product manauls
 

... when i buy something in the u-s do i really need 8 different languages ?

yes

perhaps you should edit this topic into a poll to better guage the feelings of fellow gf1'ers. i suggest making the poll answers:

1) Yes
2) No
3) afrodj13

hth beer:

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3S3Txsl2vs:026e8]The answer is HERE.[/url:026e8]

lol.

judas is a bigot

Enhlish is God's language

I think they do that in order to save money and time when shipping an item all arcoss the globe.

it is because 80% of the world population lives in the US and Canada

shood just b in English & 733t.... annoy:

teet?

Most of the time the "english" in these manuals looks like its been typed by someone who was trying to learn the language at the time. Or to use a more fitting quote from space cowboys.

[quote:2299a]Those instructions were written by a fellow in Japan when they made this damn thing. They were probably translated by some gringo who was an expatriate American that couldn't get a job in this country. And then the Japanese guy probably translated him just to double check on him. You don't need these instructions. [/quote:2299a]


biggrin:

[quote="Eight Ace":4d70f]shood just b in English & 1337.... annoy:[/quote:4d70f]

edit: oops

In my college books I find a lot of grammatical errors. Small things though like...for example the word Extra, would be typed like Exrat...

Look at it from the company's perspective. Would you rather include instructions in a foreing language, or have that foreigner who can't understand the english directions call you and ask for help in their difficult to understand foreign accent...