IMDB gets away with this just fine. It isn't hard to remember that "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" = "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly". Personally, I think it is more correct to use the original language and I'm sure most people would agree.
-cooperaa On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Mika Heiska <kilualmig...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is what I hope for, or something close to it. Not just for official > translations, but for pseudos as well. I'm all for having original > language as a default, but there is something to be said about usability > of the site, and quite frankly, browsing the release listings of some > foreign artists in a language you don't know or understand is just bad. > > ~Mika > > Brian Schweitzer wrote: >> Well, for a more 'familiar' case, where multiple official translated >> releases are frequent, try the soundtrack world. Morricone, especially, >> has many official releases where, over the decades, official releases >> have occurred in English, French, German, Italian, etc. Or, as another, >> classical, where you have the same releases with various releases using >> various languages. It really seems like there should be an ability for >> multiple titles (release and track) of a RG to share "official" status, >> with an attached language and script. Use then, say, the user's site >> language selection to determine which to show; the same for data >> accessed through the webservice. >> >> Brian >> >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Aaron Cooper <coope...@gmail.com >> <mailto:coope...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> That sounds correct. Of course you would expect the Beatles albums to >> be filed under an English release group. I don't know Shakira well >> enough to say, but I would assume English since the majority of her >> other albums are also English (just a guess). >> >> -Aaron >> >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Chad Wilson <chad.wil...@gmx.net >> <mailto:chad.wil...@gmx.net>> wrote: >> > Yeah, it's certainly worth discussing this. You'll note that the >> page as >> > it currently stands says to merge transliterations/translations, >> but not >> > alternate-language releases. Maybe this is confusing. I fear >> there may >> > be many variations I'm not aware of as well. >> > >> > The main issue I could thinking of if merging "alternate language" >> > releases, would be choosing a title for the release group. Which >> title >> > would be most appropriate? >> > >> > With a transliteration/translation, it seems more clearcut - >> choose the >> > official release. If two of the "transliterations" are actually >> official >> > (i.e. some JP releases also get released in the West with "official" >> > transl[iter]ations on the covers, even though the audio is the same), >> > choose the more native-language name for the release group. >> > >> > If you were to merge Shakira's "Servicio de Lavenderia" with "Laundry >> > Service", which title would you choose? >> > >> > I'm actually tending towards merging this particular example too, >> now; >> > and giving a general direction to "Choose the language and >> release title >> > for which the artist is most well known/popular." >> > >> > What do you think? >> > >> > Aaron Cooper wrote: >> >> One quick comment. >> >> >> >> Guideline says, "If there are two versions of a release in different >> >> languages; each language would be its own release group." What >> about >> >> for Translations/Transliterations? It appears these were >> >> automatically merged into the same release groups on test (I'm >> >> thinking of the Complete Beethoven Edition, Volume 1 and 2). Why >> >> aren't we merging albums just because of the language >> difference? As >> >> far as I've seen, RateYourMusic.com groups albums even if the titles >> >> are in different languages (some Beatles albums come to mind). >> >> >> >> -cooperaa >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Musicbrainz-style mailing list >> > Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org >> <mailto:Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org> >> > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Musicbrainz-style mailing list >> Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org >> <mailto:Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org> >> http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Musicbrainz-style mailing list >> Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org >> http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style > > _______________________________________________ > Musicbrainz-style mailing list > Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style > _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
