Re: [wg-review] Multilingualism
I like the similarities with UN and other international bodies. May I suggest we just remember that polititians, diplomats and lawers usually fill the interpretation gaps of documents produced by these bodies, in general with a high correlation between original document ambiguity and volume of conflict or litigation... Technical documents in English-only should reduce some entropy, if written in a plain simple (not elegant prose, just effective communicational English) language with a tone that respects cultural diversities (not just language). P.S. Yes I probably have typos and grammar errors because my English is not mother tongue, hope U get the point anyhow. George Chiesa <Chiesa@dotNSF.com> Disclaimers: "dotNSF" is a TradeMark of dotNSF, Inc. - © MM [Copyright 2000] dotNSF, Inc. All Rights Reserved (-: and we do mean it:-) // "s p a m ": please do not add this e-mail to any mailing lists for any purpose (unless we have asked you), nor tell/sell our e-mail to anybody. Anti-Virus: While best efforts are made on this end, recipient/s of this message is/are responsible for suitability-for-purpose and contents-checking specifically including virus-checking. // Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. Finally: "It's about business, not just technology."
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