Re: [PSES] Relaxation of test requirements

2019-08-24 Thread Gert Gremmen
Hi Charlie, I have no more inside information as you, i actually am an external consultant, working from home. In the eighties i was involved some time in a automated translation project, where each language was translated into Esperanto , before being translated into the target language.

Re: [PSES] Relaxation of test requirements

2019-08-24 Thread Charlie Blackham
Gert You may be able to shed some light on another possible issue related to this - which is how translations are done within the EU: I've heard that the 3 main languages are English, French and German, so if something is originally written in, say, Italian, it gets translated into one of the

Re: [PSES] Relaxation of test requirements

2019-08-24 Thread Gert Gremmen
That is why i am so interested in the Euro-English topic. Many/Some of these issues start by simple misunderstanding of the common language (English) used by people like me that are not natively speaking/writing/reading English. The lack of capabilities we all suffer of  (but for you lucky UK

Re: [PSES] Relaxation of test requirements

2019-08-24 Thread John Woodgate
Hello, Gert. I agree; it's all too easy for issues that have in fact been settled to grow into myths. Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only J M Woodgate and Associates www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK On 2019-08-24 12:32, Gert Gremmen wrote: John Nice to agree then. :-) The new

Re: [PSES] Relaxation of test requirements

2019-08-24 Thread Gert Gremmen
John Nice to agree then. :-) The new assessment system has needed fine tuning during quite a period, and some misunderstandings might have grown to the size of hoaxes. Gert On 24-8-2019 13:06, John Woodgate wrote: We disagree much less that you might think. I'll just pick up two points:

Re: [PSES] Relaxation of test requirements

2019-08-24 Thread John Woodgate
We disagree much less that you might think. I'll just pick up two points: /here are even hints that some legal people believe that every product of a given type, e.g electric fan, should have the same performance! / The hints aren't restricted to things that indeed are common, like safety

Re: [PSES] Relaxation of test requirements

2019-08-24 Thread Gert Gremmen
These very high standards (as you call it) are just part of the requirements as given in ER3, for example, and are being part of the current way the EU assesses standards in the current situation, where standards text have become part of law -so-to-say- . > /I can't understand why the court

Re: [PSES] Relaxation of test requirements

2019-08-24 Thread John Woodgate
I think this is another example of the high standard you set. Please see my responses below. Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only J M Woodgate and Associates www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK On 2019-08-24 09:29, Gert Gremmen wrote: The discussion on languages and grammar has

[PSES] Relaxation of test requirements

2019-08-24 Thread Gert Gremmen
The discussion on languages and grammar has been very useful. I would like your opinion and answers on the following standards clause, as found in a concept cited harmonised EMC product family standard: /If hardware or software are modified subsequent to the completion of the tests

Re: [PSES] Oxford comma

2019-08-24 Thread Gert Gremmen
Thank you Rich, Congrats with your IEEE medal, i am sure you merited it ! Thanks for the comma document. Gert Gremmen On 23-8-2019 20:34, Richard Nute wrote: The case of the missing Oxford comma. https://annhandley.com/oxford-comma/ The comma wasn’t missing; it was deliberately omitted