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One can only speculate on how *desire* as a concept is
worrying translators preparing material for (eg) Moslem
countries.
Elaine
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On Sat, 24 Sep 1994, Lori Lathrop wrote:
> WandaJane -- Personally, I *choose* to leave *desire* to romance writers
> :-)
> Actually, my preference is for something like this: "Select <fill in the
> blank with the name of the option of icon> to <fill in the blank with a
> description of the task>." For example, "Select F1 to veiw online help."
> Lori Lathrop P.O. Box 808
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