Interview SuperM are a lingual mess (2 Viewers)

[maruberry]

So this is a great interview by SuperM, that I reccommend you read, it's really interesting... but one point stuck out to me!

When I first posed a question to Lucas via the Korean translator, there was a flurry of activity and laughter as the game plan was decided upon: First, Kai suggested in Korean that Lucas answer in Chinese, and Lucas turned with his ever-present smile to address a Chinese translator who was seated against the wall. Ten was then recruited to help from the other side of the room (“I will try, but my Chinese is not that great!” he chirped) and Lucas just leaned back in his rolling chair, swiveling his head around, and looking massively entertained by the commotion. In the end, Lucas gave his answer—with various interjections from Ten—to the Chinese translator, who relayed it to the Korean translator, who then gave it to me in English. It was like a game of multilingual hot potato.

So basically.. question gets asked in Korean from Lucas. Lucas answers in chinese, Ten is recruited to translate but his chinese is not that great, chinese answers gets translated to korean which gets translated to english...

I love a good mess like this!

PS: This be the interview

The SuperM Interview: Breaking Down the K-Pop Debut Group With the No. 1 Album in America

When K-pop super label SM Entertainment was deciding where to launch its new all-star boy band, it settled on an emerging growth market for the genre: the U.S. Now at the top of the Billboard charts, the group may have revealed a path for other Korean acts to follow.

www.theringer.com

 

[Administrator2]

How to get innacurate information 101.

 

[QueenB]

this takes the game of telephone to a whole new level

 

[dokyeomon]

All I can think about here is Ten.

A Thailand native of chinese ethnicity thrown into a korean group,then a chinese group,and then a group promoting in the US.

 

[Administrator2]

All I can think about here is Ten.

A Thailand native of chinese ethnicity thrown into a korean group,then a chinese group,and then a group promoting in the US.

+ he's hot

 

[dokyeomon]

+ he's hot

my favorite language.

 

[planetarium]

Lol, this is exactly why I enjoy watching videos of NCT struggling with language barriers.

Also reminds me of the times I had to explain something from my native language in English to my English speaking friends, but had to describe the pronunciation using Korean because it was way easier, lol.

Languages are weird.