Author Topic: Voice-over Artist Reading OWON Marketing Chinglish (Read 18810 times)

ez24 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:04:40 am »

Quote from: blueskull on October 30, 2015, 11:28:51 am

It sounds very, very real to me. If TTS can be that good, voice actors are getting into some serious troubles.

But I am very surprised at the fact that voice actors, at least this one, are willing to say whatever "scripts" without thinking twice.

The voice actor does not have experience with electronics. He just read what they gave him, and him is likely to be an English teacher in China. Overall I thought it was a good video to be from China.

SO are we going to buy one now? Lots of free publicity.

bitseeker · « **Reply #26 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:35:41 am »

Quote from: ez24 on October 31, 2015, 05:04:40 am

SO are we going to buy one now? Lots of free publicity.

Nope. The grammar was so distracting that I don't even remember what product was being advertised. I do remember "gee ess per second", so it was either a scope or an arbitrary generator.

OldSchoolTechCorner · « **Reply #27 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:48:06 am »

Has a optional "capacitor type LCD", interesting new technology?

crispy_tofu · « **Reply #28 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:49:07 am »

And there's a 13200 mega amp battery... how big is this thing??

OldSchoolTechCorner · « **Reply #29 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:53:53 am »

Quote from: crispy_tofu on October 31, 2015, 05:49:07 am

And there's a 13200 mega amp battery... how big is this thing??

Still stuck on wondering, how they manage to fit it inside the scope? That has to be one very large battery.

miguelvp · « **Reply #30 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:54:15 am »

Quote from: bitseeker on October 31, 2015, 05:35:41 am

Quote from: ez24 on October 31, 2015, 05:04:40 am
SO are we going to buy one now? Lots of free publicity.

Nope. The grammar was so distracting that I don't even remember what product was being advertised. I do remember "gee ess per second", so it was either a scope or an arbitrary generator.

I thought it meant it had some kind of wireless mobile tech, but since it wasn't anything near 4G I tuned it out.

nbritton · « **Reply #31 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:58:59 am »

Regardless of whether it's a voice-over artist or synthesized voice it makes Owon look like a total joke. This is as brand damaging as anything I've seen Siglent do. I can't stop laughing (at them).

Have you ever read the manual for the Banggood.com M12864 LCR meter, that 'shure' was hilarious: https://copy.com/wBdnTSsdB3DBEmT6

tec5c · « **Reply #32 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:05:15 am »

Quote from: SL4P on October 31, 2015, 03:20:48 am

Quote from: tec5c on October 30, 2015, 10:22:49 am
Quote from: wilfred on October 30, 2015, 10:14:38 am
Why?
OK "Even I can't understand it correctly" would be better but for a non-native English speaker it was not really worthy of criticism.
Right, and the worse thing in the video is the voice over actor saying "mega amp..." which has nothing to do with the language barrier. In this sense, nothing in the video is worth criticising.

... and the worse thing in the video...
I dunno, but I reckon it could have been a worse thing, or the worst thing...
(worse is relative, worst is absolute - but hey, I'm only a povo speaker in a glass house.)

Sigh.

crispy_tofu · « **Reply #33 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:08:33 am »

Quote from: nbritton on October 31, 2015, 05:58:59 am

Have you ever read the manual for the Banggood.com M12864 LCR meter, that 'shure' was hilarious: https://copy.com/wBdnTSsdB3DBEmT6

I don't find it too bad, but 'welding' makes me cringe! But hey, they 'hope I have delight in my DIY journey'

OldSchoolTechCorner · « **Reply #34 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:09:23 am »

Notice the sweatshop they are running, they couldn't get a bigger fan?

tec5c · « **Reply #35 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:09:38 am »

crispy_tofu, do you do anything besides live on this forum?

crispy_tofu · « **Reply #36 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:11:12 am »

Quote from: tec5c on October 31, 2015, 06:09:38 am

crispy_tofu, do you do anything besides live on this forum?

Nope

tec5c · « **Reply #37 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:14:08 am »

Quote from: crispy_tofu on October 31, 2015, 06:11:12 am

Quote from: tec5c on October 31, 2015, 06:09:38 am
crispy_tofu, do you do anything besides live on this forum?
Nope

Such a waste.

OldSchoolTechCorner · « **Reply #38 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:14:34 am »

Quote from: nbritton on October 31, 2015, 05:58:59 am

Regardless of whether it's a voice-over artist or synthesized voice it makes Owon look like a total joke. This is as brand damaging as anything I've seen Siglent do. I can't stop laughing (at them).

Have you ever read the manual for the Banggood.com M12864 LCR meter, that 'shure' was hilarious: https://copy.com/wBdnTSsdB3DBEmT6

"The resistance welding"

nbritton · « **Reply #39 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:14:53 am »

13,200,000,000 amps @ 3.7 volts, great scott, that will power a whole fleet of DeLoreans!

bitseeker · « **Reply #40 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:24:42 am »

Quote from: nbritton on October 31, 2015, 06:14:53 am

13,200,000,000 amps @ 3.7 volts, great scott, that will power a whole fleet of DeLoreans!

48.84GW. Yep, that's enough for 40 trips through time, or one trip for 40 DeLoreans.

Someone · « **Reply #41 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:25:41 am »

Quote from: OldSchoolTechCorner on October 31, 2015, 06:09:23 am

Notice the sweatshop they are running, they couldn't get a bigger fan?

"reckoned to be the most affordable and adorable test equipment ever"

bitseeker · « **Reply #42 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:36:32 am »

Quote from: Someone on October 31, 2015, 06:25:41 am

"reckoned to be the most affordable and adorable test equipment ever"

The narration on this one was quite good, but that "adorable test equipment" was quite hilarious. Completely caught me off guard.

DimitriP · « **Reply #43 on:** October 31, 2015, 08:04:10 am »

Whether it was a voice actor or a synthesized voice, someone approved it. Sure they missed the Mega-amps, But hey it could be worse:
Jennifer Anniston has nightmares not finding the shower on an airplane ....

miguelvp · « **Reply #44 on:** October 31, 2015, 08:09:33 am »

Quote from: DimitriP on October 31, 2015, 08:04:10 am

Whether it was a voice actor or a synthesized voice, someone approved it. Sure they missed the Mega-amps, But hey it could be worse:
Jennifer Anniston has nightmares not finding the shower on an airplane ....

You bet it could be worse, I was in the shower of that airplane waiting for her to show up.

crispy_tofu · « **Reply #45 on:** October 31, 2015, 08:33:21 am »

The left phalange on the plane is missing!!

John_ITIC · « **Reply #46 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:28:42 pm »

Be careful; I notice lots of smug comments about less than perfect translation. Most responses are from Aussies and Yanks, while the Chinese are busy working, taking the jobs and profit away from us lazy westerners. Also, many are quick to pick on language issues (making one feel superior) while at the same time buying the same products criticized (because one doesn't have the buying power to buy higher-end products). Tek and HP used to be the only companies with engineering skills to create such complex instruments. These days, china churns out many thousands of engineers while Westerners are getting fatter and lazier. HP aint what it used to be (nor Agilent.. ahem Keysight). Jobs are being outsourced in the thousands every year etc.

Yada, Yada, Yada - I think I made my point.

Anyways, translations and double-translations can be funny, indeed...

amirm · « **Reply #47 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:44:00 pm »

Quote from: OldSchoolTechCorner on October 31, 2015, 06:09:23 am

Notice the sweatshop they are running, they couldn't get a bigger fan?

Doesn't look like a sweatshop to me by Asian standards. I worked for Sony and their R&D offices was 10 times more cramped than this. If they could put multiple engineers in the same chair they would! And their machine shops in remote areas looked this way or worse.

As to the fan, safety standards are far lower than ours of course even in Japan. OSHA inspectors would have a heart attack at the best machine shops there!

Vgkid · « **Reply #48 on:** October 31, 2015, 06:56:03 pm »

A Tonghui 2828 1Mhz LCR meter, nice. I was actually rather impressed by that video.


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