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Thread #68366   Message #2742640
Posted By: HuwG
10-Oct-09 - 03:56 AM
Thread Name: BS: bad translations
Subject: RE: BS: bad translations
I have worked on a number of computer projects where the language tables for the core product was professionally translated but the unfortunate developers had to provide the translations for new features themselves.

I don't know what the marketing people who boasted of their command of foreign languages were doing, but it was certain they never dared handle translation tables.

I contrived to tell users of an ATM that "Your card has breathed out". Well, the dictionary gave that word for "expired".