Multilingual style guide A text written for translation should
be clear and unambiguous. It should not necessarily be the same
text that will be published for the language in which it is
written. For example, if you are writing original copy in
English, you will want to prepare two documents: - A neutral
English-language version as a basis for translation - A version
for English-language publication Typically, the version as a
basis for translation will be different &mdash less exciting,
more simply and colourlessly written, but more easily understood
&mdash than the published English version. On can think of the
relationship between these documents as one of translation
between two variant of English: a rich, colloquial English and a
simpler, more international English. - Avoid idiom and slang. -
Write in short, clear sentences; avoid multiple long clauses.
The following are some "bad examples" of idiom and slang, all
drawn from the first issue of Wikimedia Quarto, the Wikimedia
newsletter. - "...quotes abou