True, non-english speakers may have problems with this and many other things. Typically, some help must be given in this case. Also, folks who are not computer savy will find it difficult. But if you knock off say 50% of the submissions to author formatting, it cuts the workload of a volunteer layout person a lot! So its still worth the effort!
We have tested author formatting a few times and then Vista replaced XP so we had to start all over writing the instructions! 2009/5/19 Hamazaki, Hamachan (DFG) <[email protected]>: > One snag with this is the language barrier for those writing papers in > their second or third language: English. > > I agree with Cara. > > I always submit manuscript after being edited by my native English speaker > co-workers and a professional editor. Even after those editing, journal > reviewers often put low on Readability Criteria, such as > > * Interest: Captures and holds readers' attention. > * Understandable: Uses easy-to-understand language and flows smoothly. > * Development: Appropriately sequences and constructs paragraphs and > sentences to support the central idea and conclusions. > * Mechanics: Uses acceptable standards of spelling and grammar. > > In my experience, most of my Native English speaking coworkers can correct > simple spelling and grammar errors. However, most of them can't correct > language flow smoothly, except for them rewriting the entire manuscript, > which they would not do. > > > Toshihide "Hamachan" Hamazaki, PhD : 濱崎俊秀：浜ちゃん > Alaska Department of Fish & Game > Division of Commercial Fisheries > 333 Raspberry Rd. Anchorage, Alaska 99518 > Ph: 907-267-2158 > Fax: 907-267-2442 > Cell: 907-440-9934 > E-mail: [email protected] > > CL wrote: > > One snag with this is the language barrier for those writing papers in > their second or third language: English. I'm working hard to get my > Taiwanese students to attend and follow directions, but it is an uphill > battle. Some authors are just going to need some help. > > CL > > malcolm McCallum wrote: > > we are > > working to shift most of the formatting to the authors, but this > > requires VERY GOOD directions! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Cara Lin Bridgman [email protected] > > P.O. Box 013 Shinjhuang http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin > Longjing Township http://www.BugDorm.com > Taichung County 43499 > Taiwan Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Associate Professor of Biology Texas A&M University-Texarkana Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology http://www.herpconbio.org http://www.twitter.com/herpconbio Fall Teaching Schedule & Office Hours: Landscape Ecology: T,R 10-11:40 pm Environmental Physiology: MW 1-2:40 pm Seminar: T 2:30-3:30pm Genetics: M 6-10pm Office Hours: M 3-6, T: 12-2, W: 3-4 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
