The below text will be emailed to the list when (When an email is not translated:, the email software will post a notice to the lists with a link to this wiki page with the text below).

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Email was not translated

Your email was not translated by the software because of one (or more) of the following reasons:

• None or not enough use of punctuation marks. Lack of punctuation marks such as commas or full stops means the software cannot know what part of the text to translate.
• Improper use of punctuation marks. For example, there should be a space after a full stop or comma. See punctuation guides for guidance on how to use proper punctuation 
• Large emails with lack of proper use of punctuation marks. 
  Length of the email greater than 5000 characters. The software used to translate emails can only translate Because the translation software can accept up to 5000 characters per request. Characters for each request, large emails must be split into two or more requests. Characters includes letters, numbers, and and punctuation marks such as commas, full stops and spaces.
  If there is not enough proper use of punctuation marks, large emails can are 

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What to do

To ensure that your ideas and comments are read and understood by persons in the region, please:

• Use punctuation marks correctly. See Punctuation Guides for guidance on how to use proper punctuation. 
• Be concise 
• Use http://www.wordcounter.net/ and paste your email to see how long your email is. If it exceeds copy and paste the text