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I meant to say that I'd be on the horn directly with the localization
company to clarify my expectations with respect to their analysis of my
writing. I'm not saying I'd pull out of a signed contract over something
that minor but I would certainly express my displeasure.
Mike
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Posada" <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>; "Janice Gelb" <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>;
<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear"
>> If a localization company ever gave me any crap over
>> something like my usage of the word display, I'd have 'em
>> on the horn immediately... I wouldn't
>> bother with the contracts department.
>
> Sorry, Mike...I didn't read that into the message. What I read was
> two parties not in perfect understanding with each other. When that
> happens, ya work it out...you don't jetison hours and hours of time
> that it took to get to that point.
>
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
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