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wrote:
Mark & Juanita wrote:
I know and sympathize with those for whom a language is not their
first
language, but you would think a company with the resources Jet has
could
afford a proper translator or someone whose native language is one of
their
primary markets.

AMEN!!

Think of all the millions those guys have made.... would it be so
expensive to hire a native language speaker for their English speaking
market? That would take in Canada, USA, England, and so many other
countries that teach English as a second language.

It could be worse. I once worked for a company that budgeted
money to hire a translator for Indian patents...

Then they hired a consultant who told them what idiots they were.

Once did some well-paid work smoothing the English of translations from the
Russian of scientific articles. Machines are only slightly less effective
than people in making rough translations. I found myself consulting the
original as often as the translation.