very poor job of marketing...The Chenglish inserted into the pictures (which is an awful tactic on its own) is beyond AWFUL, beyond ATROCIOUS... (I don't know what's worse than those two together! LOL)eBay auction: #143043081274And... *giggle* look at the seller's username! OMG could have have picked anything worse?Hope somebody at least gets a short laugh out of that. It hurt reading through miles of pictures.-Alex

author: Doom-the-Squirrel
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2019, 03:14:15 am
content: An odd choice of a username, that's for sure.I wonder if anyone has tested this thing yet....

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2019, 05:46:42 am
content: Speaking of choices - OP you could pick a better personal message for your avatar.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2019, 06:49:50 am
content: Disregarding the broken English, looks like standard PC hardware marketing wankQuoteYes, it really is just standard computer hardware marketing

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2019, 09:03:45 am
content: Apparently in the third picture scrolling down, this USB card is comet, meteor and weld spatter resistantIf it was Zombie Apocalypse survival rated too, I'd click 'Make Offer'

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2019, 05:31:31 pm
content: I thought the pci-e copper contacts looked a bit light in the pictures but don't those USB cables look too thin?

author: maverickbna
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 25, 2019, 02:12:17 am
content: Quote from: Bud on November 24, 2019, 05:46:42 amSorry. Fixed. It was a quote from the Disney 1990 cartoon Darkwing Duck.

author: mikerj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2019, 09:07:27 pm
content: Doesn't look that bad to me, seen much worse translation attempts.

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2019, 10:22:51 pm
content: How fluent is your Mandarin? We can be happy they are making the effort to communicate in a language we understand. I've had to employ translators to work with suppliers so the costs of business are not always on the seller.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2019, 09:17:32 am
content: They could also PAY the usualpittancerate, to a fellow Mandarin whose English skills and grasp of both languages, including English (which some may leave ours to shame) tode-Chenglishstuffso we can all move on and get on with it..Those people are out there and AVAILABLE, I have had the opportunity of gabbing with them,their English grammar is perfect and their asian is most likely as good or even better,because it's like..their native language!There is NO EXCUSE for sh!tty Chenglish in 2019/2020, especially where CAT items are concerned,the A holes are serial cheapskates and don't gas about their end user customers,END OF STORY !!!i.e. it's been going on for wayyy TOO LONG, just in case anyone wants to make excuses for it or defend their slack butts

author: eugenenine
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2019, 01:09:18 pm
content: Quote from: MrMobodies on November 24, 2019, 05:31:31 pmStartech makes some really thin ones like that.

author: TomS_
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2019, 01:40:52 pm
content: Quote from: MrMobodies on November 24, 2019, 05:31:31 pmIf you ask me, all of the images look like renderings.

author: ZaphodBeeblebrox
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2019, 04:25:19 pm
content: Quote from: TomS_ on November 30, 2019, 01:40:52 pmI concur. I do not see a single solder joint there. Also, even if there were solder joints, they would not yield a such a nice and beautiful un-blurred, flat reflection. Then again, which CAD systems these days don't do 3D? So why bother setting up a picture setup if you can take a screenshot, so to speak

author: Addicted2AnalogTek
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2019, 05:25:28 pm
content: I very much like the "peripherals" down there in the description... That USB cooling fan and USB "printer" are sure to get the job done once you connect them to those high-speed USB 3.0 ports!

author: ZaphodBeeblebrox
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2019, 05:19:17 pm
content: Quote from: Addicted2AnalogTek on November 30, 2019, 05:25:28 pmNono, that fan will run a lot faster when you connect it to a USB 3.0 port! And that printer - it'll be spitting paper the likes of which you've never witnessed beforeA potential excerpt from the manual, when read by the designer:[...] To activate the featule, you need push "tulbo", which is gleen button on the plintel. Speed will then activate High. [...]... it's always fun read chenglish an improvise a bit more