Common English Mistakes in Press Releases by Cantonese Speakers

This page focuses on errors typically made by native Cantonese speakers from Hong Kong when writing a Press Release in English.

Mistake Example #1

Overuse of direct translations from Cantonese

For iImmediate rRelease,: ouWe’re companythris happylled to announce the grand opening of ournew flagship store in Central.! We hopwarmly invite everyone cato join us in comelebrating this exciting milestosupportne and give facetomeet our teamin person. Thise event wpromillses to be a memorabigle succoness,and we willthave many exclusitingve promotions and special offers available tor all cusatomterndees.

Text corrected by:
Gregg, Los Angeles, CA

"I made changes for it to sound a bit more natural, and for readability and flow."

For Immediate Release: We’re thrilled to announce the grand opening of our new flagship store in Central! We warmly invite everyone to join us in celebrating this exciting milestone and to meet our team in person. The event promises to be a memorable one, with exclusive promotions and special offers available to all attendees.

For immediate release, our company is happy to announce the grand opening of new flagship store in Central. We hope everyone can come to support and give face to our team. This event will be a big success, and we will have many exciting promotions for all customers.

Mistake Example #2

Confusion with countable vs. uncountable nouns ('She has much friends')

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hong Kong, October 15, 2023 – Tech Innovate Ltd. is excited to announce the launch of our new product line, which promises to bring much innovation to the industry. Our team has worked tirelessly to ensure that every detail is perfect, and we are confident that it will meet the needs of many customers. We have received mucha lot of feedback from our partners and are grateful for their support in making this launch a success.

Text corrected by:
Vince, United States

"I just replaced a word or two to make the English sound more natural. Great job!"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hong Kong, October 15, 2023 – Tech Innovate Ltd. is excited to announce the launch of our new product line, which promises to bring much innovation to the industry. Our team has worked tirelessly to ensure that every detail is perfect, and we are confident that it will meet the needs of many customers. We have received a lot of feedback from our partners and are grateful for their support in making this launch a success.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hong Kong, October 15, 2023 – Tech Innovate Ltd. is excited to announce the launch of our new product line, which promises to bring much innovation to the industry. Our team has worked tirelessly to ensure that every detail is perfect, and we are confident that it will meet the needs of many customers. We have received much feedback from our partners and are grateful for their support in making this launch a success.

Mistake Example #3

Overuse of 'very' to emphasize adjectives

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hong Kong, October 25, 2023 – We are veryso excited to announce the launch of our vebryand new product line, which is verhighly innovative and vquitery unique in the market. Our team has worked very hard to ensure that every detail is vabsoluterly perfect, and we arevery confident that our customers will find it veryappealing and veryuseful.

Text corrected by:
Gregg, Los Angeles, CA

"This needed some tweaking to reduce use of "very.""

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hong Kong, October 25, 2023 – We are so excited to announce the launch of our brand new product line, which is highly innovative and quite unique in the market. Our team has worked very hard to ensure that every detail is absolutely perfect, and we are confident that our customers will find it appealing and useful.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hong Kong, October 25, 2023 – We are very excited to announce the launch of our very new product line, which is very innovative and very unique in the market. Our team has worked very hard to ensure that every detail is very perfect, and we are very confident that our customers will find it very appealing and very useful.