[Chapter-delegates] tao de l'IETF
Veni Markovski
veni at veni.com
Mon Nov 14 09:14:51 PST 2011
Nothing wrong, but ISOC could set up a separate mailing list, if needed.
On the other hand, we are for one internet, united, and therefore have
to bear the fact that it was created by English-speakers. Good news is,
it could have been created by Bulgarians, and then everyone had to learn
Bulgarian :)))
veni
On 11/14/2011 09:53, Narelle wrote:
>
> On 11/14/2011 10:49 PM, Veni Markovski wrote:
>> Can we, please, switch back to English? I understand the desire to use
>> technologies for automatic translation, but still...
>
> I don't mind seeing a higher proportion of French (which I can mostly
> understand) and Spanish (which I can only guess at without a
> translator) but it would be difficult to get meaningful discussion on
> this list in languages that have relatively few native speakers.
>
> The French and Spanish, IMHO, are important to enable full
> participation of Chapter delegates who aren't as fluent in English.
> Especially considering how many Chapters we now have in areas where
> Spanish or French are the language of the country.
>
>
> [As a side issue, I wonder how many languages are spoken by members of
> this list? Probably best to answer that question off list. Sadly, I
> cannot speak any of the many indigenous languages of my country.
> Hopefully one day!]
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Narelle
>
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