Harry Zink wrote: > > On Oct 19, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Erik Espinoza wrote: > >> Seems like a pretty close tie between people who want two and people >> who want just one single list. > > I think a compromise would be two-fold: > > - one, making sure that those who respond to spanish-language posts > mention, first, that the list prefers English, and that it's kinda rude > to just jump in there in Spanish, ignoring the majority of participants, > and pretending it's a Spanish list. This may not be the intention, but > that's the impression I get (I see very little "sorry for not posting in > Eglish"). > > - two, that the respondents kinda translate the gist of the request into > English, and respond with an English translation, to allow the English > speakers to benefit and participate as well.
I like these ideas. I think it'd be nice if spanish posters were to create an English translation at http://translate.google.com. Sometimes that's inadequate, but for simpler problems it works ok. > The only benefit I see to a Spanish list is that I worry of a repeat of > other communities - whereas somehow, now that Spanish speakers seem to > have found out about the list, start to grow in numbers, until it's a > nearly Spanish list. This may be an irrational concern, but I've seen it > happen before, sporadically (in other languages), and it may be good to > be pro-active. > > Just my $0.02. > > Harry > -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
