Fun With ESL

One of the “quarter of one” guys gave me a document to edit. The document describes how a software system works. The paragraph in question describes the tables associated with setting the page size (scrolling area) in the system.

When the user saves a page size
[The table] PaginationDetails gives previously saved page size (if any) and if not then insert given page size and if any saved page size is there then update it with given page size.

Seriously. I had no idea what this said. None.

After meeting with the author, the following is the final paragraph:

When the user saves a page size
• PaginationDetails: if there is no previously saved page size preference, then a new page size is inserted into the table PaginationDetails. If there is a previously saved page size, then the old size in the table is updated with the new size.

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