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口コミサイト

English translation: Online review site


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Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Advertising / Public Relations / type of website
Japanese term or phrase: 口コミサイト
What is the English expression to refer to websites where people can comment on products, restaurants, etc.? Sites like:

http://www.cosme.net/
http://tabelog.com/
http://4travel.jp/
Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 03:52
English translation:Online review site
Explanation:
Several variations all seem to be in use: online review site, word-of-mouth review site, and online consumer review site. Of the three, "online review site" gets the most Google hits by far--302,000 vs. 89,000 for online consumer review site.
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Carl Freire
Japan
Local time: 17:52
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8Online review siteCarl Freire
4"Chat site"Rod Anderson
3word-of-mouth recommendation chat site
Marcus McLeod


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Chat site"


Explanation:
Consumer review site, user feedback site, sound too formal
and "word-of-mouth" site sounds too literal.

Rod Anderson
Italy
Local time: 02:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Carl Freire: Seems to me "chat site" is too vague, but if context is clear enough could still work. Formality doesn't strike me as a relevant point here, but that again depends on context.
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Online review site


Explanation:
Several variations all seem to be in use: online review site, word-of-mouth review site, and online consumer review site. Of the three, "online review site" gets the most Google hits by far--302,000 vs. 89,000 for online consumer review site.


    Reference: http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/online-reviews-se...
    Reference: http://mansci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/3/...
Carl Freire
Japan
Local time: 17:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mulberryvalley: I'm not a native speaker, but that even convinces me of what kind of site it is. -
1 hr

agree  Shannon Morales
1 hr

agree  Yumico Tanaka
2 hrs

agree  gordonmurray
10 hrs

agree  Tokyo_Moscow
13 hrs

agree  Lianne Wilson
15 hrs

agree  Lakshmi Datar
2 days12 hrs

agree  gcpradhan1
12 days
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16 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
word-of-mouth recommendation chat site


Explanation:
Although Chat site has elements of recommending, and reponses, chat also refers to other chattng, infomation exchange and commentary on thinsg such as politics. I I think if you want to specify sites which make recommendations, word-of-mouth recommendation (口コミ) is the general term for this kind of information transfer and can easily be used as a descriptor for a chat site that will be easily understood by the reader.

Marcus McLeod
Australia
Local time: 17:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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