-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Henri Beauchamp wrote: > Automatic translators are utterly useless and totally unable to translate > properly from simple languages such as English into more complex and subtle > languages such as French, German, Chinese, Japanese... > > My advice is therefore: don't bother. Most people will mute you rather > than enduring the clueless translators.
Henri, this sounds very much like a French elitism to me, sorry. And that is even though English is only my second or third language (btw, je parle français aussi ...) English can be equally subtle and complex as French is, if used by a skilled speaker/writer. Translations from French to English can be equally comical. However, to the point of the translators - I have a Brazilian friend who speaks no English and I speak no Portuguese, but we can communicate quite well using one. It will certainly not do to translate Molière or Hemingway, but it beats not being able to communicate at all. Regards, Jan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFJqu6Mn11XseNj94gRAinNAKDNYnnkrpkGKgREpGpbY3xp7VhzpwCYjWaE Nko/jl+jyCIU1dqtwBSACw== =bscs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
