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Garnet Psaltery
Walking on the Moon
Join date: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 913
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09-23-2005 00:30
What do fellow residents think of employing a translator in-forum? I think it must be frustrating for Melina and possibly any future native German-speaking residents not to be able to express their ideas as well as they'd wish. Of course this means we would have to be patient and wait for the translator to do the work. I don't see it as a very expensive contract as Melina is obviously capable of constructing most postings without help, and I imagine that will be the case for any others.
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Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
Join date: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 6,382
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09-23-2005 00:35
From: Garnet Psaltery What do fellow residents think of employing a translator in-forum? I think it must be frustrating for Melina and possibly any future native German-speaking residents not to be able to express their ideas as well as they'd wish. Of course this means we would have to be patient and wait for the translator to do the work. I don't see it as a very expensive contract as Melina is obviously capable of constructing most postings without help, and I imagine that will be the case for any others. Excellent idea! We could put together a group of volunteers to help out when they can. I myself would be very happy to translate. I know quite a bit of German and live with someone who knows even more.  ~Ulrika~
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Garnet Psaltery
Walking on the Moon
Join date: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 913
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09-23-2005 02:15
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Blueman Steele
Registered User
Join date: 28 Dec 2004
Posts: 1,038
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¿Necesitan un traductor?
09-23-2005 07:51
If you need English to Spanish or Spanish to English translations let me know |
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Claude Desmoulins
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Join date: 1 Nov 2005
Posts: 388
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12-11-2005 22:05
This points up another opportunity for Neualtenburg, to this point, only Anshe has done anything to create non-anglophone communities in SL. It would be a good thing for non English speakers to have an alternative to the land barons, however benevolent their dictatorships. How can we make Neualtenburg consciously mulilingual friendly?
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Gwyneth Llewelyn
Winking Loudmouth
Join date: 31 Jul 2004
Posts: 1,336
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12-12-2005 01:05
Being already involved in translating lots of SL-related documentation in another language (Portuguese in my case) I must tell you that this is no slight job. We're talking hundreds of hours of work here. Anshe does it because Anshe can *afford* it. I wonder if we can as well! I'm definitely not against the idea — I'd even volunteer, although my written German is rusty — just reminding you that multilingual support is, well, definitely not an easy task |
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Claude Desmoulins
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Join date: 1 Nov 2005
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12-12-2005 06:23
I wonder if there's a via media between translating everything and the current state of about 99% of the SL grid, which I perceive as having a metaphorical "English spoken here" sign over it.
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