>On Jul 26, 2004, at 4:51 AM, Gary? wrote:
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>>haven't you ever read a Japaneses appliance manual ?
>
>The manuals are fine. The problem was that the companies got
>incompetent translators to put them into English -- probably a
>company employee who claimed to know a little English.
I used to know a guy who did translations for Matsushita in the 80s. He'd render the manuals in perfect English, but his bosses would insist on "correcting" his work.
Doug