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Hi all,

I'm a translator for mobile applications.

Which sentences below is correct?

iPhones are in our hands and we are ready run them to grasp your applications. Or
iPhones are in our hands and we are ready to run them to grasp your application.

Thanks in advance,
M

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Neither of them makes any sense, mitsuwao-- we don't 'run' phones and we don't 'grasp' applications.  However, the grammar of the 2nd is the right grammar.

Mitsuo23 · Answer

Hi, thanks for the reply.

So what are the proper words? iPhone is actually not a phone. It's a mobile PC so I believe that "run them" are correct.

BTW, sorry, the entire sentence was:

iPhones are in our hands and we are ready to run them to grasp your applications and descriptions.

Thanks for you help,
M.

Mister Micawber · Answer

I'm sorry, mitsuwao, but the sentence is so meaningless to me that I don't know what the intention is.  I have an iPhone, and it is a phone and is not 'run', even though it has other apps.  But why would you operate or use them for someone else?  And I have no idea what you mean by 'in our hands',  'grasp', or 'descriptions'.

Mitsuo23 · Answer

Hi,
It seems I needed to describe a bit more. As I said, I'm a translator for mobile application, and now making a website for my business. And I was going to put the writing on the site. I mostly translate iPhone Apps and the descriptions on iTunes Store.

The actual text was:
As we do for all the iPhone developers, Android phones are in our hands and we are ready to run them to grasp your applications and descriptions. Nuance and tone should never be underestimated.

What I'm trying to emphasize is that I actually review the text using the mobile devices, while many other translation services translate it from a text file. And I believe that the text should not be translated from the pale file, because some of the words cannot be translated accurately if the translator does not try the app and understand how actually those words are being used.

Does it still make no sense?
M.

Mister Micawber · Answer

It still makes no sense, and certainly does not reveal what you do.

As we do for all iPhone developers, we ensure that Android phones accurately convey your applications and their texts-- every nuance and tone.

Mitsuo23 · Answer

Ok, thanks. I think I should rewrite it from scratch.

Thanks for you time.
M.

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