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Petusek Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Proofreading (articles, prepositions, collocations)

Hello!

Could somebody possibly have a look at the following?

"Long-term projects are realized through the Contracts module. From there, it is possible to gradually withdraw agreed amounts for agreed prices and, under the required deadlines, create real implementation contracts. This methodology makes it easy to monitor the overall status of contracts, e.g. the information regarding the amount already realized and the detailed scheduling of the remaining amount."

Thanks a lot for any corrections!

Best,

P.
  

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Hi, 'What do you mean by 'realized'? Clive

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Hi,

'What do you mean by 'realized'?

Clive
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Hello Clive!

I mean 'implemented' or 'accomplished' by that. I could be influenced by my native language though, as we've got a word that looks and sounds similar.

P.
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Hi,

I still don't understand,

"Long-term projects are realized through the Contracts module."

A contract is usually signed before a project is implemented or accomplished.
eg You sign a con
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Well, there's this Contracts module (an information system component) that helps you start, run as well as fulfill your project.

It appear then the two words, project and to realize don't collocate very well. What can I use instead, carry out, conclude or execute? I need a verb that would be capable of expressing the whole process, from the very b
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Hi,

Can you say that the Contracts module manages or controls the project?
These are pretty standard verbs in such a context.

Clive
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Hi,

Maybe. In my native language the verb conveys both the meaning of management or control as well as that of completion and fulfillment...I thought put through might be good, but it sounded weird. Manage or control could be the only acceptable options after all...
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Hi,

Do you want to rewrite your paragraph a bit?

Clive
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Hi,

Well, provided it is as close to the (non-English) original as possible, why not?

As for the first sentence, how about this:

"The Contracts module helps you manage long-term projects and guides you to their successful completion."

I'm open to any suggestions though - it's almost 2 a.m. over here and my brain lacks its daylight efficiency...if efficiency's ev
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That sentence sounds OK.

You're welcome.Emotion: smile

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Great!

As to the rest of the text, is it OK? Now that I've moved the Contracts module to the beginning of the sentence, I should probably change the second sentence as well, since it might not be clear what "there" refers to:

"From there, it is possible to gradually withdraw agreed amounts for a

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