Re: Personal pronouns in specifications

Hello, Martin,

Thank you for your enlightening comments [1]. It will be hard to 
persuade some editors. For example in English, "we" (except 
"editorial *we*" which is discouraged [2]) is considered good usage 
when speaking for an organization. Please allow me one final 
question. Since W3C uses English for all of its specifications, would 
it not be the translator's role to remove pronouns?

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-international/2000AprJun/0058.html
[2] Sabin, William A., _The Gregg Reference Manual,_ 9th ed., 
Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2001, p. 262

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Susan Lesch
Intern, W3C