On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Jean Christophe Andr?
<jean-christophe.andre at auf.org> wrote:
> On my side I think translation should always stand as translation, not
> interpretation or even explanation. Interpretation or explanation are
> the second step, exactly the same you would do if English was your
> native language.
With a little frustration, I must not agree with you.
It is something like software localization, it is not merely
translation from French to Vietnamese,
you have/should adapt with the local culture/language.
And this is the case. The original translation "loai nguoi" is not
natural, can lead to misunderstanding
and worse, it makes people laughs.
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