How do you like this Japanese translation?

PersonalityType · 25 Aug 2013

Hi there!
My website features a personality test that I've just had translated into Japanese by a translator I hired on Elance. I have no way of checking the quality of translation so I'm hoping to run it by some Japanese speakers to hear what you think. Specifically I'm wondering whether the questions and answers sound good in Japanese or if there is anything that sounds strange / wrong. It's a fun little quiz so I hope someone here might enjoy checking it out!
Here it is.
Looking forward to any feedback!

Toritoribe · 26 Aug 2013

enough understandable but rather stiff and translationese-like

FrustratedDave · 26 Aug 2013

Yeah, I am with Toritoribe.

PersonalityType · 26 Aug 2013

FrustratedDave said:
Yeah, I am with Toritoribe.

Thanks for your feedback, Toritoribe and FrustratedDave! I really appreciate it!

It is of course disappointing to hear that it sounds stiff and translationese-like. I'd like to gauge the seriousness of the problem: Do you think the language would prevent you from completing the quiz if you came across it organically? Let's say you went searching for a test like this and this one came up in the search results - would you complete it, or would the language turn you off?

Toritoribe · 27 Aug 2013

Hmm, I wouldn't complete it, since it seems untrustworthy.

FrustratedDave · 27 Aug 2013

I have problems with the way the questions are laid out and some of the choices are worded strangely. I would also be including a none of the above , but that probably will screw with your intended results.

BTW, Japanese is not my first language, but I work everyday making and reading documents that deal with laws in the health system here in Japan.

How do you like this Japanese translation?

PersonalityType

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Toritoribe

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FrustratedDave

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PersonalityType

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Toritoribe

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FrustratedDave

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