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Subject:Re: What to do??? From:"Brent P. Newhall" <me -at- other-space -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:55:47 -0500 (EST)
"Wade Courtney" <courtney -at- hsq -dot- com> wrote, in part:
> Some of the engineers
> are Russian and they have problems with their English.
> ...but my boss has given them instructions to not worry about grammar,
> spelling, or anything else because I will fix it. Editing these
> documents puts me on the edge of insanity and I have to take a break
> nearly every half a page. How can I tactfully handle telling my boss
> how I feel?
I'd do two things:
1) Approach your boss casually, even humorously. Tell him what you just
wrote to us that the spelling/grammar in these things are driving you up
the wall. Feel free to grin as you say it. Don't suggest any further
action; just see how he takes it. If he doesn't do anything about it, you
can re-visit the subject later. But treat this as a comment for now.
2) Sit down with each engineer and ask them to explain the most
incomprehensible bits of their writing. This will show them that somebody
does have to review their work, and that that person is having difficulty.
It's up to their own consciences how they react.
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