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080608 Chuanwen Wu wrote: |
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> We try to translate the GMN to our local language, |
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> but I found it was really hard to understand the section |
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> of "Council Meeting Summary", for example: |
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> "The appeals will *not* be decided then |
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> -- it's about figuring out the validity and the process." |
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> ----what "validity" and "process" is? |
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"What we should be doing in all cases & how it would be best to do it, |
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rather than deciding what to do about this particular person, |
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who has been disciplined & has appealed to have his case reviewed" : |
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it is poorly expressed & not clear even to a native speaker (wry smile). |
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> "105 minutes were closed and 57 were open" ----- what is "57"? |
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Minutes : what else ?! |
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