Posted: May 03, 2011 1:12 pm
arugula wrote:Blackadder wrote:The point is, that is more efficient than trying to translate every language into every other language in real time.cavarka9 wrote:clearly you cannot read what you just said. You said you did not see people agitating for translational softwares, it takes one to throw that out.
No.
He said it's more efficient to communicate in a common language than to (persistently) translate many languages. That is not equivalent to saying that people do not "agitate" for such translation software. And by "not equivalent", I mean they are two very different meanings. And by "different", I mean not the same.
I don't see them agitating for portable software to translate Hindi into Malayalam, to take just one example
This was his quote, his example. They can also use common language to inter translate many languages.
arugula wrote:cavarka9 wrote:In short, you do not advocate english as the sole prominent language of the world, which is fine by me, second, you agree that conquest was the primary reason, which I agree and others before you have skipped that issue by trivializing it as though it didnt matter. Third, I am assuming you advocate use of technology. The other guy from whom you quoted wasnt satisfied by that.He wanted more.
I would like for all languages to be preserved somehow, in some way, and be accessible to all of us who want access to them - but that will be a tiny minority of us who happen to be interested in languages, and their cultural content. Those others (like yourself) who want specific languages to persevere for practical use, are expressing a different normative stance. I identified your particular motive as a resentment deeply entrenched in anti-colonialism (not that there's anything wrong with resenting colonialism... it essentially destroyed my country, for example). For others, the motive to 'oppose' English might be aesthetic, for others still it might have to do with the irritation of having to adapt to 'another' language. There are many motivations for wanting to preserve a language, but the list of motivations for wanting to prop up specific languages against specific other languages, that list is more narrow.
And it is here I claim that the motives for preserving a languages if respected must be done consistently and technology can be used for this.
But if you wish to continue, I will claim that preservation of languages has a lot to do with economy. Improve the economy while preserving the languages then it will make the difference.