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[matthiaspaul]

(09-26-2015 04:49 PM)Dieter Wrote:  BTW, at least the German version of the 35s manual (that's what I got) has some hilarious translation errors. I strongly suggest that HP have their manuals proof read by a native speaker who knows both the language and the math stuff. So that "log" is no longer translated as "Eintrag". #-)

This holds true for the Prime translation as well... The message of the menu selection to switch the entry mode "Entry" was erroneously translated as "Eintrag" (note, registration, log) instead of "Eingabe" (input). The correct German translation of RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) is UPN (Umgekehrt Polnische Notation), but hasn't been translated at all. They also messed up the German translation of "Radians" as "Radian" (a term that does not exist in the German language), while the correct term would have been "Bogenmaß". (The translation of "Degree" as "Grad" is correct, but is easy to confuse with the "GRAD" symbol on many (other) calculators, which actually stands for "Gon"/"Neugrad" (gradians, grade) rather than "Grad", this is why "°Grad" might be a more intuitive translation.)

Greetings,

Matthias