On 5/30/2019 11:28 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > There has been a discussion on board@, subject "[Sidebar] [D&I] > Example of exclusion from debate", about writing English in a style > that will be accessible to as many ASF participants as possible. > > Tools for evaluating writing have been mentioned. Another tool I recommend is using a Google Translate trick to see if your writing is accessible to others in a different language. The original trick was courtesy of Sarah Kiniry of cPanel but it is effectively this:
Use a tool like Google Translate Translate it into one language and then translate that into the next language Progress through 4-5 languages. Don’t translate back to your original language between other languages Translate back to the original language. If some of the text doesn’t make sense, it might cause confusion in some languages. I spoke about this at the Chicago Roadshow and happy to share my slides if others want but it is a great trick. Regards, KAM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: diversity-h...@apache.org
