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One of the requirements of a documentation set that i am planning at the
moment is that the documentation is easy to translate into languages other
than English. I've read about "restricted grammars" - limited
sets of usable words - that can be used to aid this process.
Please email me if you have:
- knowledge about restricted grammars (not sure about the term)
- an example restricted grammar or pointer to one
- any tips about preparing doco for translation
- translated documention before and can list things that would make your
job easier.
I will collect responses and post them back to the list.
Thanks,
Doug
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Doug Osborn | CiTR, Level 6, Gehrmann labs,
Technical writer | The University of Queensland,
InterNet: d -dot- osborn -at- citr -dot- uq -dot- oz -dot- au | St Lucia, Qld, Australia 4072.
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