In reply to Laura's message from earlier today.
I'm sorry for implying you had suggested a translation. Indeed, what you
actually suggested was that I didn't need to translate its name when teaching
it. I only meant, with my email from yesterday, that you believed the students
could perfectly
Gerardo,
No, I did not suggest a translation. Quite the opposite. I said there is no
need to translate everything. Leave names as they are and explain the model in
your language.
The following is what I said on July 2:
Why do you need to translate. Everybody knows what a puzzle is. You can say
At the begining of this month I had asked for help with the name of the
traditional model, puzzle purse, in Spanish and received a few replies. I
mentioned I was going to teach the model to a group of Spanish speakers, and
that if I didn't find a popular name, Laura Rozenberg's and Karen
Karen Reeds wrote:
>You set us all a good example by carefully documenting the names/creators of
>models as much as you can, but I have to agree with Dave's pessimistic
>conclusion.
Pessimistic? Realistic, surely ...
It's perhaps worth pointing out that in The Public Paperfolding Project I
avid Mitchell
> To: "origami@lists.digitalorigami.com"
>
> Subject: [Origami] Name of the puzzle purse in Spanish?
I think we must also be careful not to believe that' traditional' designs
> necessarily had a 'traditional' name.
'La bolsa', for instance, is a title (in Spanis
gera...@neorigami.com wrote:
>I must confess I linked David's webpage but had not read it... oops
Bad boy!
I think we must also be careful not to believe that' traditional' designs
necessarily had a 'traditional' name.
'La bolsa', for instance, is a title (in Spanish) that only appears once
I had asked for help with the name in Spanish of the traditional model: puzzle
purse. Both Laura Rozenberg and Karen Reeds replied. Laura suggested not
translating the name, but instead explaining what it is and Karen referred to a
book in Spanish, which is quoted by David Mitchell on the
+ (UTC)
From: "gera...@neorigami.com"
To: Origami Lists Digitalorigami
Subject: [Origami] Name of the puzzle purse in Spanish?
HELLO
I plan to teach this model to Spanish speakers:
http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyofpuzzlepurses.htm
First of all, should I just call it "puzzle
Why do you need to translate. Everybody knows what a puzzle is. You can say es
un portamonedas que se arma como si fuera un puzzle pero solo necesitas un
papel, no es modular. You just tell them what it is and they quickly figure
out. No need to find the perfect translation because everything
HELLO
I plan to teach this model to Spanish speakers:
http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyofpuzzlepurses.htm
First of all, should I just call it "puzzle purse" in English? I see it
sometimes appears as "Valentine puzzle purse" and some others as "Victorian
puzzle purse". What do you suggest?
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