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Subject:Re: Humor 'n' more From:"Huber, Mike" <mrhuber -at- SOFTWARE -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 16 Jun 1998 15:46:16 -0400
A particular joke doesn't work in another culture. So your localization team
comes up with one that gets the same point across and does work in the other
culture. I guess it means you can't hire 'droids for your localization team.
Drat.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Burns [SMTP:BillDB -at- ILE -dot- COM]
>
> Humor may have its uses in informal technical documentation. However, in
> technical documentation that will be localized, it really isn't
> appropriate.
> In some cases it can be condescending or offensive.
>
