RE: American English to British English

Subject: RE: American English to British English
From: "Cindy K. Kight" <Cindy -dot- Kight -at- Marconi -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:40:50 -0700

> Are there any guidelines on how to convert a document with British English
> spelling to American English? It's probably not enough to just use the
> spell checker? Is there anything else I need to change?

Other points to check would be any reference to:

units of measurement - centimeters, meters, litres, etc.
geographic areas - provinces/states (not sure about English equivalents - I
deal with Canada/US issues)
dates - they list dates as dd-mm-yy instead of mm-dd-yy, so Americans seeing
a date of 25-07-01 could be confused

Also watch for unusual use of plurals - terms like 'checks printing' instead
of 'check printing' to describe tasks.

You may also need a good general edit to catch industry-specific terms.

Good luck!
Cindy Kight


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