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Subject:The Register Collecting Bad Doc Excerpts From:Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:52:50 +1100
IT news site The Register has posted some
examples of incomprehensible English in the
doc for a USB drive, and has asked readers
to send in their own examples:
"We hasten to add that our own personal language-
translation skills would leave us helpless in China,
Singapore, or Middle-Earth, but it does seem in this
global economy the services of a proofreader might
rate a bit higher on a manufacturer's priority list.
-- Janice
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