Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Thomas Hackert wrote:
Hello all,
during my translation of the FAQs I found in the Uninstalling.html
under "How do I uninstall OpenOffice.org?" in the Windows part this:
<quote>
However if you are removing OpenOffice.org because when you now try
to open .doc files OpenOffice.org is used instead of MSWord, then you
should really look at the FAQ for "File associations" as that
explains how to reassociate .doc files with MSWord again.
</quote>
I tried to translate this, but am not able to do it? Are there words
missing or is there a wrong order of words? Should it be
<quote>
However if you are removing OpenOffice.org then, when you now try to
open .doc files, OpenOffice.org is used instead of MSWord. If you do
not want this, you should really look at the FAQ for "File
associations" as that explains how to reassociate .doc files with
MSWord again.
</quote>
Am I right here? Could someone help me?
You understand correctly what the English version of that FAQ is
trying to say. Here is how I would write it:
"However, if you are removing OpenOffice.org because it is now opening
.doc files, and you do not want this to happen, please read the FAQ
for "File associations" as that explains how to make MSWord open .doc
files again."
I know that can be said much better, but that's the best I can do
right now.
My stab:
"Please note that if you want to stop OpenOffice.org from opening .doc
files, then you do not need to remove OpenOffice.org to accomplish that
goal. Please read the FAQ for "File associations", which explains how to
make .doc files open in MSWord instead of in OpenOffice.org."
BTW, I recently finished reading /The Elements of International English
Style: A Guide to Writing Correspondence, Reports, Technical Documents,
and Internet Pages for a Global Audience/," by Edmond H. Weiss,
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076561572X/103-5358363-6171837>. It is
written for native speakers of English ("E1s" as the author calls them)
who need to write for an audience that includes non-native speakers
("E2s"). It really raised my awareness of how often a "grammatical"
sentence can be confusing to a E2s, as this example illustrates. I will
add this book to the Resources list in "Writing OOo Guides".
--
Janet Swisher --- Senior Technical Writer
Enthought, Inc. http://www.enthought.com
