Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Internationalizing Linux | Date | Mon, 07 Dec 1998 19:15:47 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Marcin Dalecki <dalecki@cs.net.pl> said: > Horst von Brand wrote:
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> Never mind but most of the world doesn't care about english as much. In > fact please note that basic english in German usually results in an much > better understanding of this language than in for example Poland. Just > becouse the similarities between German and English are much higher than > for example any slavic language. Therefore don't underestimate please how > many people out there have a real problem with this. (It just happens > that on an english speaking list You don't get any sight of them ...)
I live in a Spanish speaking country, having grown up in a German speaking family (not uncommon around here), and then learned English (sytudied in the US, in fact). I do know a bit about this...
> > And nobody will bother (or dare) translate them, so I get to see messages > > in English (written by Alan Cox),
> no problem
I.e., just like today ;-)
> > in Swedish (by Linus),
> damn! (should be however managable if You know German...)
No way, to really understand the exact meaning of the messages, you'll have to know a bit more than "that looks similar to words I know". One of the common jokes in Brazil is that words in Portugese mean something entirely different than in Spanish... and the difference between these languages is quite small.
> > some in Italian [...] > > and Alexey in Russian... boy, will
> Bez problemaw, Tawariszcz!
> > _that_ be fun.
The touble here is that I'd need a basic knowledge of a dozen quite different languages just to stand a fighting chance. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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