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Published: 14.02.2005, 09:49
Modified: 21.02.2005, 16:13
The dark side of the West
Qualitaet des Englischen

By Schenkel Heinrich, bis 2004 Dozent für Physikdidaktik an der ETH Zürich

I have quite often the impression (1) that the articles in ETH Life are written in a clumsy English with a strong influence of German, even Swiss ways of expression and even with mistakes.

Do you rely on automatic translation for a first draft? And do you have a real native English speaking person reviewing the articles before you put them online? If ETH goes more and more English, this should be done with an excellent quality of language!



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(1) This letter has been written in response to the article "The dark side of the West".



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