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Well, for not extend this extend this thread with unuseful information, let's sum it up: -> Please, when it's possible if you feel you need it, post a message in your language and then add the english translation. (you can always warn with "english translation at the end" or whatever). Is it right? I'm in the list for a couple of weeks so this is just a suggestion, the moderators should say what they want us to do. 2006/5/28, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl dot org>: > > On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 02:33:34PM +0200, David Rando wrote: > > My 2 (euro) cents: > > > > This is turning an off-topic language discussion again. I don't see a > > Sorry, I don't want this to degenerate into a tower of Babel. > > > problem about reading a post in a different language than my nature one. > If > > i don't understand it, i just skip it. > > Sorry, "just skipping" doesn't work for the same reason "just skipping > spam" > doesn't work. > > > Here is a quote from the m0n0 website: > > > > " The official language of all m0n0wall mailing lists is English, but > posts > > in other languages are welcome as well if you feel that you can't > explain > > your question well enough in English." > > I have no problems with bilingual posts, as long as the first part > is in English. > > Languages are not that hard, and if you're unwilling to learn and use > the lingua franca of science and technology, whether it's Latin, French, > English, or whatever's next, perhaps you shouldn't be posting. > > > The only problem i see is a question that maybe it's interesting to read > and > > can happen to you, and you lose the solution and a possible problem you > > could deal in the future because of that. Maybe saying on the mailing > list > > page that would be nice to add the english translation if you are going > to > > post in a different language could be half a solution. As you can read, > > we're translating to english the replies, and the original message > > (sometimes ;-) ) > > > > I'm spanish, but i'm very used to do that, so i don't mind at all. > > > > The problem on doing a mono-es, mono-gm. etc is losing information. For > > The web archives are indexed and searchable. > > > example, i'm not going to signup for the mono-gm, because i don't speak > > german, and i'll lose all the post from there, message that a german guy > who > > also speak in english can post in both languages, and voila! another > > answered question that can be useful in the future. > > Or just reply in german. so I'll skip that message and continue with the > > others. > > Again, I have no problem with bilingual posts, as long as the first > message part is in English. > > > .If you're afraid to get your mailbox filled with post in a different > > language than english..... a forum is a solution. I really would like to > > I speak several languages. I can usually decipher Spanish, but I usually > don't bother. > > > have one ;-) > > > > Regards > > > > > > 2006/5/28, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl dot org>: > > > > > >On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 06:41:26PM -0500, Lee Sharp wrote: > > > > > >> >I second the URGENT motion to create m0n0-es@ . > > >> > > >> Why? It was solved, and all of the replies (other than two) were > > > > > >Because this is an international forum, which happens to use English > > >as a lingua franca. You see the point of a *single* common language, > > >I hope? > > > > > >> bilingual, and useful to all. Living in Texas right now, I hear a > lot > > >of > > >> "english only" around me. Considering that many of the project do > not > > >> speak english as a first language... What is the list was in > Manuel's > > >> native language? However, we might want to consider a spanish FAQ. > :-) > > > > > >-- > > >Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org > > >______________________________________________________________ > > >ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com > > >8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE > > > > > > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > >iD8DBQFEeWBIdbAkQ4sp9r4RArEJAKCb7w5XrTUaOB0FsNm4ozGVgueciACfSUBq > > >0uSk5pfSIuyJsYj23cL2Mug= > > >=VZOs > > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > -- > Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org > ______________________________________________________________ > ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com > 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEeZ5MdbAkQ4sp9r4RAi6iAJ0T5EKMNLXY3U5CzjUyHN5T0GBPhQCeI6Qd > iK4hu1zJqbKE+BQYLgGsFGM= > =kxl3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > |