I want to start by saying that I am a HUGE fan of aespa and they are my favorite female kpop group. I just have a question. I noticed that sometimes their pronunciation of certain English words can be wrong at times which obviously makes sense because Giselle is their only English speaker but thats where my question comes in. Having a native speaker, how come she doesn’t teach her group members proper pronunciation for words if their translator isn’t doing their job right? For example. I LOVE their newest song Dirty Work its so dope but I noticed some pronunciation mistakes. I don’t expect it to be perfect obviously but I noticed the simplest of mistakes that could have easily been corrected by either their translator or Giselle to just make it 100%. In Dirty Work when Ningning says “Sharp Teeth” she says “Sherp Teeth” and then Karina pronounces it “Sharp Tith” which is expected of people who don’t know the language but I think either the translator or Giselle could have easily been like “hey its pronounced this way” and nothing would have sounded off in the entire song. Instead Giselle goes and obviously pronounces everything perfectly in all of her songs while her group members are struggling with very minor pronunciation that can be easily corrected if just shown by someone like her. I don’t know I just feel like if I was a native english speaker like Giselle, I would guide my members to help make them sound as best as possible in their music/performances instead of watching them make a very simple mistake and let them make studio recordings and music videos that way knowing that I could have helped them correct these minor mistakes in a quick moment. Its literally a word its not like Giselle would have to tutor or go out of her way at all really to just correct this. I would be eternally grateful if I was her group members and she was able to help me correct simple pronunciation mistakes that would make me sound more legit you know? So what are your thoughts on this? Do the translators suck or do group members in kpop groups that are fluent in English like Giselle just dont help their other members?
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