Thanks all, As always, the discussion is interesting and also surprising in some ways.
Have a great weekend, Doug Douglas E Powell Laporte, Colorado USA [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 1:01 AM Doug Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I haven't written a Friday Question in some time, so here is a new > installment. > > With the exit of Britain for the European Union (Brexit), I find it > interesting but not surprising that English remains one of the official > languages, at least for now. For many years there has been a large body of > documentation provided in English and indeed, many of the European Norms > are based on IEC standards originating in French & English. I wonder, will > this policy change in the foreseeable future? > > It has been my practice to tell clients that the minimum requirement for > translation of user document(s) and product markings is they must first be > in one of the official languages and upon request by the end user, the > local language becomes a requirement as well. I haven't checked in some > time, but the Machinery Directive may require this without end user > involvement. In some cases, local regulatory requirements may dictate which > languages must be used for specific information especially involving EHS. > Incidentally, a good friend who is in Planetary Aeronomy and > Astro-geophysics has told me, if you know just one of a handful of > languages, you can just about go anywhere in the scientific > world community; these being English, French, German, Japanese and possibly > Russian. > > So now there is the question of which "English" is the official language > of the EU, British (Cambridge) English? I suspect that Brits, Aussies and > Americans will all have no trouble understanding one another, even with > differences in spelling, grammar and possibly idioms. Or as Wikipedia puts > it, these are "mutually comprehensible" ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialects_of_English). I noticed > one form of English not mentioned in the Wikipedia article, Texas. > > All the best, Doug > > PS - The bottom line, every Tom, Dick and Harry should avoid cliché at all > costs. > > > -- > > Douglas E Powell > > [email protected] > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 > -- Douglas E Powell [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
