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Friday, September 16, 2005

Owner's Manual.

#0CDC99

An owner's manual written for a specific product manufactured in a non-English speaking country can sometimes confuse an English reader.

Certain words directly translated, may not exist in the English language, nor be in the proper context.
Example 1:

"Do not bang on Steering Wheel as Airbag may be ejected." In other words, the driver will eject the Airbag out of the car...by banging the horn on the Steering Wheel. ` l.o.l.
Example 2:

"If you turn the dial more hardly, it will caused malfunctions." In other words, the harder the dial is turned, the more problems would have already (Past Tense) happened.

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Nintendo's Mario Brothers...
Where was the mushroom princess?
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Yes, Yes, write the entire closing credits in Japanese and expect the whole world to understand.
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I was searching for the 0-100km specs on Perodua MyVi's website. Couldn't find it under "Performance" nor "Specifications". Perhaps they didn't think it was an important feature to include and therefore, simply felt they should omit it.

(Or perhaps they forgot?? Manalah tahu? Tapi sayanglah ...orangramai nak baca tentang "the acceleration of the vehicle"...tapi tak nampak pun. Jadi, terpaksalah buat "test drive" baru tahu 'camana.)
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Keyword: Presentation.

A poorly written owner's manual (physical book or online) can sometimes be of more trouble, than help.

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