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안녕하세요! I am Noah. I am attempting to learn Korean, but I am very poor at studying O_o. If you have any questions about English let me know.
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Teacher Sohyeon
Korean
Jul 27, 2016
결론은 고치지 않을 거라는 건가요?! +ㅁ+
Teacher Sohyeon
Korean
Jul 18, 2016
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 피곤해서 집중이 잘 안 됐던 거라고 믿을게요ㅋㅋㅋ 아 갑자기 짜장면이 먹고 싶네요... 이 야심한 시각에...ㅠ
Teacher Sohyeon
Korean
Jun 28, 2016
하하하 뭐예요ㅋ 가려면 한참 남았어요, 전ㅋ
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    Could you check my grammar, plz?

    I wasn't sure whether I should share this .ini file with you or not, because it felt like it's not my place to make changes to your game and you may have localization experts working for you. I initially translated this just for myself and some of my Korean friends who also play your game. I hesitated for some time because I was worried that if you had a translator they might feel insulted. Still, I decided to send this email as support from a fan of your game :)

    Below are some examples of the improvement that I made... I didn't list everything, but I tried to explain the reasoning behind some of the corrections that I made.

    Example 1. "gold ingot" / itemName24
    - original translation : 괴금
    - mistyped, non-existing word

    Example 2. "inspecting mirrors is a job i*could easily see myself doing" / dialogueEngineer6
    - original translation: "거울을 확인하는 일은 나 자신이 무엇을 하고 있는지 쉽게 볼 수 있는 일이야."
    -> means " looking at the mirror is an easy way to see what I'm doing right now (or what my gesture I'm making)"
    - I thought the meaning of the translation is a little bit different.


    Example 3. / "have one of each gem*in your inventory" / featDesc3
    - original translation: "가방에 보석을 종류별로 하나씩 가지고 있는다"
    - The verb tense is incorrect.

    Example 4. " I need to ask you for*a very small donation..." / dialogueFairyQueen2
    - original translation: "네게 아주 소정의 후원을 청하고자 한다…"
    - the wording of this sentence is very awkward and doesn't make sense...

    Example 5. "itemName186~194", "statDesc0~3", etc.
    - I'm not too sure whether there was a technical reason for it or not, but I found some incomplete sections, so I translated them.


    Again, I just wanted to share this with you as a support and did not mean to hurt anyone's feeling and you don't have use my suggestions! (I hope one day you can upgrade the language support function so that it won't take away from the pleasant gaming experience. - I would remove this sentence)


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    I wanted to write this email in a polite and respectful manner and do not want to offend or hurt anyone's feeling. Plus, I'm worried about my grammar as always. Could you help me, please?


    This email seems fine. There is nothing to find offense about in this email except possibly the last sentence which I highlighted in red.  I just fixed some of the small grammatical mistakes and made the email flow better. If you want to know the reasoning behind the changes I made or have any other questions just let me know.

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    February 14, 2019
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    Writing with three vocabularies, Ritual, Convince and Confined

    Hello

    Could you please give me some advice on the below sentence

    나도 그 의식 같은 행동이 의심스러운거 알아요 하지만 당신의 권한이 제한되어 있어서 그가 거짓말을 하고 있는게 확실하다고 말하는건 좀 어려울 것 같아요

    나도 그 의식 같은 행동이 의심스러운거 알아요 - I also know that his ritual-like? actions are suspicious - Deliberate makes more sense than "ritual-like"

    하지만 - but

     당신의 권한이 제한되어 있어서 - Your authority is limited, so

    그가 거짓말을 하고 있는게 확실하다고 말하는건 - to say that it is definitely a lie

    좀 어려울 것 같아요 - would be difficult.


    (this sentence is vague because I don't know WHO is saying that it is a lie. Is it the person speaking or is it "you")


    If you have any questions please let me know.

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    February 7, 2019
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    My Work? No, Your Work!

    Is there a word or idiom in English that describes the following unpleasant situation?

    -- This clarifies the meaning.

    Somebody at work gives you a job that you decide is not exactly in your work boundary your responsibility and which makes it looks seem like they just want to toss it away to someone else and you are an easy target. the hunt.

    -- This is still a little bit awkward because this isn't really describing a "situation", it is describing a person. If we were to describe the "situation, you would say:

    A job is given to you at work even though it is not your responsibility, which makes it seem like the person who gave you the task is simply trying to pass it on to someone else and you seem like an easy target.

    Since they don't want to be bothered the bother of handling it by themselves or to be involved in the first place, they are looking for find someone else to undertake it instead of them.

    -- "are looking" is present progressive. This would work if the previous sentence you had said, "Somebody at work is TRYING to give you..." 

    Those kinds of The work are likely to entails many a lot of chores, but less provides little credit for them.

    -- You sentence was not bad, just inefficient.

    If a company has their system set up poorly in regards to regarding job descriptions and the work boundaries are blurry, the employees may experience this quite often.


    Great job. The term used for this situation is "Passing the buck"

    If you have any questions please let me know.


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    January 30, 2019
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    What To Do

    1. It's really cold this morning, so I'm studying with English (on an app/ on my phone) (while laying) in my bed.

    --They are fine as separate sentences, but it is more natural to combine them..

    2. When my mom wakes up, I'll have breakfast. - ok

    3. There are some places that I am planning (to go/on going) to with my mom today.

    -- "Planned" makes it seem like you will no longer be doing that. 

    4. First, we will go to a health clinic, then the bank, and then the theater!

    -- Remember that sentences need verbs.

    5. Did you know that the last Wednesday of every month in Korea is called a "Culture Day"?

    -- "Called" is ok, but it seems like it is not official. It is merely what people "say" about the day. 

    6. On this day, you can get a huge discount on movies, plays, museums, etc.

    7. I'll go see a movie with mom for half the price! Hehe


    Good job, if you have any questions let me know. ^^

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    January 29, 2019
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    Today's practise

    1. Don't pick at your food. It messes up my appetite.

      ------- This doesn't make sense.  Who is the subject?


    2. I am just picking out the (a) good avocado(s) out of all.

    ------ If you use (the avocado) it means there is EXACTLY one good avocado. If you are picking one avocado use (a). 

    3. I am picking up my laundry.

    ____ Laundry is singular.

    4. Have you been Were you picked on when you were young?

    ------- (have you) means until now.  "When you were young" is not until now, so you need to use "were"

    Have you ever been picked on. 

    5. It's not easy to pick out (the/a) one has a good quality one among them.

    Something IS good quality, it doesn't have good quality.  "the" means only one is good quality


    6. I picked out the one which looked the best (out of all of them) (you don't need it).


    7. You are picking up English quickly

    8. why are you picking up on me?


    9. He always picks off the onions from in his sandwiches.

    10. I am going to pick her up.


    Good job.

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    December 12, 2017
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    agricultural training program

    The province of Gyeongsangbuk-do extends an invitation to Romanian agricultural trainees. - "You have to invite someone 'to' something."   
    The province of Gyeongsangbuk-do invited Romanian agricultural trainees who had 'previously?' visited the province of Gyeongsangbuk-do to learn advanced agricultural technology. The nine persons of Romanian agricultural trainees were planning on came to run benchmarks to test the province's agricultural policy and the state of its high-technology of agriculture such as including the cultivation and processing of beans and sweet potatoes which they are were interested in.


    <2016 Gyeongsangbuk-do Agricultural Training Program> is an invitational training program that is hosted by Gyeongsangbuk-do and run by the Institute of International Research and Development at the University (of ____________). Individual programs was progressed with the were designed for persons people concerned with agriculture from the three countries - Romania, Cambodia and Mongolia. Each program ran for 7 days for each programs and were held from July to October. Those three The groups commonly had a meeting at the province of in Gyeongsangbuk-do, and visited some places such as the birthplace of the Saemaul movement in Cheongdo and Hahoe Village in Andong. The welcome ceremony and completion ceremony were held in the university, and there was a Korean traditional music performance in at each welcome ceremony. Each trainee group visited several a different place based on their interest. The Romanian trainee group took field trips to a sweet potato field, a processing plant, and two different tofu plants in Andong because they are interested in beans, tofu and sweet potato cultivation and processing. The Cambodian group visited the mushroom plant 'Green Peace' in Cheongdo and also went to three agricultural technology centers in Chilgok, Gunwi and Uiseong. The Mongolian group, who was interested in livestock raising, visited two goat ranches in Mungyeong and Chupungryung. They also went to a pig farm, an oriental melon farm and the plant factory 'Bioworks' so that they could be initiated in order to more fully grasp advanced agricultural technologies.


    Notes: to be honest...this is quite confusing. Without context it is hard for me to decipher the meaning of a lot of the sentences, so I might have changed the meaning on accident. If you want any clarification on why I made any of the changes please let me know.

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    November 16, 2016
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    This is for a poster for my foreign friends.


    Hi~! 안녕하세요! I'm Minjung from Cheonan City Hall. Nice to meet you :)


    They have the A lot of trouble by many foreign friends.

    Many foreigners have difficulties living in Korea.


    Although they have live in Korea and seem to be living well, it's hard speaking and studying the Korean language.

    Do you ever think:

    "I'm not sure how I'd like to know to learn more about Korean culture."
    or 
    "I want to meet lots of locals (Korean friends) friends because I am lonely by myself ..."
    or
    "I need friends to help about it's have difficulty ease the burden of living in Korea."

    I heard I wish I could get much of that. - (I don't understand this)

    If you feel this way and are curious about what you can do, call me :)


    Notes:


    Good work.  I didn't understand exactly what you were trying to say in some of the sentences, so I may have changed them to mean something different than what you meant. If you have any questions please let me know.

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    November 16, 2016
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    [Day 06] Dear Diary.

    1.

    300 project stands for columns which is 100 interviews and 100 books.

    The term "300 Project" stands for the amount of columns that will be written: 100 interviews, 100 book (reviews/ synopsis)?, and (?).

        b. You need "amount"  because I can't see a connection between "300 and column". But I can see a connection between "300 and amount"

        a. This sentence is still confusing though, because 100 + 100 is 200...

        b. an interview can be a "column", but a book cannot be a "column", so you need to be more specific.

        c. Also, you should write the medium, otherwise it is still ambiguous.  Is is a magazine column, a column on an internet blog, a newspaper column?


    Today was my first day to interview somebody for 300 project.

        a. This sentence feels awkward because in English we would most likely call it "The 300 Project".  But if it is called simply "300 project", it is correct to say it like that.


    What a History!

        a. You could say this in a pair of ways, but they are all kind of old fashioned: "We are making history" or "history is being made". But it would be much more natural to simply say, "I am so excited"


    2.

    I'm gonna write this my English diary on my blog (this site?).

        a. This sentence makes it seem like you blog on a different website, but you don't put the link of the other website, so it is strange. It has the nuance that the people reading already know about your blog.  

        b. Sharing especially has the nuance of putting it two places.

        c. "this" -->  you have already written "this" diary entry, so it is awkward to write this after "gonna"


    It is quite embarrassing, but I want to build up my effort for learning the English.

        a.  It is better if you elucidate what exactly is embarrassing. For example: "It is quite embarrassing to show other people the mistakes I make,..." 

    "build up my effort" --> This doesn't make sense.  I think the phrase you are looking for is an idiom: "gain traction" or "pick up steam". but I really want my quest to learn English to "gain some traction/ pick up steam".  You could extend the metaphor in this sentence actually and write:

        a. It is quite embarrassing to show other people the mistakes I make, but recently I have felt like I am spinning my wheels and writing in English everyday may help me start gaining traction.

        b. The image conveyed by the sentence is one of "learning english" as being a car, but it is stuck in the mud and "spinning its wheels".  If you "gain traction" you start moving again.  Does it makes sense?

    Let me know if you have any questions ^^

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    November 2, 2016
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    [Day 05] Dear Diary.

    1.

    I went to an open lecture at Kunguk University.
    It was held by Samsung and it was about "hyper-connected society".
    They told us an example An example they told us of hyper connected society is Samsung's new refrigerator which is called "Family hub", which has a monitor on the its door. I thought it is would be totally useless for me to have a monitor on the door of my refrigerator, but they gave sensible reasons for why it could be useful.

    2.

    After the lecture, I ate Korean BBQ.
    I was worried about that it was eating such heavy food so late at night, but It was so delicious so I'm not going to worry about it. I assumed am just going to think of it as a high calorie diet......:)


    Notes:

    This diary is much better!  A lot of the changes I made in this are actually just to make your sentences flow better, not because your sentences are grammatically wrong.


    1. They told us an example: The way I wrote it is extremely explicit, but you could just as easily write: "they gave us the example of...."

    We often use "give an example".  But you have to use "the" because you are referring back to "hyper connected society". 

    2. about that --> "about that because": you could say this, but it is still a little bit ambiguous.


    Good work again!

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    November 1, 2016
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    [Day 04] Dear Diary.

    1.

    I had Taiwanese Ramen.
    It remind me a travel when I visited Taiwan this summer. 1

    2.

    I registered Phone English.2 I hope this will be helpful for improving English interview skills for my future career.


    Notes:

    1.  You could say this sentence in a few different ways, but not like that for a few reasons:

        a. Remind --> reminded: You "had" ramen, which was in the past, so you should be consistent with your tenses

        b. reminded me a --> reminded me of

        c. travel --> travelling/ a  trip: travel is a verb (normally), so you should conjugate it as such.  

    So, you could write this sentence

        A. It reminded me of a trip I took to Taiwan this summer.

        B.  It reminded me of traveling to Taiwan this summer.

        C. It reminded me of traveling as I visited Taiwan this summer. 

    A and B mean the same things, while the meaning of C is different. I would normally say that A is more common than B and sounds more natural.


    2. I registered Phone English. 

    I actually don't understand what you mean by this? Is Phone English a program? Did you just change the language in your phone? If my assumption that it is a program of some sorts, I would write:

     A. I registered for an English practice program called "Phone English"


    Keep up the good work on your journals!  Let me know if you are confused about anything or need any help ^^

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    November 1, 2016
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