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Subject:RE: in order to - and localization From:"Joe Malin" <jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com> To:"Fekete Robert" <frobert -at- balabit -dot- hu>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 23 May 2006 11:46:37 -0700
I was not going to presume that I knew Hungarian rules of grammar, much
less the techniques of rhetoric in the Hungarian language. I'm hardly
qualified to comment on Romance languages, even though I speak French
fluently!
The point is that a technical translation should not preserve the
original language at the expense of meaning.
Joe Malin
Technical Writer
(408)625-1623
jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com
www.tuvox.com
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necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc.
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Of Fekete Robert
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:32 AM
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Subject: Re: in order to - and localization
Both sentences would be fine for Hungarian translations as well. (Why
wouldn't they?)
Regards from Budapest,
Robert
Joe Malin wrote:
> Hmmm.
>
> For most European languages and their derivatives, I see no difference
> between the two. A translator who doesn't understand what "To change
> the color" is hard to imagine. I exclude Finnish and Hungarian from
this.
>
> Someone else will have to comment about CJVK and the Indian languages.
>
> Can you explain the context in which your coworker was taught this?
> I'm curious.
>
>
> Joe Malin
> Technical Writer
> (408)625-1623
> jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com
> www.tuvox.com
> The views expressed in this document are those of the sender, and do
not
> necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+jmalin=tuvox -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jmalin=tuvox -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
> Behalf Of Mary Dulin
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:23 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: in order to - and localization
>
> I was taught that using the phrase "in order to" in technical
> communication is bad, i.e., imprecise, wordy, unnecessary, and
> especially bad form when documents are to be translated.
>
> A co-worker was taught just the opposite - that especially in
> documents that will be translated, "in order to" is preferred, as the
> meaning comes across better when instructions are translated.
>
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