Re: Writing for Translation

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Bad translation can ruins anything. If your budget only permits bad 
translations, you're probably better off just not doing them. Overseas users 
tend to be more forgiving of having to read things from American companies in 
English than of bad translations into their own language.  They've been 
accustomed to dealing with American arrogance for generations, but incompetence 
grates no matter what your cultural experiences are.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
> Gene's not precisely correct here. A bad translation can ruin otherwise
> good usability.

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