On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2016-03-06 09:26, Gnangarra wrote: >> >> You would think though that someone who wanted to represent all of the >> affiliates would endeavor to have their statement translated into as many >> languages as possible to ensure their message got heard by the most amount >> of people, even if they did it themselves using one of the many >> translation >> programs available. >> >> The affiliates if they are transparent will be asking for input from their >> members as to who they should be supporting, I'd consider it as important >> but also a courtesy to all communities >> > > Do we have a list of languages into which the statements REALLY need to be > translated? I would say, with all due respect, that translating it to > Swedish and Dutch is rather a waste of time, whereas translating for example > to Spanish and Italian might indeed help.
We could use the same list of languages as the process for the community elected/selected seats? This is also being discussed at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016#Messy_list -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
