Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 21:31:27 03/15/99
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On March 15, 1999 at 17:48:58, Christophe Theron wrote: >On March 15, 1999 at 16:08:21, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On March 13, 1999 at 18:23:23, Charles Milton Ling wrote: >> >>>Speak Spanish all you like. I, at least, do not begrudge you your mother >>>tongue! >>>Charley (con amistad, if I got that right) >> >>I don't begrduge anyone their mother tongue either, but here is a reasonable >>argument for requirings posts to be written in English. It is proferred as >>something to consider, nothing more. >> >>This is a moderated forum. There is an expectation (implicit, if not explicit) >>that the moderators will be able to understand what is being discussed. >>Moderators are assumed to have adequate English ability to (more more than less) >>understand the English postings that are made. >> >>Posting in other languages prevents a moderator that doesn't know that language >>from assessing whether the post fails to meet the guidelines in the CCC charter. >> AFAIK, the moderators take shifts (e.g. while all three moderators are always >>able to moderate, one at a time will be "active" for perhaps two weeks, and they >>all rotate within the duty cycle.) So even if one moderator knows e.g. German, >>that moderator might not be visiting every day to check all of the posts in >>German to see if there are any posts that do not measure up to the CCC >>guidelines. >> >>And perhaps people post in a language that none of the three moderators >>understand. Now they will need outside help to do their job. >> >>Of course, we do need a language that everyone can communicate in. AFAIK, on >>GambitSoft's site they use German, and here we use English. This isn't "the >>best possible solution", or "the right way" amongst many wrong ones... but it is >>more practical than ICD employing a universal translator. >> >>I'll take the time to note that I'm not suggesting that those who post in other >>languages do so to avoid moderation. I'm just pointing out that a side effect >>is to reduce the ability of the moderators to do their job quickly and easily. >> >>Ca va bien? :-) >> >>Dave Gomboc > >Ca va bien, Dave. >(It's alright, Dave) > >I think that when you post something in a non-english language you should at >least write the exact english translation right under your text, inside >parantheses. In this way: > >C'est bien d'avoir le droit d'écrire une phrase dans ma langue maternelle! >(It's nice to be allowed to write a sentence in my mother tongue!) É bom poder escrever uma frase na minha língua mãe! I agree to you Best regards, Paulo Soares, from Brazil > > Christophe
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