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>> I didn’t bother to write a blog post about it because my English is not good enough. Basically everyone who says this has better English than most American
by icelancer 7y ago
>> I didn’t bother to write a blog post about it because my English is not good enough.
Basically everyone who says this has better English than most American technical developers. We appreciate your modesty, but please, write it up :)
- asavadatti 7y agoCommunicating in a non-native language is difficult even if you know it well. It doesn't come naturally and is taxing on the brain
- icelancer 7y agoFair enough. I definitely understand that. Don't go out of your way if it's too much work, but everyone thinks your English is quite clear.
- segmondy 7y agoThen write it up in your native language first then translate or ask for help in translating.
- tehlike 7y agoThat is one hell of a way to improve it though. I wrote lame articles years ago, to explain technical work i did on castle and nhibernate. Made me better over time.
- abdusco 7y agoCertainly. I'm a non-native speaker myself and although the end result looks somewhat convincing, it takes me an inordinate amount of time to write, look up words and proofread the text. I'd guess a native would come up with a comprehensible text at the first try, and it'd take a few tweaks until it looks immaculate. The reason non-natives seem to write better is that we simply spend more time working on it, and fix a lot of mistakes. Just now, writing this, I had to look up if the saying went "inordinate amount" or "unordinate amount". The difference between "pristine" and "immaculate". It really adds up when writing longer texts.
- edraferi 7y agoRegularly consulting reference materials and editing your work are hallmarks of a good writer. It enables continuous improvement. For what it’s worth, I think your examples are nuanced questions about fairly sophisticated terms. I look up similar things all the time, and I am a native English speaker, have a first-class education, and write regularly for my day job. Don’t sell yourself short!
- wool_gather 7y agoAgree with the existing reply, and I appreciate that the effort is significant for you. But it's also worth noting that everybody would have still gotten your meaning if you'd swapped that 'i' for a 'u'. In a technical document a subtlety like that is important; in a forum post, things can slide around a bit. I'm a native speaker and I'm sure I make mistakes like that. Certainly I do in speech.
- sergiotapia 7y agoJust google "sorry for my bad english" - literally hundreds of thousands of examples verbatim!
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