Karry's Report (From Overseas with Love) - Page 6

On September 02 2009 14:18 pubbanana wrote:
I just thought it was hilarious because that is an extremely ridiculous thing to say.

On September 02 2009 14:30 o[twist] wrote:
this is awesome i'm really happy for you!

just a piece of advice - engaging too much with responses, positive or negative, is usually a little unhealthy - now that you're doing this professionally you might find you need a little more distance than doing it as a fan

On September 02 2009 14:32 pubbanana wrote:
The posters on Fomos are generally always posting terrible shit. They just sit around and wait for something to mock, basically. But sometimes you really see their sweetness and tenderness when they choose to express themselves in awful ways. For example, when they tore Garimto to fucking pieces when he said he was thinking about coming back for SC2, that was their way of saying "Either seriously make a come back or don't, we can't take another disappointment from you. Because we love you."

Netizen
For the people who can't read English or who are just too lazy, here's a summary. It's about Jaedong and Yellow's path to the final matches, a report of the matches and the outcome.
Netizen
You can tell that much just by looking at the photos, you stupid fuck lol

On September 02 2009 14:16 NeverGG wrote:


Yeah, it's a bit less funny to me because it could wreck my internship if people make comments like that often.

On September 02 2009 15:04 illu wrote:


As expected from the comments, it was way too difficult to read.

Make sure you use only simple words, short sentences, and no special constructions.

For one side of the equation this situation was a familiar one. Yet the other participant in this year's Bacchus OSL finals held at Olympic Park Fencing Stadium on the 22nd of August was following in the foot steps of his twin brother with hopes of claiming his first individual title.

Sadly for fans of macro-intensive, protracted games a substantial and indepth finals was not to be found this year. For those who wished to see Jaedong scooping the Golden Mouse as they had previously watched old-school zerg and fan favorite Park Seongjoon (JulyZerg.) receive his in an equally decisive demolition of SKT1 protoss Do Jaewook at the EVER 2008 OSL finals reality was swift and merciless.

Game two was met with rampant jubilation from the Jaedong supporters, but an air of predictability by those who had estimated that Jaedong's ZvZ was unparalleled (especially by a first-timer to the OSL finals.) Another sharp shock to the ego via Jaedong's exquisite timing and use of a limited number of units - he did not have to graduate from his employment of mutalisks and zerglings to demonstrate his superiority.

On September 02 2009 15:25 illu wrote:
I have taught many ESL university students, so let me give you some examples on why it was difficult to read for someone who only studied English in a classroom setting as a second language. I really want you to do well, which is why I am writing this.



You referred to Jaedong as one side of the equation. For someone who does not speak English, this will certainly cause problems - as metaphors are usually very difficult to understand due to cultural differences - even though it was nicely composed.



Instead of "protracted", maybe you can write "long" or "drawn-out"; instead of "scooping", you can write "winning"; instead of "decisive demolition", you can write "decisive victory".



I have serious doubts that an average undergraduate Korean student would know what it means by "rampant jubilation". Something like "excitement" would work fine. It's probably not a good idea to force someone to use a dictionary while browsing the internet. =)

On September 02 2009 15:31 NeverGG wrote:


Thanks (I have no experience with Korean Uni level English studies at all.) The thing is - it wasn't written for them really. It's for foreign browsers on fomos. Anyway - I can simplify an article next time. I am an English teacher too (but with kindergarten.) I understand it was written without them in mind and I will be more considerate towards them in the future. My writing is really flowery, but I think making the style more simple is okay as long as it doesn't seem too badly written to the non-Korean readers.

I feel kind of unmotivated for tonight's work now, but I will just have to ignore the comments for now and try this new style for my interviews.

On September 02 2009 16:26 lilsusie wrote:
Haha, just write as you do, maybe it'll help the Korean viewers actually learn some real English instead of "I AM A GIRL, HOW DO YOU DO"

GRATS!! stop being so down on yourself, you silly girl.

On September 02 2009 17:04 Red_Storm wrote:
This is gonna sound really stupid, but why are they called Netziens anyway?