Re: Translation of on-screen menus

[wanda <wanda -dot- jane -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Like some of the other answers you've gotten, we minimize the screen 
shots we use in our manuals. When we do use screen shots, we tend to use 
either language-independent screen images or we blur the language 
elements (both to reduce the translation costs and to highlight the 
state we're describing). We list controls using a 3-column table with 
links to a glossary.
It's not just the cost of translation but of the follow-up DTP to get 
the language content looking good enough to use.
Wanda

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