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Re: Screen captures in multiple lanaguages or just in English? was, "RE: Examples of Minimalist Writing"
Subject:Re: Screen captures in multiple lanaguages or just in English? was, "RE: Examples of Minimalist Writing" From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:55:52 -0700
What's the advantage of a bitmap over typing the button text and
giving it a distinctive style so that the translators would know to
leave it in English?
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> The case that comes most immediately to mind (since In Leonard's description the
> button screencaps are in English in all versions of the docs) is one in which
> docs are being translated but the actual UI is not. This is a fairly common
> occurrence in many industrial, scientific and other environments where English
> is the "standard" even for users in non-English-speaking countries.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Lauriston" <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
>>Is there any situation where placing a picture of a button is more
>>useful than simply typing the text (which is much faster and cheaper
>>to translate)?
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