A long translation of our how-to's and repair guide would be extremely useful. I don't speak any more than a smattering of spanish, but we have a lot of translators around that do. Nicholas, do you know any translators? We can always use more :D<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Nicholas Bodley <<a href="mailto:nbodley@speakeasy.net">nbodley@speakeasy.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Organizations with the resources sometimes provide exploded (that's the<br>
term) diagrams of their products, with callouts for each part, and dashed<br>
lies showing how parts fit together, usually by showing which screw holes<br>
line up.<br>
<br>
Digital photography has simplified preparing the illustrations, *perhaps*,<br>
but, in any event, preparing these diagrams must be quite labor-intensive,<br>
and I doubt that even AUTOCAD can create these (but am prepared to be<br>
surprised).<br>
<br>
I've scanned the parts lists, and think it's likely that some descriptions<br>
are not self-explanatory. ("Oh, so *that's* what they call it!") No need<br>
to stress the possibility of ordering the wrong part. (For the electronics<br>
people, a 1N4000 diode is not a member of the 1N4001 series, as we learned<br>
decades ago. It's not a generally-useful part.)<br>
<br>
=+=<br>
<br>
What about translations of parts lists? Should we presume that anyone<br>
using them has some knowledge of English? Translating requires technical<br>
knowledge, as well as linguistic. Again, not a quick task.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Nicholas Bodley<br>
Waltham, Mass.<br>
The USA is deporting its own citizens:<br>
The Nation. June 23, 2008, P. 20<br>
(Apparently not online :( )<br>
<br>
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