When Engrish attacks...
I just got my DVD of the Korean drama Love Story in Harvard. I bought it on ebay so had no idea what kind of DVD it would turn out to be (It's Kim Rae Won being awesome and angsty, so I wanted to actually buy the Yes Asia version but that's R03 and I haven't gotten around getting a multiregion player yet and am not keen on computer watching).
Anyway, the picture quality is good enough (though I still want official DVDs to get it really crisp) and the subs are excellent.
But the COVER. The COVER summary. Whoever wrote it was not the one who did the subs and clearly had only passing familiarity with English. Passing in a next county that is. Not as bad as the Chinese cover for Spring Waltz (I am so excited YA is releasing a version later this month. I am waiting for that boxset to watch it). But still...worth quoting in its entirety.
Now, before I copy the summary on the back, let me briefly specify what this drama is about, as you will likely not get anything of that sort from the summary. LSiH is about two Koreans studying abroad in Harvard. The guy is a law student and the gal is a med student. They fall in love blah blah.
Now, here is what the DVD says: spelling, punctuation and capitalization (the authors seem to hate spaces between sentences) copied exactly:
a Works to Despict the Dreams Andlove of the Korea Students Abroad in Harvard.
In the most competitive place in the world,they meet each other.in the foreign harvard place,struggle for their dreams and love struggle for the lucidity making progress ambition and romance in life.
On the hard wooden chair,the books which are getting more and more corrodent during the several hundred years,and the nameless souls which being with the time.the light in the harvard library would not br turned off.the young people will stay over night to study as a hundred years ago.
This TV play represents the most competitive place in the world,different typts of people in harvard.though their intentions are different.but they are the same :throwing themselves into the study process whenever they are please happy ardor or painful.the dramatix personaes are the nucleus guys.
"LOVE IN HARVARD"is a story about love.naive people,mutual impassioned love without any formalists.the romantic love in campus,and the pure period for every audience who are expecting passion.
This summary definitely makes it clear Harvard is competitive and there is a lot of studying going on (though clearly not by people who wrote the summary on the back of te DVD). Should have mentioned the kissing instead :D
Anyway, the picture quality is good enough (though I still want official DVDs to get it really crisp) and the subs are excellent.
But the COVER. The COVER summary. Whoever wrote it was not the one who did the subs and clearly had only passing familiarity with English. Passing in a next county that is. Not as bad as the Chinese cover for Spring Waltz (I am so excited YA is releasing a version later this month. I am waiting for that boxset to watch it). But still...worth quoting in its entirety.
Now, before I copy the summary on the back, let me briefly specify what this drama is about, as you will likely not get anything of that sort from the summary. LSiH is about two Koreans studying abroad in Harvard. The guy is a law student and the gal is a med student. They fall in love blah blah.
Now, here is what the DVD says: spelling, punctuation and capitalization (the authors seem to hate spaces between sentences) copied exactly:
a Works to Despict the Dreams Andlove of the Korea Students Abroad in Harvard.
In the most competitive place in the world,they meet each other.in the foreign harvard place,struggle for their dreams and love struggle for the lucidity making progress ambition and romance in life.
On the hard wooden chair,the books which are getting more and more corrodent during the several hundred years,and the nameless souls which being with the time.the light in the harvard library would not br turned off.the young people will stay over night to study as a hundred years ago.
This TV play represents the most competitive place in the world,different typts of people in harvard.though their intentions are different.but they are the same :throwing themselves into the study process whenever they are please happy ardor or painful.the dramatix personaes are the nucleus guys.
"LOVE IN HARVARD"is a story about love.naive people,mutual impassioned love without any formalists.the romantic love in campus,and the pure period for every audience who are expecting passion.
This summary definitely makes it clear Harvard is competitive and there is a lot of studying going on (though clearly not by people who wrote the summary on the back of te DVD). Should have mentioned the kissing instead :D