29 May 11, 06:28AM
Language Barriers:
These have been documented for quite some time. The Brazilian getting mad at the English noob. The French rising up against the Germans. We definitely have a multilingual community here at AC.
From the Forum Rules by Zarj
Well what happens if the speaker does not know English at all, or very little? Is it really fair to let them struggle? And us as well (the Anglophones), we can't understand the meaning.
I think there should be more done to accommodate these things. Example: Letting them post their version of their text in English, and a copy in their native language. We get translators (human and machine) and we help each other.
http://forum.cubers.net/thread-3193.html
Example.
What do we think?
This could also be used as a linguistic help thread. We'll wait and see.
These have been documented for quite some time. The Brazilian getting mad at the English noob. The French rising up against the Germans. We definitely have a multilingual community here at AC.
From the Forum Rules by Zarj
Quote:8. We understand that english is not the first language to many of our users, but do your best to use English (if possible), proper spelling, grammar, etc.
Well what happens if the speaker does not know English at all, or very little? Is it really fair to let them struggle? And us as well (the Anglophones), we can't understand the meaning.
I think there should be more done to accommodate these things. Example: Letting them post their version of their text in English, and a copy in their native language. We get translators (human and machine) and we help each other.
http://forum.cubers.net/thread-3193.html
Example.
What do we think?
This could also be used as a linguistic help thread. We'll wait and see.