Pictures!

[Nikolay]

Skruffyhound. Thank you very much!
May you help me a little bit to fix and improve the quality of my english version of the manual?

Yes. English is not my first language and this is my problem sometimes.

All the best!

[Valoosj]

Yes. English is not my first language and this is my problem sometimes.

No worries Nikolay. Many native speakers of English are incapable of writing their own language without making mistakes against even the most basic rules of English grammar and vocabulary. And if anyone ever complains, let them try your language for a change. See how they fare.

Skruffyhound does have a point however. Getting a licensed translator might not be a bad idea. Agreed, this might cost you quite a bit, but you pay for what you get. I've heard and read a lot of work of people claiming to be good at English and felt ashamed in their stead ...

[garcho]

'Mistakes against'? That's a new one 

Many native speakers of English are incapable of writing their own language without making mistakes against even the most basic rules...

I agree, translations are expensive, but when I see a menu with 'constipated pork' instead of 'stuffed pork chop' I start wondering about their attention to detail.

[deadastronaut]

^ ive been to that restaurant...

[Valoosj]

'Mistakes against'? That's a new one 

Though it may be my Flemish creeping in, please do enlighten me what is wrong. I have searched for this on my usual translation sites (such as pros.com, a site run by licensed translators) and could not find anything wrong with this preposition.

[garcho]

One 'makes mistakes' - they're not something for, against or apart; you don't need a preposition, what you need is a different sentence structure. I trust your translation research, but I'm a native English speaker and believe me, while we might make mistakes, no one ever says we 'make mistakes against'. If you say 'make mistakes against', every native English speaker on Earth will know you're not one. I hope, for your sake, you're not a spy.  
Personally, I love the look of 'foreign' (foreign to me) scripts. A lot of my favorite pedals here have been in Cyrillic, even when it's just an English loan word (фуз, дисторшън, гаин). I'm making some decals for a few pedals in Devanagari (Hindi script) and Arabic, beautiful scripts. If the controls are simple, who needs to know what they say?!  

[Perrow]

'Mistakes against'? That's a new one 

Though it may be my Flemish creeping in, please do enlighten me what is wrong. I have searched for this on my usual translation sites (such as pros.com, a site run by licensed translators) and could not find anything wrong with this preposition.

What your looking for is "break", i.e. you break rules. In Swedish we actually "break against rules", and it's almost there in English too, you "do something that's against the rules", but you don't break against them.

[Jdansti]

'Mistakes against'? That's a new one 

Many native speakers of English are incapable of writing their own language without making mistakes against even the most basic rules...

I agree, translations are expensive, but when I see a menu with 'constipated pork' instead of 'stuffed pork chop' I start wondering about their attention to detail.

Or "Human Steak". 

(Hunan)

[Skruffyhound]

Oh wow! this took off since I was in earlier.
Actually, what I was trying to say was that the English on Niki's site reads well! I didn't find any mistakes in what I read.
So I assumed he'd already got some help because I see some small mistakes sometimes in his comments here. Don't get me wrong, I can easily understand what you write Niki, but English is full of stupid rules probably because it's made up of so many other languages (French,Norse(Danish),Saxon(German), Latin, Gælic etc.,etc.) so as a foreigner it's impossible not to make any mistakes.(It's pretty difficult not to make mistakes as a native speaker)
I know exactly what it's like,my written Danish will probably never be perfect even though I've lived in Denmark for 16 years.
So congratulations on fine English represented on your website 

[snarblinge]

shouldn't that be "your fine english represented on your website" or "the fine english.."



what a friendly bunch...

[Nikolay]

Skruffyhound, I know my English is poor. 
This is why most times only to read instead of writing in English Forums

For most times I pay for the translation for my website. I have a good knowledge and knowledge and control over making pedals, but not when I need to present something in English this is not in my hands

Never mind. The most important is the Rock and roll!!
Rock on!

[Valoosj]

One 'makes mistakes' - they're not something for, against or apart; you don't need a preposition, what you need is a different sentence structure. I trust your translation research, but I'm a native English speaker and believe me, while we might make mistakes, no one ever says we 'make mistakes against'. If you say 'make mistakes against', every native English speaker on Earth will know you're not one. I hope, for your sake, you're not a spy.  
Personally, I love the look of 'foreign' (foreign to me) scripts. A lot of my favorite pedals here have been in Cyrillic, even when it's just an English loan word (фуз, дисторшън, гаин). I'm making some decals for a few pedals in Devanagari (Hindi script) and Arabic, beautiful scripts. If the controls are simple, who needs to know what they say?!  

It just comes down to knowledge of what is used. As a translator I always found this to be always the most difficult part. Even though it is grammatically correct, I should have used "grammar mistakes" instead. Now you know I'm not a native speaker  , though I have already made quite a few Brits in London believe otherwise! I'm not a spy, but I hate being 'caught'.

Perrow, break the rules is not very suitable in this situation. Breaking the rules is used when one does not obey the code of conduct for instance.

[Perrow]

I disagree, rules, whether social or grammatical, are meant to be broken

[Skruffyhound]

It's pretty difficult not to make mistakes as a native speaker

See

So congratulations on fine English represented on your website

....the fine English...
I prove my own point


The only thing that's really important (apart from the rock and roll) is that we can understand each other, and correct grammar is not always necessary to achieve that goal.

[garcho]

I, for one, am very grateful to all of you here who write outside of your native language. I've learned a lot from the non-native English speakers, thank you!

[haveyouseenhim]

It's pretty difficult not to make mistakes as a native speaker

See

So congratulations on fine English represented on your website

....the fine English...
I prove my own point


The only thing that's really important (apart from the rock and roll) is that we can understand each other, and correct grammar is not always necessary to achieve that goal.

SO TRUE!  There was a German exchange student staying with a friend of mine. 100% language barrier.....except when we picked up guitars and started trading riffs. Something about that made me all warm and fuzzy inside

[John Lyons]

Hey man. where's the pics? 

[garcho]

wow, is that a Ring Stinger?! 

[snarblinge]

knob envy

[amptramp]

Hey man. where's the pics? 

They all belong on a 1590A.