Sorry for being rude. I found myself having forgotten to cc my answer to people kindly replied about the phrase "temple for the mind".
Japanese version now use a phrase 知の神殿 (sacred palace of intellect), thanks to the ideas shared by Philippe, Ivan, Mohamed and Corinne. Thanks, Whym On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:59 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > The idea is that Wikipedia is an honored place, devoted to learning and > wisdom. > > _______________________________ > Philippe Beaudette > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone, please understand any misspellings or > errors. > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "whym" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Dec 17, 2010 3:31 am > Subject: [Translators-l] Reminder on the urgent Jimmy > To: "Wikimedia Translators" <[email protected]> > > 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 >> >> _______________________ >> Philippe Beaudette >> Head of Reader Relations >> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. >> >> [email protected] >> >> Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share >> in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! >> http://donate.wikimedia.org >> >> ________________________________ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Translators-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Translators-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l > > > _______________________________________________ Translators-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l
