hi all
Let me share a thought (that I also sent to the fundraiser list), about how I
understand the phrase temple of the mind (in italics some ideas added after
reading the other messages on this list):
My first understanding was:
"--- the temple of the mind phrase is .... not perfectly clear at first sight.
Though, after talking about a public park and a library , I finally get the
picture. It makes clear to the reader (or tries to) that Wikipedia is a 'public
good', i.e. something that is made available for the general public which can
be used and appreciated, and is in their interest in a different (more
general, indirect) sense than housing, food etcetera, but in their interest
anyway.
So I have changed the phrase into 'temple of the mind' (using the ' '-s ) to
make it more apparent that is meant in a different way than public parc and
library .
.."
I agree it may be taken by some readers to have an esoteric aspect; and also it
has a slight christian overtone now I think about it. (sometimes the body is
referred to as a temple for the spirit in christianity... isn't it? ).
In order for the message to be appreciated in the same way (and responded to in
a similar way) in diverse communities, I can imagine that you would change it,-
to really localize it. Or maybe leave it out, since the parc and library idea
already could do the trick.
hope this helps
greetings,
Corinne
Wikimedia Netherlands
http://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnebekker
----- Original Message -----
From: "whym" <[email protected]>
To: "Wikimedia Translators" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Translators-l] Reminder on the urgent Jimmy
> Hi,
>
> Japanese translation is nearly ready.
> One part I'm not sure about is the sentence "It is like a temple for the
> mind."
> What effect is the sentence supposed to have?
>
> A word-to-word translation into Japanese might make it too much 'religious'.
> I'm wondering if I should try avoiding making Wikipedia look like a religion.
>
> Cheers,
> Whym
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Corinne Bekker
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello Philippe
>> Our translation is ready. Not just a quick translation, but we had a
>> thorough look at it.
>> We're happy to run Jimmy's new appeal as soon as possible.
>>
>>
>> Corinne
>> Wikimedia Nederland
>> Utrecht, The Netherlands
>>
>> PS Philippe, I sent this message to your address at wikimedia.org too, as I
>> don't know whether you read this list regularly. Sorry if this leads to
>> doubling your messages.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Philippe Beaudette
>> To: Wikimedia Translators
>> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 6:33 AM
>> Subject: [Translators-l] Reminder on the urgent Jimmy
>> Just a gentle reminder: we have an appeal from Jimmy up
>> at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Translation . This one
>> will be pushed out to all wikis, so we really need it localized as much as
>> possible, please... any help you can give is gratefully appreciated.
>> pb
>>
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