Greek localization and inflection: the case of short strings ambiguity

First published as: Why contextual information is necessary for the localization into highly inflectional languages like Greek

There are many issues that affect localization which have been mentioned in some detail in a previous post.

Quite often, major companies or major localization service providers, deliver lists of English strings that need to be localized (or reviewed, edited, QAed) in highly inflectional languages, the case with Greek.

When a bould is nothing but a bolt

Attach the wall bracket with the bould to the 360° rotating base

Chock absorber

This was found in a tool manual where chock was mentioned in the previous sentence. Of course what was meant here is shock-absorber.

Service, operate and refute under the following conditions

Service, operate and refute under the following conditions
Refute the machine in a well lighted area

From a manual for a gasoline powered device. Guess what was really meant by refute? Scroll down...







Refuel!

Do not operate this equipment in the vanity of bystanders

This phrase was found in an electric tool manual. Hey, if you are not careful you can fall for that and miss the fact that the manual writer intended to write vicinity, instead of vanity. So it should be:


Do not operate this equipment in the vicinity of bystanders.