Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

Le 2010-10-19 20:58, Marc Paré a écrit :
> Le 2010-10-19 20:53, Drew Jensen a écrit :
> > On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 09:37 +0900, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> >
> > Howdy Jean-Christophe,
> >
> > > On 20 oct. 10, at 04:02, Marc Paré wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hmmm... then, the fact remains that a multilingual mailist model
> > > > will always be difficult to accomplish. The amount of energy spent
> > > > on translating from one language to another would certainly affect
> > > > the overall effectiveness of the group. Satisfying everyone will be
> > > > difficult.
> > >
> > > Ce genre de liste existe. Mais ce n'est absolument pas le propos.
> >
> > You mean this list then? Perhaps, because actually it does not have a
> > language designator.
> >
> > > Le propos c'est d'identifier les listes qui demandent l'anglais comme
> > > langue de travail comme telles.
> > > Et de laisser la porte ouverte aux autres langues pour les listes qui
> > > ne sont pas identifiées linguistiquement.
> >
> > Ah - well from the stand point of accepting any post, sure - but in
> > reality I doubt it would work too well if one spoke in Francais, one in
> > Chinese and another in Polish - but it would be interesting..
> >
> > I have heard some stories form folks trying that in groups distributed
> > between so many places, as ours is. If I recall correctly those
> > experiences where not a great success.
> >
> > > Je ne vois pas ce qui est difficile à mettre en place.
> >
> > Adios,
> >
> > Drew
> Es por eso que yo digo que no pieso que podria hacerlo sin muchos
> problemas. No pienos que los otros los gustaran trabajar como eso.
>
> Gracias.
>
> Marc Paré

So obviously, to make the point, and disregarding all of my spelling 
errors in Spanish, I really don't think that such a mailist would prove 
a good working environment. It would really turn the mailist into an 
exercise in evaluating each other's prowess in language translation. It 
would not be a focussed approach to problem solving; community building 
or distro building.

I would suggest trying to build and maintain a robust reporting model 
from the localised groups to the respective mailists. Adding the 
complexity of language translation (as well as cultural idiosyncrasies) 
in the mix IMHO would not be productive.

Marc


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