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A sign in front of a computer room:
マナーを守ってご利用ください。 Please observe and protect manners.
Raw output samples: 1. Please observe the rules when you use a computer. Perfectly understandable. 2. Please keep the manners in the computer room. Understandable, but "keep the manners" is awkward. 3. Please use this room to fallow the rule. Spelling mistake, grammar mistakes prevent understanding. 4. Please protect manners and use. Word choice, lack of object prevent understanding. 5. Please following the manor and using there. Grammar, spelling, lack of object, mistaken pronoun
1-5 rating (OK-NG): English 3.6, Korean 1.38, Chinese 3.13
After the PCDA cycle was used, here are the output samples:
1 Please mind your manners when you use the computers. 2 When you use this computer room, please use it politely. 3 Please observe the rule of the computer room. And, please use those computer. 4 Please refrain from the nuisance of the computer room. It becomes troublesome other users. 5 People to use these computers need to conform to the courtesy. 5 this place should observe and use rules.
1-5 rating (OK-NG): English 3.18, Korean 2.36, Chinese 2.05
English and Chinese improved, but Korean went down!
Case study 1: the Japanese ladies room
Example 1: the Japanese ladies room
A sign in front of a computer room:
マナーを守ってご利用ください。 Please observe and protect manners.
Raw output samples: 1. Please observe the rules when you use a computer. Perfectly understandable. 2. Please keep the manners in the computer room. Understandable, but "keep the manners" is awkward. 3. Please use this room to fallow the rule. Spelling mistake, grammar mistakes prevent understanding. 4. Please protect manners and use. Word choice, lack of object prevent understanding. 5. Please following the manor and using there. Grammar, spelling, lack of object, mistaken pronoun
1-5 rating (OK-NG): English 3.6, Korean 1.38, Chinese 3.13
After the PCDA cycle was used, here are the output samples:
1 Please mind your manners when you use the computers. 2 When you use this computer room, please use it politely. 3 Please observe the rule of the computer room. And, please use those computer. 4 Please refrain from the nuisance of the computer room. It becomes troublesome other users. 5 People to use these computers need to conform to the courtesy. 5 this place should observe and use rules.
1-5 rating (OK-NG): English 3.18, Korean 2.36, Chinese 2.05
English and Chinese improved, but Korean went down!
In this section, two case studies using the HIGOSIGN website and the PCDA process will be presented.
In this section, signage for specific locations will be discussed as examples to help you understand possible problems in sign creation and to visualise your own signage.
Case study 1: Japanese ladies room?
Case study 1: the Japanese ladies room
In this section, two case studies using the HIGOSIGN website and the PCDA process will be presented.