Text 8861, 57 rader
Skriven 2013-06-25 06:05:07 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
   Kommentar till text 8857 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Nederlands in deze echo
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Hello Michiel,

 MvdV>> The official language of FidoNet is English.  All documents
 MvdV>> must exist in English.  Translation into other languages is
 MvdV>> encouraged.

 LL>> I'll leave you in charge of translating P4 (and other documents)
 LL>> into Dutch,

MVDV>Sorry.

No apologies necessary.

MVDV>I'll pass.

As well you should.  After all, it would be a waste of time.
Your time, that is.  And time is your most precious commodity.
Well, it is mine, anyway.

MVDV>Translating P4 in Dutch may have been useful 20 years ago,
MVDV>but today I consider it a total waste of time and energy.

It is your time to waste.  However, I can find better things to
do with my time.  Such as playing bourré (a Cajun card game) with
my friends.

MVDV>There are 13 sysops left in The Netherlands and 7 in
MVDV>Belgium. They can all read English. Plus that in the unlikely
MVDV>event of push coming to shove in a complaint procedure, the
MVDV>original English version will be the last word in case of a
MVDV>difference in interpretation.

The powers that be in Z1 never bother paying attention to P4 (except
when and if it suits them).  As such, why should sysops outside of that
very small clique of sysops within Z1 bother with what P4 has to say?

Less than 10% of all FidoNet sysops consider English as being their
primary language.  Perhaps a new FidoNet document is in order, a
document that a majority of FidoNet sysops around the world can be
proud of, that accurately reflects the needs of the FidoNet community
in today's modern world.

If a small group of sysops within Z1 do not want to participate,
so be it.  But that does not mean that all other sysops have to play
their game.

MVDV>Sorry, I am not going to waste my time on that.

What the heck are you apologizing for?
A real Dutchman would never apologize for
something he did not do.  So unless you
have actually translated P4 into Dutch ...

--Lee

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