Topeak believes in DEEP DISH wheels!
05-06-13, 06:57 PM
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Topeak believes in DEEP DISH wheels!
Ordered the valve extender today, and it says "this Presta valve fits deep-dish and carbon rims 60mm below" on the package (click it to blow it up.) So I guess the pizza ref isn't so bad?!
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The term carries over from the car world (where deeply dished wheels have a tall lip) not the pizza world, but in any case, is wholly inaccurate and out of place in this application. We all know what wheel dish is, and it ain't rim profile or height. Ugh.
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05-07-13, 06:07 AM
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Seriously, with your experience in situ maybe you can shed some light on this phenomenon. Why don't Asian (and other) exporters understand that the right person to translate an instruction manual is someone whose 1st language is the target language, not the original language? That would prevent almost all the common translation errors we see in manuals and other product literature. The translator needs to be someone who knows what it should sound like to the purchaser, not to the manufacturer. Is that so hard to understand?
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Don't be silly Bob. That kind of thing NEVER happens. Seriously, with your experience in situ maybe you can shed some light on this phenomenon. Why don't Asian (and other) exporters understand that the right person to translate an instruction manual is someone whose 1st language is the target language, not the original language? That would prevent almost all the common translation errors we see in manuals and other product literature. The translator needs to be someone who knows what it should sound like to the purchaser, not to the manufacturer. Is that so hard to understand?
Seriously, with your experience in situ maybe you can shed some light on this phenomenon. Why don't Asian (and other) exporters understand that the right person to translate an instruction manual is someone whose 1st language is the target language, not the original language? That would prevent almost all the common translation errors we see in manuals and other product literature. The translator needs to be someone who knows what it should sound like to the purchaser, not to the manufacturer. Is that so hard to understand?In fact, I have done free proof reading for a few of our vendors and even wrote some ad copy for one. Really.
I think part of it is when the boss has paid a ton of money to send their kid abroad or to an expensive local foreign language school so they are convinced that young Johnny can do it for them instead of paying a professional. The problem may be that young Johnny is 10 years old and not the genius daddy thinks he is...
In all fairness there are plenty of Western companies equally guilty of this. The Chevy Nova is a prime example. GM wondered why their Nova wasn't selling in Latin America until it was pointed out that "nova" sounded like "no go" in Spanish.
A running joke in the industry for years was from a OE BB company here that took out major add space in industry and consumer cycling publications using the copy that read, something, something "bottom bracket: the more wonderful than you can believe it"
I still laugh.
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