> Your premise, to master technology requires English, is a fallacy. For starters, > technology is not the exclusive province of English.
yup, i agree. the only reason English was brought up was because most Filipinos speak the language. > Thank you for your cautionary note. However, I would rather teach people about > the technology in terms they will understand now than wait for them to > understand the foreign language you seem to expect them to master first. i'm not expecting anyone to master english, although i don't think it would hurt, especially if you want to learn Math, Science, Physics or any other subject matter that is better documented in English. Of course, you could also learn French, Russian, etc... like you mentioned. > Of course, you are free to disagree, but please do not deny those who believe that > this will make a difference from putting their time and efforts into this. hope i didn't give the impression of denying anyone the right to participate in this project. last time i checked, it was still a free country, so i wish you luck in your endeavor. cheers!!! From, Carlos Yu CYWare Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "eric pareja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [plug] Filipino Linux Documentation Project (starters) [OT] > Quoting CYWare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > i don't know. it seems a little backward. just want to remind everyone > > that the whole world has gone global! > > Not really backward. Globalization actually is a good reason to localize as > well. Just because the "whole" world has gone global doesn't mean you forget > your locale. Globalization encompasses the markets. It is primarily economic. > God forbid that globalization leads to an all encompassing mono-culture! See the > forest AND the trees. > > > to master technology, you need to be well-versed in English. Why not use > > the combined efforts of everyone to teach better English so that people can > > learn not just Linux, but every other technology, OS, programming language, > > etc... that is written/documented in English. > > Your premise, to master technology requires English, is a fallacy. For starters, > technology is not the exclusive province of English. In fact, if you look at the > nations and countries that have a good command of the technology, they have rich > literature about technology in their own language. Don't tell me the Japanese, > Koreans, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russians need to learn English to understand > technology. It's a sad state of affairs where in our country, progress is > perceived to be linked with English, when that's not necessarily the case. > > Thank you for your cautionary note. However, I would rather teach people about > the technology in terms they will understand now than wait for them to > understand the foreign language you seem to expect them to master first. > > There's a whole gamut of debate surrounding the issue of language elsewhere. I > acknowledge that there will be many, like you, who will not agree with the > translation/creation effort, and they are free to decline from participating. Of > course, you are free to disagree, but please do not deny those who believe that > this will make a difference from putting their time and efforts into this. > > > ___ eric pareja (xenos AT free.net.ph) ~~~~~~ user #8159 http://counter.li.org > \e/ free software advocate : PLUG Promotor : GNU/Linux : Chiba MUSH : PNDF PDA > v proudly vyrah owned : aka pusakat on irc.free.net.ph #plug channel /////// > "...the symbol is nothing. It is the reality behind every symbol that is all." > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
