Re: FLASH: Interesting site to check out ******

[Tom Green]

"Williams, Marcus" wrote:


> Hmmm interesting thought.

> "If they're going to speak to me in English, they'd better do it

> correctly..."

>

> A teacher is most likely the weak link here. Not the designer him or

> herself. When we learn German, Spanish or anything else, we learn this

> really crappy, half-ass version of the real language. If one plans to become

> fluent in any language, one MUST live in that specific country for a while

> and they will realize that what they were taught is garbage. The teachers

> themselves are from that nationality.....not from an English speaking

> background.


Hillman Curtis ,when he did the HP site intro, explained that he had the

offices in the countries where it would appear, send the text as "Outlines" in

Illustrator to him. he wanted to be sure he got it right.


Again, there is no excuse for that sort of thing. Still, it is a never ending

source of amusement for me to read some of the labels from products produced in

China and printed in English. Sometimes, you just gotta cut them some slack. I

am sure the Chinese have just as big a laugh when we shoot stuff over there.



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