"Appears" vs. "will appear"
Janice Gelb
janice.gelb at sun.com
Thu May 3 17:03:01 MDT 2007
Mike Starr wrote:
> I'd suggest if your localization vendor has a problem with the common
> usage of a term, it's time to seek a more qualified localization vendor.
> If you were using machine translation, I could understand adopting a
> "single use for all terms" approach but real translators ought to be
> able to read a sentence and understand easily from context that I'm not
> talking about LCD or CRT displays. As far as I'm concerned, any
> translator who expresses difficulty with something as easy as this is
> incompetent.
>
We take all localization objections as applying
not only to translators but also people reading
our documentation who have English as a second
language. If it's a red flag for the translators,
it's probably potentially going to confuse ESL
readers as well.
-- Janice
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