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| Where does all the weird Chinese component terminology come from? |
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| gnuarm:
It's not often you find good documentation of any sort. It's hard to write good documentation. Try it sometime. It's more work than engineering, for sure. |
| TimFox:
Literal translation does not give an idiomatic translation. Or, as the Italian saying goes, traduttore, traditore. |
| amyk:
I remember seeing in the catalog of a connector manufacturer, sections named "hermaphrodite", "lesbian", and "gay". |
| Bud:
--- Quote from: TimFox on November 05, 2022, 10:43:54 pm ---Literal translation does not give an idiomatic translation. Or, as the Italian saying goes, traduttore, traditore. --- End quote --- It was not about gramma or spelling, it was about the workflow of information in the manual. |
| Bud:
--- Quote from: gnuarm on November 05, 2022, 10:42:26 pm ---It's not often you find good documentation of any sort. It's hard to write good documentation. Try it sometime. It's more work than engineering, for sure. --- End quote --- Writing technical documentation is part of my daily job. Not all engineers want to do it, for sure. |
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