Letters to the Editor

No. 1, Volume 1
July 1997

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	Feature Article Facets of Software Localization by Per N. Dohler
	Science & Technology A Translator's Guide to Organic Chemical Nomenclature by Chester E. Claff, Jr., Ph.D.
	Caught in the Web Web Surfing for Fun and Profit by Cathy Flick, Ph.D.
	Translators’ On-Line Resources by Gabe Bokor
	Translators’ Tools Electronic File Transfer and Conversion by Gabe Bokor
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Letters to the Editor

Why not incorporate pictures, graphics, and — hey, this is about language! — soundtracks? I am sure you would welcome any such contributions as long as they are informative.

— Per Dohler, Germany

For browsing through the journal, a line of small links at the top and at the bottom of each article may be useful. For us, Europeans, this would speed up browsing through the articles (and committing them to the browser’s cache), which would minimize connection time...
My personal belief is that you should stick to the “journal” metaphor as closely as possible... Maybe you could split the site into (1) the journal proper, and (2) the reference part. The journal proper would contain articles and would remain unchanged, whereas the reference part would be regularly updated.

— Carsten Kuczuk, Germany

Editor’s Note: First suggestion implemented.

Excellent idea, very well executed. Keep up the good work.

— Wiwit M. Aswandi, Indonesia

It’s terrific. I spent way too much time there already, and need to go back for more... Actually, what I’d like to see is one of those little boxes on the title page that says how many visitors the page has had.

— Alicia Gordon, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Editor’s Note: Suggestion implemented.

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