[governance] MSism and democracy

[Ivar A. M. Hartmann]

Just to illustrate how viable the method mentioned by Rui would be, I put
Tapani's comment on Google translator and this is what I got:
"This is how it is, but even though I understand I also reasonably
Spanish, I'm not convinced that such a demonstration of the usefulness."

I supposed it was Finnish, but I assume the software could've done that.
Even though it's just a few words, the translation has the potential for
misunderstandings.
Still, it's better than nothing!

Best,
Ivar

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 09:54, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Exactly, Tapani--I have no idea what you said, but your point is clear :)
>
> During WSIS, I was a member of the WFUNA  (World Federation of United
> Nations Associations) Task Force on WSIS. Our home working languages were
> Danish, Spanish, Urdu, and six others, and no one did their IG/WSIS work at
> home in English. BUT we did all of our TF work in English, because it was
> the only possible way for us communicate.
>
> That was years ago. Translation services have improved. What practical
> steps can we take for language inclusion?
> Can we include some kind of translation as suggested by Rui/Carlos?
> Should we have different threads in different languages?
> Should the subject line indicate the language as well as the topic?
>
> Has anyone found a working solution on another list?
>
> On 6/8/2011 7:45 AM, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 09:38:01AM -0300, Roxana Goldstein (goldstein.roxana at gmail.com) wrote:
>
>
>  querida Ginger,
>
> Si entiendo, pero si no hay debate en español, sólo pueden participar
> aquellos que "dominan" el ingles´, no solo quienes lo manejan medianamente.
> Y esto implica no sólo las reglas del idioma. sino sus modismos, sus
> connotaciones y denotaciones, su cosmovisión.
>
> El debate en otros idiomas en necesario y requiere soporte económico, de
> recursos humanos, etc.
>
>  Näinhän se on, mutta vaikka minä ymmärränkin kohtuullisesti myös
> espanjaa, en ole vakuuttunut tällaisen demonstraation hyödyllisyydestä.
>
>
>
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