"What-if-Khruschev-wanted-peace-and-his-interpreter-wanted-war" Department...

[alexpgp]

The source text of the long-winded declamation I'm working on at the moment contains this gem:

Пользователи программы Microsoft Excel должны отформатировать колонку «Задача №» для правильного отображения цифр.

The correct translation:

Users of Microsoft Excel should format the “Task No.” column to properly display numbers.

I wonder what kind of trouble I'd get into if I insert what I really want to say, to wit:

Users of Microsoft Excel should actually use Microsoft Word to compile this table, thereby making the life of the poor translator a bit easier and avoiding having to format the “Task No.” column to properly display numbers.

Dream on, brother.

Cheers...