I would like to pose a thought here in the guise of a question: Is it harder to read stuff in English or to write/contribute in English?
My experience with working a lot of with non-English speakers is that they can consume English a lot easier than contribute in English? Are the people who would want to be a part of the community, is consuming the list (95% of the subscribers are only consumers) or is it about contribution as well? I know that Jorge said that ya gotta play in English today to be a part of the world, but I'm not sure "ethically" I'm all for that. Also, I don't believe that reality is shared equally around the world. Due to history, economy and politics and well some other issues, countries like Korea and Japan for instance do quite well without interacting in English. Russia less so, but still pretty good at it. Now back to the effort here more specifically ... Jeff, this is amazing how quickly you did this. What a testament to the tools that people are creating out there to help everyone communicate. I think that even at 70-85% accuracy these are probably really useful from a learning tool perspective. For those people that are only doing consumption and just want an aid to get them through, it is just GREAT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28333 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
