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They're more likely to read, understand, and then disregard because they think they're smarter than everyone else.
I don't think I'm smarter than everyone else but I have been more confused by directions than helped so many times that with many products I only glance at the directions to see if they are even worth reading.
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It is usually in the translation. Technical directions are a tad on the difficult side to translate.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 10 Jun
Yeah, that's very true but there's a skill to writing technical manuals and instructions even if you are a native English writer.
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There is the same skill in translating them, too. It was really difficult to make the translation I did. I have also helped with legal translations, which are even worse.
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I'm not even saying they're wrong for doing so.
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I sometimes just laugh at the instructions and directions when I see them at first. Then, I take them as a puzzle to figure them out, if necessary.
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