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Ideally suits for / ideally suited for
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Marie-Hélène Hayles
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sounds to me as if the client has a bug bear about active and passive forms... Aug 25, 2005

and doesn't understand that this doesn't apply to this case (as "is suited" is not a passive form but a verb plus adjective).
 
Tsu Dho Nimh
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"Suited for" is not a verb Aug 25, 2005

John Jory wrote:

In a translation I have just submitted, the client insists that I change my formulation "XY is ideally suited for .." to "XY ideally suits for ..".
This makes my hair stand on end.

[Edited at 2005-08-24 10:27]


I'm a professional technical writer ... and my hair is standing on end too. That sounds soooooooo bad.

Explain this to him: It's an idiomatic English expression, where "suited for" is really an adjective meaning "appropriate for" it has nothing to do with being a verb, and should not be conjugated.


"XY ideally suits the following:" is OK ... because you got rid of the "for".
 
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suitable for Aug 26, 2005

If I am not mstaken, you can say "is ideally suitable for"... of course,
ideally suited for is preferred as it is more concise...
 
Can Altinbay
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Yes, I think that is used... Aug 26, 2005

Zareh Darakjian, Ph.D. wrote:

If I am not mstaken, you can say "is ideally suitable for"... of course,
ideally suited for is preferred as it is more concise...


...but, to me, anyway, it sounds clunky at best.
 
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you are right and the client is wrong Sep 14, 2005

As far as I am concerned it is our professional duty to stand firm, as long as we have written proof to justify our position.

Imagine that, down the line, the text finds itself in front of the London office manager who sneers, "never use that translator again"

I have been corrected before by French agencies who use non-native proofreaders. Quality control by non-natives? That makes no sense whatsoever..why would an agency go to the trouble of obtaining (and paying) a ... See more
As far as I am concerned it is our professional duty to stand firm, as long as we have written proof to justify our position.

Imagine that, down the line, the text finds itself in front of the London office manager who sneers, "never use that translator again"

I have been corrected before by French agencies who use non-native proofreaders. Quality control by non-natives? That makes no sense whatsoever..why would an agency go to the trouble of obtaining (and paying) a native speaker, just to say "we know better"!

I am more than happy to discuss alternative vocabulary and am usually easy to work with - but will not change my text to please a misinformed client. ▲ Collapse
 
Richard Bartholomew
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Just humor them. Sep 16, 2005

It's "ideally suited for". However,

Rule 1: The customer is always right.
Rule 2: If the customer is wrong, see Rule 1.
 
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