Thursday, September 30, 2010

application upgrade communication

Hi Everyone – It’s been a long time since Oracle had our last deployment and we need to keep the rust from setting in so mark this on your calendar. This is a weekly recurring meeting thru March.

Oracle application is moving thru the environments over the next few weeks. As always this meeting is an open forum for TCO group, application development teams, DBA’s, testing groups, and anyone else with an interest in Orace and/or ORAL database changes. During this meeting we will

Review open issues
Discuss ORACLE timeline and project status
Discuss impacts to other applications
Discuss testing efforts
Coordinate weekend deployment activities
Etc

Attached please review the two (2) files – first is the complete list of database changes for this release, second is a listing of the new database changes that were identified since our last communication. Please take a minute to look these over and communicate any impacts to your application.

Our timeline is:

DEI Deployment Working with TCO – as soon as possible
DEI Testing 2/30/09 – 3/13/09
TCE Deployment 3/14/09
TCE Testing 3/15/09 – 3/22/09
Deploy to Staging 3/27/09
Deploy to Production 3/29/10 Weekend

Hope to see you there!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

deceitfulness

deceitful:

having a tendency or disposition to deceive:
a : not honest -- a deceitful child
b : deceptive, misleading -- deceitful advertising

deceive, mislead, delude, beguile mean to lead astray or frustrate usually by underhandedness. deceive implies imposing a false idea or belief that causes ignorance, bewilderment, or helplessness (tried to deceive me about the cost). mislead implies a leading astray that may or may not be intentional (I was misled by the confusing sign). delude implies deceiving so thoroughly as to obscure the truth ( we were deluded into thinking we were safe). beguile stresses the use of charm and persuasion in deceiving (was beguiled by false promises ).

Friday, September 17, 2010

expand vs extend

extend
to spread or stretch forth : unbend

He extended a hand in greeting.
sitting with both legs fully extended
The table measures eight feet long when it is fully extended.
The table extends to eight feet in length.
The woods extend for miles to the west.
Their knowledge of the family's history extends back to colonial times.
Their influence extends well beyond their immediate circle of friends.
His popularity extends from coast to coast.

expand

to open up : unfold
2: to increase the extent, number, volume, or scope of

The liquid expands and contracts with changes in temperature.
His business has expanded to serve the entire state.
The coffee shop may expand into a full restaurant.
He has expanded his business to serve the entire state.
There are plans to expand the airport.
The police have decided to expand their investigation.
She plans to expand the lecture series into a book.
Expand the abbreviation “deg.” to “degree.”

Monday, September 6, 2010

emanate

1. Good smells emanated from the kitchen.
2. Constant criticism has emanated from her opponents.
3. Happiness seems to emanate from her.
4. She seems to emanate happiness.

emanate: come out from a source
emanation

intentionally

unintentionally
she did that intentionally.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

respectively

The unemployment rate for illegel immigrants in March 2009-- higher than that of US-born workers or legal immigrants, who had unemployment of 9.2 percent and 9.1 percent, respectively.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Metaphors

In a metaphor, a term or expression is used in a non-literal sense in order to suggest a similarity. Many non-native speakers understand common metaphors. For example, the following metaphors are common in speech and are seldom thought of as being metaphorical:

▸ Ahandful of companies have refined VCSEL technology so that it is cheaper, faster, and more versatile.

▸ The topic was tabled until more input could be obtained from Marketing.

Nevertheless, translation is easier if you stick to literal uses of language:

A few companies have refined VCSEL technology so that it is cheaper, faster, and more versatile.

The topic was postponed until more input could be obtained from Marketing.

Uncommon metaphors add zest to your writing, but they baffle non-native speakers, and they are very difficult to translate:

The new model was designed to overcome the limitations of the vanilla CALS model.

The new model was designed to overcome the limitations of the standard CALS model.

You must install the Java plug-in on client machines before running applets that require it. This requirement is palatable for installed products or intranet solutions, but the price may be too high for some thin-client reports.

If you use a Java plug-in, then you must install the plug-in on client machines before running applets that require it. This requirement is not a problem for installed products or intranet solutions, but you might want to use a different approach for some thin-client reports.

A closer look under the hood reveals that each browser supports different implementations of the Java Runtime Environment.

Each browser supports different implementations of the Java Runtime Environment.

Colloquialisms

Colloquialisms are words or phrases that are acceptable in casual speech but not in formal speech or writing. They contribute to unnecessary variation and are not appropriate for global communication. Here are some examples:

A multicast is kind of like the packet types that were discussed in Chapter 2.

A multicast is similar to the packet types that were discussed in Chapter 2.

See the Support Web site for lots more annotated sample programs.

See the Support Web site for additional annotated sample programs.

The 1.2-inch external display is a hair smaller than the VX8100 display, but it has the same resolution (65,000 colors).

The 1.2-inch external display is slightly smaller than the VX8100 display, but it has the same resolution (65,000 colors).

What's more, two of the early Web 1.0 exemplars were pioneers in treating the Web as a platform.

Moreover, two of the early Web 1.0 exemplars were pioneers in treating the Web as a platform.

idioms

figure out determine
stand for represent
come across To meet or find by chance

Eliminate Idioms
An idiom is a group of words whose meaning is not derived from the literal meanings of the individual words. Non-native speakers and translators cannot be expected to understand all of the idioms that are used in English.

Technical documents rarely contain blatantly idiomatic phrases like the following:

in a nutshell

the whole nine yards

the bottom line

the eleventh hour

However, keep an eye out for more-subtle idioms:

Use a four-pin Y cable splitter if you are short on four-pin connectors from your power supply.

Use a four-pin Y cable splitter if you don't have enough four-pin connectors from your power supply.

For the most part, corresponding windows in other operating environments show similar results.

Corresponding windows in other operating environments generally show similar results.

When displaying the precedence relationships between activities on the Gantt chart, bear in mind the following facts:

When displaying the precedence relationships between activities on the Gantt chart, consider the following facts:

wordy phrases

Wordy
Not Wordy

a great many
many

a number of
many, several

at the present time
now, yet

click the OK button
click OK

despite the fact that
although, even though

from time to time
periodically, occasionally

have the ability to
be able to, can

in between
between

in many cases
often

once in a while
occasionally, sometimes

quite a few
several

whether or not
whether

Wordy Verb + Noun
Not Wordy

come to a conclusion
conclude

conduct an investigation
investigate

make a decision
decide

reach an agreement
agree

unusual synonyms

Less common
More common

and so forth
and so on

Apart from that
In addition

as though
as if

for instance
for example

Though
Although

, though
, although, but

Unusual words

Unusual
Common

albeit
although, but

amongst
among

hereinafter
in the rest of this document

inordinately
extremely, unusually, too

whilst (mainly British)
while

contractions

he'd, he'll, he's, I'd, I'll, I'm, I've, she'd, she'll, she's, we'd, we'll, we're

Clipped term

Short form
Full form

app
application

autocreate
automatically create

dupe
duplicate

flu
influenza

org chart
organizational chart

quote (noun)
quotation mark

specs
specifications

stats
statistics

vet
veterinarian

Latin abbreviation

Latin abbreviation
Anglo-Saxon equivalent

ca.
about, approximately

e.g.
for example

etc.
and so on

i.a.
among others

i.e.
that is

p.a.
per year, yearly

diacritic

Two diacritics appear in the word “déjà vu.”

one for each team

I created two tasks, one for each team.

confused

I am confused about the procedure.