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Similarly, translation of JDM installation instructions for current
year Toyota Prius upgrades.<br>
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Almost fifty years later, the same writers are still out there!
Still puzzling the English reader.<br>
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- Bob Mann, '68 2000 Solex<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/10/2016 12:56 AM, Gary McCormick
via Datsun-roadsters wrote:<br>
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<font size="+1"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I am
editing a technical paper which was either originally <font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">written</font> in <font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">J</font>apanese and
translated, by a native Japanese-speaker, into E<font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">nglish<font face="Times
New Roman, Times, serif">, </font>or written in English
by a native Japanese speaker -- I am not exactly sure which
-- and the fractured syntax reminds me <font face="Times
New Roman, Times, serif">very</font> much of th<font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">e t<font face="Times
New Roman, Times, serif">e<font face="Times New Roman,
Times, serif">xt in the factory repair manua<font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">l for my 1970
20<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">00
Roadster.<br>
<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I <font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">c<font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">an s<font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">ay
that <font face="Times New Roman, Times,
serif">while reading that factory manual
and puzzling out what <font face="Times
New Roman, Times, serif">the writer
really meant is kind of amusing
sometimes, having to re-cast <font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">the
text <font face="Times New Roman,
Times, serif">in this paper</font></font>
into <font face="Times New Roman,
Times, serif">p<font face="Times New
Roman, Times, serif">r<font
face="Times New Roman, Times,
serif">oper technical English is
a lot of work<font face="Times
New Roman, Times, serif">!<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman,
Times, serif">Gary <font
face="Times New Roman,
Times, serif">McCormick</font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman,
Times, serif">San Jose, CA<br>
<font face="Times New
Roman, Times, serif">1970
2000, SRL311-13291</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></blockquote>
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