RE: Contributions in languages other than English

2005-05-05 Thread MisterX
ugh I know all about changes of professional horizons... cheers Xavier http://MonsieurX.com - the revolutionary's scripting warehouse and performance tuning garage! > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ro Nagey > Sent:

Re: Contributions in languages other than English

2005-05-05 Thread Ro Nagey
On May 4, 2005, at 6:41 PM, Marielle Lange wrote: Imagine you are a non-native. How would you feel about publishing this on the revolution list? Would you dare put a post that consists in a babelfish translation on a Russian list (assuming you do not know a word of Russian)? As a native, what

Re: Contributions in languages other than English

2005-05-04 Thread Dom
Marielle Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is not a question of politeness, but of self-restraint. Foreign > speakers will usually refrain from contributing until they are confident > enough about writing in English. Please note that there IS a french-speakig RR List ;-) But the traffic is ve

Contributions in languages other than English

2005-05-04 Thread Marielle Lange
Hi Ro, I am not sure the issue there is politeness. The translation of your post to French and back from French to English is the following (and, believe me, it is worse in French than the translation back to English): >Frankly, I do not have any problem with a (road) post in an alternative >lang