On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Jules Bean wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:14:26AM -0500, David Starner wrote: > > Most developers are at least bilingual (unless I'm underestimating > > the monolinguage English-speaking contingent), and could probably
> Hmm. Most developers probably know at least some of a second > language. That's a long way from being bilingual! But yes, I probably > know enough french to notice if the French description for one of my > packages was wrong (with the aid of a dictionary). > (Some who knows three languages is trilingual, someone who knows two > is bilingual, but someone who knows only one must be an American ;-P ) Hmm, I would speculate that the frequency of bilinguism among DDs in the US is significantly higher than the American average. I for one would prefer that translations be accessible to the developer, and I would prefer to receive notification whenever translations on my packages are updated, so that even if the translation is for a language I don't personally speak, I at least have the option of following up on the issue of QA. Steve Langasek paradoxical American polyglot
