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Marketing - Internet, e-Commerce / link in a movie-streaming website | | English term or phrase: signup | If the above word was left in English in the Korean version of a website, could it be construed as offensive or otherwise inappropriate by site users?
The text is the actual URL of the link, which the developer would like to leave as is:
http://signup..com
Thanks for you help; my translators are offline at this time of day.
Mariana |
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| | Korean translation:It can be left as its. | Explanation:
Many of English IT or computer related terms are used as they are in Korea. |
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 KL-Link
South Korea
Local time: 23:50
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Explanation:
If it is used in actual URL, it is not exposed to general user.
Technically URL in english is general and accepted by user, moreover, user does not care the language used in URL notation.
If "signup" is used in other context, it should be translated into "회원 가입".
| cooljo
South Korea
Local time: 23:50
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Asker: Hi cooljo,
the URL will be visible to the client, which is why we wanted to know if it could be left in English.
Thanks a lot for answering.
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