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RE: Need Your Opinions re Simplified English (Can I quote you?)
Subject:RE: Need Your Opinions re Simplified English (Can I quote you?) From:"Jonathan West" <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 31 May 2002 11:10:41 +0100
> Having said that, I have often had to "translate" documents written by
> engineers and programmers. When I say "translate", the documents were
> written in English, but in a strange dialect I call "programmerese". In my
> experience, those who learned English in a foreign language class often
> write more clearly than those who learned English at their mother's knee.
This rather reminds me of one of Nixon's sayings
"I know you believe you understood what you thought I said. The problem is
that what I told you isn't what I meant."
Not a good situation when safety is an issue...
Regards
Jonathan West
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