Hmm . . . I wonder if the phrase 'French fries' will be treated as French or English?
Pat Lawler EMC Engineer SL Power Electronics Corp. "McInturff, Gary" <[email protected]> wrote on 08/23/2011 02:19:35 PM: > Oh snap -(Mon Dieu mon Fromage!) I think I see goon squads heading > your way - mostly likely entry point is from Quebec, but I wouldn't > get near any planes, trains, or buses that arrive from France. They > recently have spent time and effort to weed out non-French words ( I > can't remember any specifically - cheeseburger maybe?) because they > are losing their heritage. So I'm not sure they are going to want to > hear that French is the new Latin. Run, my friend, run > In Canada - and I think all provinces not just Québec, French must > be first and more prominent than English and they pay people to check on it. > > (Yes I know Fromage is cheese not Friend - I'm just making sure no > language police think I'm on your side) > ----Original Message----- > From: Brian Oconnell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Required Notices to the User per Industry Canada RSS-Gen > My wife said that French is the new Latin - is this analogy the reason for > the inherent precision? > American English (not the southeast or northeast stuff) is used by too many > peoples to be nothing less than ambiguous. Should we all learn French and > use in standards? An IEC standard for English? I would prefer that the > engineering community define a grammar and syntax over any effort by lawyers > or artistic bureaucrats. > Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John > Woodgate > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Required Notices to the User per Industry Canada RSS-Gen > In message <[email protected]>, > dated Tue, 23 Aug 2011, Christopher <[email protected]> writes: > >This what I have maybe it can be of some help. > >Christopher > > > >French:" > >Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables > >aux appareils radio > >exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions sui > >vantes : (1) l'appareil ne > >doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit > > accepter tout brouillage > >radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d'en comprom > >ettre le fonctionnement." > > > > > >Here is the English translation just for your reference: > >- English: " > >This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s) > >. Operation is subject > >to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interfere > >nce, and (2) this device > >must accept any interference, including interference that may cause unde > >sired operation of the > >device." > It isn't what Grace wants, but just look at how much more precise the > French text is: > This device complies with Industry Canada RSS standard(s)applicable to > licence-exempt radio apparatus. > The English appears to say that the standards are licence-exempt! > Operation is permitted, subject > to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interferen > ce, and (2) the user of this device > must accept any impressed interference, even if the interference is > prone to cause undesired operation of the device. > The English says the device, not the user, must accept the interference. > It can hardly do otherwise! > This is why IEC and ISO still produce most standards in English and > French (and some in Spanish now). 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