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Why would all those labels, like the labels on the "engine plug" be in English and not Persian? I mean, unless this thing were meant to be consumed by an engli
by jlgreco 14y ago
Why would all those labels, like the labels on the "engine plug" be in English and not Persian? I mean, unless this thing were meant to be consumed by an english speaking audience...
- asynchronous13 14y agoYou make a good point, but it is not uncommon for engineers to use English around the world. There are so many text books and source materials available in English, especially in aerospace. They claimed to use CATIA software for the design, which is originally French but has an English version. I'd be shocked if there is a Persian version of the software. The flip side is that you would really want ground crews to be able to read warnings and such. So while one could justify english on the engineering front, native language makes more sense on a production version.
- tomjen3 14y agoI am a Danish software developer. All our code, all comments, designs, file names, variable names, etc is in English. If I am looking for a solution to an issue on the internet, chances are I am googling in English. So labeling something in English is peculiar, but not that strange.
- Udo 14y agoUsing English on labels is already extremely unlikely if we are talking about a country as nationalistic as, say, France. It becomes downright unthinkable in the case of Iran.
- paranormal 14y agoIn addition to what asynchronous13 mentioned, the Iranian Air Force maintains and fields several US exports (notably the F4 and the F14). It wouldn't be terribly surprising if their techs were already proficient in English in order to service those aircraft.