Comments on: Chris Salzberg on Global Voices, and the challenges and potential of community translation http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/18/chris-salzburg-on-global-voices-and-the-challenges-and-potential-of-community-translation/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven BREWER http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/18/chris-salzburg-on-global-voices-and-the-challenges-and-potential-of-community-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-1368366 Steven BREWER Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:57:49 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2479#comment-1368366 You've hit on an important point: the use of English as an international language provides its largest benefits to global elites who can, by investing money and time, straddle two (or more) language communities. The typical usonian, who never learns a second language to competence -- though not as disadvantaged as someone who speaks a less-widely-used language -- is still denied access to much of the world's intellectual and cultural heritage. You’ve hit on an important point: the use of English as an international language provides its largest benefits to global elites who can, by investing money and time, straddle two (or more) language communities. The typical usonian, who never learns a second language to competence — though not as disadvantaged as someone who speaks a less-widely-used language — is still denied access to much of the world’s intellectual and cultural heritage.

]]> By: Chris http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/18/chris-salzburg-on-global-voices-and-the-challenges-and-potential-of-community-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-1363613 Chris Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:45:14 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2479#comment-1363613 Thanks Ethan for this great write-up! Claire, thanks! But the link seems to go to a different article translation... couldn't find a translation on the French site. Chris Thanks Ethan for this great write-up!

Claire, thanks! But the link seems to go to a different article translation… couldn’t find a translation on the French site.

Chris

]]> By: Claire http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/18/chris-salzburg-on-global-voices-and-the-challenges-and-potential-of-community-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-1362302 Claire Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:07:33 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2479#comment-1362302 La version française est disponible à cette URL: http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/14/1249/ La version française est disponible à cette URL:
http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/14/1249/

]]> By: Ed http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/18/chris-salzburg-on-global-voices-and-the-challenges-and-potential-of-community-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-1360725 Ed Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:56:31 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2479#comment-1360725 A voice from the choir; nice post. Kudos to Chris for stepping up and starting to fill in the research. A voice from the choir; nice post. Kudos to Chris for stepping up and starting to fill in the research.

]]> By: JP http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/18/chris-salzburg-on-global-voices-and-the-challenges-and-potential-of-community-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-1360698 JP Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:40:59 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2479#comment-1360698 Thanks for this great article. I've learned about translation community I didn't know. There is a typo for cucumbis which is in in fatc cucumis. Bye :) Thanks for this great article. I’ve learned about translation community I didn’t know.
There is a typo for cucumbis which is in in fatc cucumis. Bye :)

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