> Is it your company's intent to teach computing 101?
In my case, the answer to this is YES. I have to write to the lowest common denominator - meaning that within the medical device community there are people who are barely computer literate, all the way up to those who know way more than I do. I can never assume and therefore would have to go with "click and drag" (although for me, it's "tap and drag" as we have touch screens). > and ease of translation At the same time, as we translate into more than 6 other languages, I always have to keep consistency in mind. Both for clarity and for cost. Alison Craig Technical Documentation Lead 604-279-8550 | fax 604-279-8559 | toll-free 1-866-437-9508 Ultrasonix Medical Corporation | www.ultrasonix.com<http://www.ultrasonix.com/> [cid:image001.gif at 01CDB2B7.C3AC4A20] -----Original Message----- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:20 PM To: De Rosier, Edward Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: "Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ? > If "Click and Drag" will result in less questioning by the reading audience, > then that is the better choice. Audience indeed comes first, but do also consider intent. Is it your company's intent to teach computing 101? > If "management" refuses to allow such variations, then the job is probably > not paying well enough for the writer's professional judgment. Or there's a corporate style to follow for consistency, brand adherence, and ease of translation. A writer's professional judgement should weigh all those before entertaining variations. -- Bill Swallow Content Solutions Manager GlobalScript, a division of LinguaLinx http://globalscript.com http://lingualinx.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as alison.craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com>. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com> or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alison.craig%40ultrasonix.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com<mailto:listadmin at frameusers.com>. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20121025/e01fa9da/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 2038 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20121025/e01fa9da/attachment.gif>
