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FWIW: When I worked for a company that had its own translation center, we
were explicitly told not to use Latin terms like "etc." and "e.g." because
they caused translation problems. And I know of at least one language that
has its own abbreviations for this type of stuff.
--Heli
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Heli L. Roosild
helir -at- msmailhq -dot- netimage -dot- com
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>Vive versa is Latin, believe me, they'll understand it.
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