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Maritime language: quest for simplicity |
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| Authors: | M. A. Bakr |
| Affiliation: | a Arab Maritime Transport Academy, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Abstract: | This brief paper examines some of the problems of interpretation of documents and procedures given in English faced by non-English seafarers, and suggests the use of 'controlled' English to simplify these problems. ' Speak English ', said the Eaglet, ' I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and what's more, I don't believe you do either. ' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll |
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