just being curious

[tigrisimo]

hello people, i wanted to know ...... because once i started a thread in spanish, a moderator told me to translate to plain english...........
why are big threads in german?? without english traduction??

i hope some one can tell me why please!

Good luck friends!!!

[bstylz911]

hello people, i wanted to know ...... because once i started a thread in spanish, a moderator told me to translate to plain english...........
why are big threads in german?? without english traduction??

i hope some one can tell me why please!

Good luck friends!!!

i think u should post this up in the Q&As

[jwzg]

Official forum language is English. Though we respect users of other languages, the moderators and admin have agreed that no other languages should be used without translation.

[jez83uk]

If the moderators dont speak spanish, then how can they moderate your comments?
I remember a thread where someone posted a very abusive and 'colourful' rant in another language. It was quite funny when fed through a translator:D.

[Clondyke]

hello people, i wanted to know ...... because once i started a thread in spanish, a moderator told me to translate to plain english...........
why are big threads in german?? without english traduction??


While I agree that it is just friendly to give a brief translation in English (it does not make sense to translate every single word),please think of this: A user who does not speak German will not have any use for a German ROM, so why invest too much time for translating all the posts, if anyone Non-German (-Austrian/Swiss/Luxemburg ...) is not interested in that posts?
jez83uk is right, a translation without knowledge of the language it is translated from does not really make sense.

And BTW: Why do you ask for an English version of ROMs in other languages, instead of using one of the English ROMs? :confused:

[hilaireg]

There was an Hispanic post in the Raphael thread where the OP asked if someone in the forum could translate his text as he felt that online translators would lose the "meaning" of his post/request. A member took the time to translate his post/request; one of his concerns was regarding Bluetooth operation with some applications - which after reading the translation, I provided some assistance with.

I wish I had the ability to quickly learn every language out there; but since I cannot, it was helpful in that particular situation to see an English translation. I agree that online translators aren't capable of providing a correct translation of meaning and content.

IMHO, even a simple line "Could Someone Please Help Translate ..." before the native language text could be sufficient so that someone can summarise the OP request/post in English.

Cheers,


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[jwzg]

There was an Hispanic post in the Raphael thread where the OP asked if someone in the forum could translate his text as he felt that online translators would lose the "meaning" of his post/request. A member took the time to translate his post/request; one of his concerns was regarding Bluetooth operation with some applications - which after reading the translation, I provided some assistance with.

I wish I had the ability to quickly learn every language out there; but since I cannot, it was helpful in that particular situation to see an English translation. I agree that online translators aren't capable of providing a correct translation of meaning and content.

IMHO, even a simple line "Could Someone Please Help Translate ..." before the native language text could be sufficient so that someone can summarise the OP request/post in English.

Cheers,


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Very well written. Thanks!