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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
"aims to the conception of"
Hail.
I am a brazilian studying for a Cambridge CPE and now and again I pick up a few freelance jobs doing translations and general english proof reading. Anyways, I picked job last night that involved correcting the grammar in a business document (written by a brazilian, so portuguese native) and in one of the pages I stumbled upon a phrase that was kinda off. Due to time constraints and general sleepiness (and a little deep seated desire to try and preserve some of the original author's style) instead of completely rewriting it I just messed with the order of the words and ended up with:
"This BENCHMARKING aims to the conception of wireframes for the project..."
which I will be the first to admit isn't a very stylish way to convey the goal of said project, but still adequate enough. Or so I thought. The final client, an english native, argued that the phrase was wrong and corrected it to:
"This BENCHMARKING is aimed at aiding in the conception of wireframes..."
Again, I will be the first to admit his version is a lot better, but my question actually is: was the first version so off the mark with glaring grammatical errors, or is it mostly a style debacle? I feel there is something off about the whole thing, but can't quite put my finger on it. Is it the way "conception" is used?
Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I am a brazilian studying for a Cambridge CPE and now and again I pick up a few freelance jobs doing translations and general english proof reading. Anyways, I picked job last night that involved correcting the grammar in a business document (written by a brazilian, so portuguese native) and in one of the pages I stumbled upon a phrase that was kinda off. Due to time constraints and general sleepiness (and a little deep seated desire to try and preserve some of the original author's style) instead of completely rewriting it I just messed with the order of the words and ended up with:
"This BENCHMARKING aims to the conception of wireframes for the project..."
which I will be the first to admit isn't a very stylish way to convey the goal of said project, but still adequate enough. Or so I thought. The final client, an english native, argued that the phrase was wrong and corrected it to:
"This BENCHMARKING is aimed at aiding in the conception of wireframes..."
Again, I will be the first to admit his version is a lot better, but my question actually is: was the first version so off the mark with glaring grammatical errors, or is it mostly a style debacle? I feel there is something off about the whole thing, but can't quite put my finger on it. Is it the way "conception" is used?
Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Hi, I don't understand at all what t he conception of wireframes for the project means. Clive
- Hi, I don't understand at all what t he conception of wireframes for the project means.
- Clive
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Hi,
I don't understand at all what the conception of wireframes for the project means.
Clive
I don't understand at all what the conception of wireframes for the project means.
Clive
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Oh well, that is probably my portuguese infecting the phrase. "Conception" sounds like and shares some of the meaning of "Concepção", but I think what I actually meant by that phrase was something like "to conceive".
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Hi,
"This BENCHMARKING aims to the conception of wireframes for the project..."
Benchmariking basically involves testing and comparing things against a prepared set of standards.
Conception involves c
"This BENCHMARKING aims to the conception of wireframes for the project..."
Benchmariking basically involves testing and comparing things against a prepared set of standards.
Conception involves c
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Hi,
The document being refered to is something of a benchmarking report, which will be used as a guiding light to steer the proccess of creating said wire frames.
So I guess I could say they (the wire frames) are being conceived.
But I already see the error in my ways. Thanks for the help
The document being refered to is something of a benchmarking report, which will be used as a guiding light to steer the proccess of creating said wire frames.
So I guess I could say they (the wire frames) are being conceived.
But I already see the error in my ways. Thanks for the help
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