Need your help for a eng. to japanese translation please? Many thanks.
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Thx for your reply and your help.
I tried to translate them through google translator but i guess they're not all good. They are all taken from the website I will launch in Japan Wistiki on Strikingly :
Stop losing your things! - あなたの事を失う停止！
Best lost item tracker in Europe! - ヨーロッパのベスト遺失トラッカー！
Watch the Wistiki presentation video - [URL='http://wistikijp.strikingly.com/#wistiki-watch-the-wistiki-presentation-video']Wistikiプレゼンテーションビデオを見ま[/URL]
HOW DOES IT WORK - それはどのように動作します
Make your lost items ring and locate them using your smartphone or tablet thanks to Wistiki -
あなたの失われたアイテムリングを行い、Wistikiにスマートフォンやタブレットの感謝を使用してそれらを見つけます
ook or stick a Wistiki onto your belongings (keys, car, wallet, teddy,
etc). You can then use your smartphone to make the Wistiki ring and
locate it anywhere in the world.
And if it's your smartphone you're looking for, you can make it ring
by pressing the Wistiki ! Several Wistikis can be managed using the same
smartphone. -
フックや持ち物（キー、車、財布、テディベアにWistikiスティック、
など）。あなたはその後、Wistikiリングを作るためにあなたのスマートフォンを使用することができますし、
世界のどこかでそれを探します。
それはあなたが探しているスマートフォンだなら、あなたはそれリングすることができます
Wistikiを押して！いくつかのWistikisは同じものを使用して管理することができます
スマートフォン。
Join the great community of lost and found items. Leave us your email to get launch date. -
失われたアイテムの偉大なコミュニティに参加しましょう。開始日を得るためにあなたの電子メールを残します。
I tried to translate them through google translator but i guess they're not all good. They are all taken from the website I will launch in Japan Wistiki on Strikingly :
Stop losing your things! - あなたの事を失う停止！
Best lost item tracker in Europe! - ヨーロッパのベスト遺失トラッカー！
Watch the Wistiki presentation video - [URL='http://wistikijp.strikingly.com/#wistiki-watch-the-wistiki-presentation-video']Wistikiプレゼンテーションビデオを見ま[/URL]
HOW DOES IT WORK - それはどのように動作します
Make your lost items ring and locate them using your smartphone or tablet thanks to Wistiki -
あなたの失われたアイテムリングを行い、Wistikiにスマートフォンやタブレットの感謝を使用してそれらを見つけます
ook or stick a Wistiki onto your belongings (keys, car, wallet, teddy,
etc). You can then use your smartphone to make the Wistiki ring and
locate it anywhere in the world.
And if it's your smartphone you're looking for, you can make it ring
by pressing the Wistiki ! Several Wistikis can be managed using the same
smartphone. -
フックや持ち物（キー、車、財布、テディベアにWistikiスティック、
など）。あなたはその後、Wistikiリングを作るためにあなたのスマートフォンを使用することができますし、
世界のどこかでそれを探します。
それはあなたが探しているスマートフォンだなら、あなたはそれリングすることができます
Wistikiを押して！いくつかのWistikisは同じものを使用して管理することができます
スマートフォン。
Join the great community of lost and found items. Leave us your email to get launch date. -
失われたアイテムの偉大なコミュニティに参加しましょう。開始日を得るためにあなたの電子メールを残します。
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Yes, the automatic translation is pretty terrible. 
For example, "locate things using your smartphone thanks to Wistiki" was translated to "use the smartphone's gratitude to the Wistiki to find them". It barely makes sense at all, and the poor grammar doesn't help to make a good impression either.
Translating the website text won't be enough though. What about the presentation video? Better find someone who speaks Japanese fluently and naturally (preferably a native) to re-record the voiceover - or even better, redo the entire video using Japanese actors. What about the UI of the app itself? And since you're selling hardware, what about the forum/phone line where you'll be handling support and refunds? If you're going to handle all those things anyway, you might as well hire a professional for translating the website.
Finally, why would a Japanese visitor care that it's "the best lost item tracker in Europe"? It better be the best lost item tracker in *Japan*. (Which requires you to first verify that indeed, there is no existing Japanese product that is already better than yours).
For example, "locate things using your smartphone thanks to Wistiki" was translated to "use the smartphone's gratitude to the Wistiki to find them". It barely makes sense at all, and the poor grammar doesn't help to make a good impression either.Translating the website text won't be enough though. What about the presentation video? Better find someone who speaks Japanese fluently and naturally (preferably a native) to re-record the voiceover - or even better, redo the entire video using Japanese actors. What about the UI of the app itself? And since you're selling hardware, what about the forum/phone line where you'll be handling support and refunds? If you're going to handle all those things anyway, you might as well hire a professional for translating the website.
Finally, why would a Japanese visitor care that it's "the best lost item tracker in Europe"? It better be the best lost item tracker in *Japan*. (Which requires you to first verify that indeed, there is no existing Japanese product that is already better than yours).
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WonkoTheSane
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I don't know, the whole 'best in Europe' thing might be appealing. Certainly the concept has been used to good effect in the USA as a sales enticement, and quite a few Japanese people I've met have a similarly high opinion of products from Europe. Though both places it tends towards specific types of products, and I'm not sure tech is one of them.
Of course none of that matters without all the rest of what you pointed out.
Of course none of that matters without all the rest of what you pointed out.
