Re: Humor 'n' more

[Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- MARVIN -dot- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM>]

Max Wyss (prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch> wrote:
>
> Janice,
>>
>>With the amount of money it costs just to translate straight technical
>>text, I certainly wouldn't recommend adding the extra burden on the
>>translator (and thus extra time and cost to you) of trying to figure
>>out the probably culture-based humor, and then having to think of an
>>appropriate local equivalent.
>>
> it is a very cheap attitude when one complains about the cost of
> translation. IMHO, if providing adequate documentation to a certain
> language market is too expensive for a company, they better should not try
> to get into that market at all; they will not be successful. Well, unless
> their product is superior in some other ways (quality, features, price,
> etc.).
>

I was not complaining about the cost of translation. I was trying
to point out that the more straightforward the text you give the
translators, the more efficient your translation effort (and hence
time to translate and cost) will be.

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