I was just surprised to learn that someone starts such a big project and not providing it in an universal language
I guess your American...French IS a universal language...shame you can't speak it...or read it...or make any sense out of it...Guess it must be the language that's at fault and not you.
As Barbra said...science is a universal language and if you can't translate a few words that aren't universal then maybe you should get some translation software...or maybe you should learn a little French.
Why all the world should print in a language you understand is baffling for me...maybe folk have knowledge that is important in any language...let them publish...understanding what they write is our responsibility not theirs
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I was just surprised to learn that someone starts such a big project and not providing it in an universal language
I guess your American...French IS a universal language...shame you can't speak it...or read it...or make any sense out of it...Guess it must be the language that's at fault and not you.
As Barbra said...science is a universal language and if you can't translate a few words that aren't universal then maybe you should get some translation software...or maybe you should learn a little French.
Why all the world should print in a language you understand is baffling for me...maybe folk have knowledge that is important in any language...let them publish...understanding what they write is our responsibility not theirs
Just my 2 centimes worth (that's euro centimes)
Frank
Bonjour Frank,
you got me wrong - of course I don't think French or any other language is "at fault".
I am sure you are aware of the old quarrel whether French or English should be the universal language of the world. I was only joking on that basis - maybe not a very good joke, but by no means I wanted to be offensive!
Barbara is right - I am German.
I am sorry if you felt offended by my inconsidered joke.
kind regrads,
Michael
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Regarding languages, Charles V, a spanish emperor in the XVIth century, used to say the following : I use english for trading, french for diplomacy, german to speak to horses, italian to speak to women and spanish to speak to God.
Obviously he wasn't a gemologist, otherwise he would have made up his mind as to which was the best language for it !
The conclusion is, the more languages you understand, the more areas you can deal with !
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Isi wrote:
Regarding languages, Charles V, a spanish emperor in the XVIth century, used to say the following : I use english for trading, french for diplomacy, german to speak to horses, italian to speak to women and spanish to speak to God.
Obviously he wasn't a gemologist, otherwise he would have made up his mind as to which was the best language for it !
The conclusion is, the more languages you understand, the more areas you can deal with !
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