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Subject:Re: Data a collective noun? From:Jeroen Hendrix <jhe -at- MEDIASYS -dot- NL> Date:Mon, 6 Jul 1998 10:42:41 +0100
>
> As an aside, I just installed a 56K modem by US Robotics and
absolutely
> loved the fold-out instructions. (Can't get the dang thing to actually
> _work_, but that's a different sort of problem.) My engineer
> cube-buddies had a chuckle when I waved the instructions around the
> office, saying, "They've got GOOD tech writers there!"
>
But terrible translators I'm afraid. I bought their 33k6 modem (I should
upgrade it to 56 soon) and the Dutch translation was appaling. I suspect
it was translated by a robot or by someone whose great grandmother was
Dutch and could remember some of her phrases. It was incomprehensible, I
actually had to switch to the English part which was quite good (I can't
recall a fold-out section) and surprise surprise: It worked right away!
Greetings,
Jeroen Hendrix
Technical Communications
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