[WinMac] handy windows-mac translation resource

Rhonda Machlan(rmachlan[at]ink.org)
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:41:51 -0600

Thought you all might find this print resource useful; maybe if we're all
really good, Santa will put copies in our stockings... 8)

Reposted from TidBITs #509/13-Dec-99 with permission of the author; edited
to remove TidBITs-specific information & for length; for the entire article
see <http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-509.html#lnk3>

Macintosh-Windows Translation Dictionary
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  by Adam C. Engst <ace@tidbits.com>

  It's been hard keeping this one under wraps, but for almost a year
  and a half now, I've been working on a truly neat project that's
  also been one of the hardest things I've ever done and, I hope,
  one of the most useful. Together with David Pogue (who you may
  know as the author of "Macs for Dummies" and the Desktop Critic
  column in Macworld magazine each month), I've written a new book
  called "Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook" (ISBN
  1-56592-539-4, O'Reilly, 1999). The book lists for $29.95, but is
  readily available for less from most booksellers.

<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/platforms/>

**Understanding the Concept** -- The book is essentially a
  translation dictionary, much like you'd use when travelling to
  look up a word in your native language to learn the corresponding
  word and pronunciation in some other language. You could also
  liken it to a language phrasebook that would tell you how to say,
  "Waiter! There's a dragon in my soup!" in another tongue. In this
  case, though, the languages in question are those of the Mac OS
  and Windows 95/98.

<snip>

**Sample Material & Reviews** -- To get more of a feel for the
  book, you can read the A chapters on O'Reilly's Web site. If
  you're interested in reviewing the book, interviewing me or David
  about it, or inquiring about discounts on bulk purchases (for
  departments whose Macs have been taken away, for instance), send
  me email at <ace@tidbits.com>.

<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/platforms/chapter/>

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Rhonda

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Topeka KS 66612-1593 rmachlan@ink.org
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