[NTLK] Translating list posts [Was: Newton 2000 and MacbookAir with NCX]

[Dennis Swaney]

Grant, the way I see it, English is used for the vast majority of the posts
and is probably the primary language of Newtons. Anyone know the percentage
of all Newtons/eMates for that were in French and the percentage that were
in German? If less than 10% combined, then posting only in French
drastically reduces the poster getting an answer to their question or vice
versa, answering a question from an English-only (non-French or German)
poster. Fortunately for German posters we have Guru Frank as a member so
they aren't in quite the same boat as our Francophone members. Thus even a
translation of the French text into "Goonglish" would be of more help to
the poster  than just the French text.

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"I think, therefore I Mac"

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Grant Hutchinson <grant at splorp.com> wrote:

>
> On 2017-03-27, at 6:43 PM, Forrest wrote:
>
> >> *** French-ish version below:
> >
> > I like that--providing a French (or other) version for translation.
> >
> > It was never my intent to discourage the use of other languages... only
> to request
> > (demand? ;-) ) that such responses also include the suitable translation.
>
> <List-Dad-Voice>
>
> Just to be clear, having a discussion on this list does not require the
> exclusive use of English. Yes, providing translated text is appreciated,
> but again, translated text is not a requirement of posting to NewtonTalk.
> If this were a requirement, it would be mentioned in the FAQ.
>
> <https://github.com/splorp/newtontalk-faq/blob/master/newtontalk-faq.md>
>
> That being said, I may consider adding a point to the "Mailing List
> Etiquette" section of the FAQ regarding providing translated text where
> appropriate (and if applicable).
>
> </List-Dad-Voice>
>
> g.
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