Author: Harald Faber
Date: 03:40:39 06/12/03
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On June 12, 2003 at 03:58:34, Sune Fischer wrote: >On June 12, 2003 at 03:45:35, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On June 12, 2003 at 03:11:00, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>Thanks for informing the majority of the CCC members, since any other language >>>besides English only get the attention of a few readers. >>> >>>Pichard. >> >>- I am convinced that the main information is understood by MOST readers her. >>- I find it arrogant to EXPECT english posts. English is RECOMMENDED here afaik >>but no must. Or am I wrong? >>- I have marked my posting that it is in German, so anyone who is not capable of >>understanding German does well overreading this post. >> >>Harald >>PS (personal remark, delete if you feel insulted): >>This arrogant attitude is typical (inappropriate) American behaviour. "We rule >>the world so YOU have to adapt." > >I disagree. >We can't all expect for every one to learn french, danish, german, spanish and >hebrew just to give people the comfort of writing in their own languages. You just have to accept that it is allowed that people write in their mother language. And if they do usually they are aware that not anybody can read this and also usually mark such posts in the subject. If you are eager knowing what is written you can use a translator or ask the poster. I still see no harm. And up to now there have only been only few posts in non-English language so this should not be a big point. For me, I surely knew that not all readers would understand the WHOLE contents but would get the SIGNIFICANT information. Please anyone point the finger who did NOT understand in my original German text that Junior 8 lost to ChessTiger 15 (ChessPartner/Lokasoft GUI) by 8.0-12.0. >English is probably the closest we have to an international language, so many >speak it already. > >-S. OK, for the 100th time: Sometimes I am short on time and only copy&paste such match results from the German boards. Absolutely knowing that MANY readers here appreciate that information and understand it. I see nothing wrong in it, especially since I translate them later on in mosts cases. So why all the hype?
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