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== Spoken and Written Language ==
== Spoken and Written Language ==
While English is widely understood in the Fab Lab Network, work is done in a variety of spoken and written languages within Fab Labs, and often a combination of a local language and English.  As a community, we would like to see more documentation of projects and sharing of ideas and experience so, if writing in English is a deterrent to publishing your content, we encourage you to publish in the language that you find convenient.
While English is widely understood in the Fab Lab Network, work is done in a variety of spoken and written languages within Fab Labs, and often a combination of a local language and English.  As a community, we would like to see more documentation of projects and sharing of ideas and experience so, if writing in English is a deterrent to publishing your content, we encourage you to publish in any language that you find convenient.


== Units  ==
== Units  ==

Revision as of 14:21, 12 April 2011

Spoken and Written Language

While English is widely understood in the Fab Lab Network, work is done in a variety of spoken and written languages within Fab Labs, and often a combination of a local language and English. As a community, we would like to see more documentation of projects and sharing of ideas and experience so, if writing in English is a deterrent to publishing your content, we encourage you to publish in any language that you find convenient.

Units

SI Units (Metric units) are preferred. Non-SIl units (inches, feet, pounds, ounces, gallons, etc) are often convenient in the US, so they will show up in designs as well. Since the definition of, for instance, a gallon varies throughout the world, specificity is very important when using non-SI units.

Automatic Translation Tools

Integrating automatic translation tools in to Fab Lab websites (through Drupal and WordPress plugins) can help to reduce language barriers where they exist.