Avoid Culturally Specific References
http://cybertext.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/avoid-culturally-specific-references/

CyberText Consulting
2009

Abstract:

One of the tenets of good technical communication is to avoid culturally specific references, especially if your material is to be translated into other languages. But what’s a culturally specific reference? In simple terms, it’s a word or phrase that has meaning for members of a cultural group, but has limited meaning, no meaning, or some other meaning for people outside that group.