Gibberish Translations

[Rubber Duck]

It is becoming increasingly clear to me that non-local speakers will not go for a domain with a Gibberish Translation. To me this is non-sensical, there will be many names out there that don't make much sense when thrown into Google or Systrans. To find good value domains I believe that IDNers are going to have to try to look past some of the gibberish translations and look at the real value of some of the "local concept" domains. Often these will be looked over in favour of transliterated English, which may make a lot more sense, but is comparatively often worthless.

[nimbus]

RD-
I recently read this:
"I'm no expert on Japanese, but won't this fail for some reasonable Japanese label strings? A Japanese text can have characters in several different scripts (including Latin)--I'd be surprised if no one in Japan tried for a domain name that used both Japanese and Latin characters in the same label."

I know this is off the subject, but has anyone tried this yet, and would it make sense?

Thanks........Mike

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by nimbus

RD-
I recently read this:
"I'm no expert on Japanese, but won't this fail for some reasonable Japanese label strings? A Japanese text can have characters in several different scripts (including Latin)--I'd be surprised if no one in Japan tried for a domain name that used both Japanese and Latin characters in the same label."

I know this is off the subject, but has anyone tried this yet, and would it make sense?

Thanks........Mike

I haven't personally, but there is no reason why they shouldn't work. The kinds of keywords I was talking about, however, are the ones that make perfect sense and are very commercial in Japanese, but when translated into English by an Automoton, don't make any sense to an English speaker from the US.

[thegenius1]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

It is becoming increasingly clear to me that non-local speakers will not go for a domain with a Gibberish Translation. To me this is non-sensical, there will be many names out there that don't make much sense when thrown into Google or Systrans. To find good value domains I believe that IDNers are going to have to try to look past some of the gibberish translations and look at the real value of some of the "local concept" domains. Often these will be looked over in favour of transliterated English, which may make a lot more sense, but is comparatively often worthless.

I have had this Epiphany duck , I agree