README for "TML Pascal Reference Manual"
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Within this ZIP file you will find a PDF version of the "TML Pascal Reference
Manual" as translated by myself (from French).

Because of the difficulties of translating such a large document without
actually knowing the source language or very much about Apple IIgs programming,
I expect there are some errors in my translation. Because of this, I have
included the original French version in a text file that I hope people more
fluent in French (i.e. almost everybody!) will refer to and correct me if I've
interpreted something badly.

Also, if any experienced IIgs programmers find that I have used the incorrect
terminology for something (probably due to translation), then it would be
appreciated by me if you could let me know where I've gone wrong.

I hope the Apple IIgs community appreciates my efforts of about 8 hard weeks of
translation. For those of you who read paragraph 2 and wondered how on earth I
could translate a document without knowing the source language, well it was a
multi-step process. I used a combination of "AltaVista BabelFish",
www.freetranslation.com, and "Google Language Tools" to perform the 1st pass
translation by correlating the results and choosing the one that made the most
sense. Any technical details that didn't quite seem right, I researched 
comp.sys.apple2.programmer history to see if that shed light any on
questionable text. I then "beautified" and converted it into PDF form.

Happy programming! 

Regards,
Mike Stephens

5th July 2007

 
