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I have seen two major ways to present the
same information in multiple languages, and
am wondering what non-native English speakers
prefer, as opposed to a native English speaker.
It's a quick installation guide for installing
a computer interface card that currently has
an image at the top, and one paragraph in
several languages below.
This forces every user to flip through the
document for each step of the process.
Would grouping all of the instructions for
each language together be a better way to
present the same information? This way the
user can go the language of choice and see
all of the instructions on one page.
Doing it this way would involve duplicating
the graphics for each language page, but
that's the writer's problem, not the user's.
I would personally prefer to go to the
page in English, and just use that single
page, rather than page through the doc.
What would you prefer, and why?
CB
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