There's always Ireland... -- Dan Roman, N.C.E. IEEE Senior Member [email protected] [email protected]
On Aug 23, 2019, 7:06 PM, at 7:06 PM, Doug Powell <[email protected]> wrote: >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]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
