Unnatural text

[cheshire]

http://www.ilt.saga-u.ac.jp/intercoh2005/travel/NAGASAKI.HTM

There are two national parks, two quasi-national parks and six prefectural natural parks.

Isn't "quasi-national parks" strange?

Nagasaki prefectural government is about 25 times as wide as the land area of Nagasaki Prefecture, which is as wide as the total land area of Kyusyu.

Shouldn't it be "large"?

I found the entire text to be unnatural, but can't say why. Could anyone point them out and correct it?

 

[Hockey13]

In the first one, I don't know what they mean by a "quasi-national park," but it could mean a national park that isn't really a national park, or something along those lines.

For the second, a land area can be 25 times wider than another if they are simply talking about the length from one side to another, but the second part of the sentence seems to contradict that statement as width and area are measured in two different units. Something can't be as wide (meters) as something else is in total area (meters-squared). Again, I don't know precisely what they're trying to say, so I can't really fix it.

 

[cheshire]

Thanks Hockey,
I think it was supposed to mean "semi-national parks."

 

[Dimcl]

Thanks Hockey,
I think it was supposed to mean "semi-national parks."

No, I would stick with "quasi", Cheshire. "Quasi" means resembling or having a likeness to something and I could see this in the context of a park that is like a national park. "Semi" means "half" (or "partial") and doesn't work as well in this context.

 

[Hockey13]

No, I would stick with "quasi", Cheshire. "Quasi" means resembling or having a likeness to something and I could see this in the context of a park that is like a national park. "Semi" means "half" (or "partial") and doesn't work as well in this context.

I agree, unless there is a size distinction in the governmental law that states the difference between a full national park and a semi-national park. It should be noted that I've never heard either of these words used before.