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Re: The black box problem (was Re: Reviewers for localized materials - are they required?)

Subject: Re: The black box problem (was Re: Reviewers for localized materials - are they required?)
From: "Martin Bosworth" <martinhbosworth -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 10:36:31 -0400

Dick,

On that we do agree. We make unrealistic expectations at every level
and then wonder why they can't be met. :) Well put.

Martin

While I don't disagree with your assessment of the current state of
in-office relationships, I was on a different point, one involving basic
human psychology. If we don't actually see (with our eyes) or hear (with
our ears) other human beings working on our account, we seem to presume
there's an infallible machine doing the work. Intellectually, we can
know that there is not yet such a machine (as in the case of
translation), but emotionally we nonetheless believe in its existence
(the brochure implied as much even though it didn't say so explicitly).

I think this is hard-wired and so we need to be on guard against it.
That's all I was getting at.

Dick




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References:
Reviewers for localized materials - are they required?: From: Localization Question
The black box problem (was Re: Reviewers for localized materials - are they required?): From: Dick Margulis
Re: The black box problem (was Re: Reviewers for localized materials - are they required?): From: Martin Bosworth
Re: The black box problem (was Re: Reviewers for localized materials - are they required?): From: Dick Margulis

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