Re: Software Assurance raises prize 180 %

From: Leo Saguisag (Borland) ("Leo)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: 23 Oct 2004 16:37:59 -0700

Ben Hochstrasser wrote:

> Now - German being my native language - I sometimes cannot make heads
> or tails out of a German error message - the message is okay, but the
> technical terms often come from a dictionary no one uses any more. ;-)
>
> (I had similar fights with my former employer's translators...)

A common issue with translations is that people seldom agree on what is
a "proper" translation. I think that is why Microsoft publishes a
localization glossary of "proper" translations of technical terms on
the GlobalDev site:

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/glosshome.mspx 

-- 
Leo Saguisag
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