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Title: Key-wording for non english speaking people
Post by: shakirthow on September 16, 2018, 12:10

Hey Forum,

I think tagging/key wording takes most on my time (like 80%) and I think the main reason is English is my 3rd language. Anyone else been here? what are the techniques you guys use?

Title: Re: Key-wording for non english speaking people
Post by: Brasilnut on September 16, 2018, 14:50

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I think tagging/key wording takes most on my time (like 80%) and I think the main reason is English is my 3rd language. Anyone else been here? what are the techniques you guys use?

It is also mine and I spend longer doing it than I would like...

There's really no shortcuts, you need to "think like a buyer". Luckily there's plenty of software out there available such as keyword.io and Stocksubmitter-built in.

Worst case scenario, you can pay someone to keyword for you.

Good luck

Title: Re: Key-wording for non english speaking people
Post by: scribble on September 16, 2018, 21:39

English is my first language. However, if I had to keyword in another language, I would probably use Google's translator.  I have used it to translate Japanese documents, though the sentence structure appears to be somewhat mistranslated.  I just tried it with some individual words, translating them to Spanish, my second language and it worked well

Title: Re: Key-wording for non english speaking people
Post by: k_t_g on September 17, 2018, 22:24

Using those online translators is still iffy business. So they are not perfect.
Go look in http://www.engrish.com/  (http://www.engrish.com/)and you will have an idea of what happens.  :D

Title: Re: Key-wording for non english speaking people
Post by: Brasilnut on September 18, 2018, 05:24

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what are the techniques you guys use?

Doesn't quite answer the question but by improving your English (either by lessons or just reading/speaking more), you'll inevitably improve your vocabulary. Without a good grasp, no software will really be accurate.

Compared to most languages out there, English is relatively simple!

Title: Re: Key-wording for non english speaking people
Post by: ShadySue on September 18, 2018, 05:40

You could consider getting a visual bilingual dictionary from your language to English. Dorling Kindersley do a lot, but I'm sure there are others in the market.