Re: How to deal with incorrect editing

Subject: Re: How to deal with incorrect editing
From: Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:04:41 -0800 (PST)


> Poor grammar is costlier to
> translate and can lead to unintelligible results in
> other languages.

Not exactly. Translation gets into issues that go
beyond grammar alone. You can write a grammatically
perfect sentence and still have a mess on the
translation side if you include idioms,
colloquialisms, metaphors, and other such
grammatically-safe conventions.

> Perhaps obsession with grammar at an extreme level
> can be as dismaying as
> font fondling, but attention to grammar ensures that
> concepts are
> communicated clearly, concisely, and completely.

But not the 4th "C"... "Correctly".

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(because life is too short to be inept)

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immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart

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