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July 18, 2006 1:37 AM

Can somebody translate this east-asian language spam for me?

So, I've been getting tons of east-asian (Japanese? Korean? Chinese?) language spam lately. Not being versed in any languages of the orient, I can't tell which language it is. GMail is horrible at catching them, so I get to see them fairly often. I was just curious what it's trying to sell me? (there's a link in the message, which I've redacted... I *think* it's some sort of investment-type site that it sends me to, but can't read whatever language it's in so I don't really know. If people want to see the site, I can provide it as well)

Subject: 소 득 가능한직장인이면 최고조건에 최고금액
Message:

인터넷 신/용대/출 1위 금/융/기/업

직장인 신용대출 ☞☞ 신청30분내 완료!

사업자 신용대출 ☞☞☞ 신청30분내 완료!

공무원 신용대출 ☞☞☞☞신청30분내 완료!

서비스문의 신청은 [여기]를 클릭하세요!!

posted by antifuse to Grab Bag (9 answers total)

Best answer: It's Korean, but I can't translate it well, and there are people on here who totally can.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 2:11 AM on July 18, 2006

Yes, it looks Korean. I can tell because of the circles.
posted by k8t at 4:52 AM on July 18, 2006 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Let's see what Bablefish says:

Subject: In the climax case which when is a smallness profitable possible sinecure wife's father highest amount of money

Message: The Internet shoes/the unit/1 place gold which it will dance/Yoong/the flag/Ub
Trust lending out which is a job application 30 smell of face powder completion!
Business owner trust lending out application 30 smell of face powder completion!
Government employee trust lending out application 30 smell of face powder completion!
The service meaning of a passage application [ here ] click! !

I hope that clears things up for you!
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 5:02 AM on July 18, 2006

Metafilter: Smell of face powder completion!
posted by emelenjr at 5:21 AM on July 18, 2006

Response by poster: Korean is really quite a poetic language. Wow.
posted by antifuse at 6:04 AM on July 18, 2006

"금/융/기/업"

Lazlo Hollyfeld : "Bablefish says:...Yoong/the flag/Ub"

I assume, since this is spam, that the "/" is just used to throw off spam detectors. Removing the /, I get "금융기업", which babelfish translates as "financial enterprise". In the same way, the "Internet/the shoes/it will dance" part turns into "trust lending out". So, until someone who actually knows Korean shows up, it looks pretty certain that this is a "low interest, easy to get loans!!" type email.
posted by Bugbread at 8:08 AM on July 18, 2006

Had a friend look at it here in Seoul & he says "it is for lending money". He wasn't in the mood to fully translate spam for me today, not surprisingly.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 7:28 PM on July 18, 2006

Best answer: Ok, so thanks to "sheenae" who doesn't have a mefi account, but left this as a comment on my blog (and here I was all excited thinking somebody liked my gig shots):

I don't have a MeFi account, so I couldn't post a comment there.

I'm a second generation Korean-American, so Korean wasn't my first language. This was the best that I could do:

Subject: 소 득 가능한직장인이면 최고조건에 최고금액
The best money for the best conditions if you are a low-earning worker

Message:

인터넷 신/용대/출 1위 금/융/기/업
internet loan first financial enterprise
직장인 신용대출 ☞☞ 신청30분내 완료!
Loans for workers >> Application complete in under 30 minutes!

사업자 신용대출 ☞☞☞ 신청30분내 완료!
Loans for business owners >>> Application complete in under 30 minutes!

공무원 신용대출 ☞☞☞☞신청30분내 완료!
Loans for government employees >>>> Application complete in under 30 minutes!

서비스문의 신청은 [여기]를 클릭하세요!!
To apply at the service door click [here]!!

"Application complete in under 30 minutes!" just doesn't have the same ring as "30 smell of face powder completion!" :P

Thanks "sheenae"!
posted by antifuse at 12:31 AM on July 19, 2006

And

FROM:
"Subject: The best money for the best conditions if you are a low-earning worker"

TO:
"Subject: In the climax case which when is a smallness profitable possible sinecure wife's father highest amount of money"

WOW....
posted by teapot at 10:42 AM on July 26, 2006