You didnt see me, right?

IAN you just could’t resist eh!!!!!!!!!!!

Freud is whirling dervishly in his grave at this whole sorry tale!

Just posted this on the old thread so I’ll post it here too.

Question for Mods & Admin

Would it be permissible for people who have information in a foreign language and wish to either quote or link it to simply give a brief summary of what it says, rather than translating the whole thing?

I am a professional translator and I can assure you that, for anyone who is not used to translating (however fluent they may be in the language), it is not easy. Neither is it easy to translate into a language that is not your own. I have lived in Spain for thirty years. I live practically my entire life in Spanish, which I speak and write fluently. However, even I find it a challenge to translate into Spanish (as opposed to writing an original text in it).

I say this because I feel that we are losing a lot of valuable information as a result of the ban on foreign language quotes/links.

Administrator: What could be the point of posting links to or précis quotes from another language? There are NO checks or balances in what you are proposing. If the article is worth repeating because you have read and understood it in its entirety then it is worth the translation. We are not competent to do so and will not tolerate large tracts of foreign language text. What is being said, to whom and about what? Are you giving instructions to defame a person or plant a bomb. How would we know??.
Another very important issue is; if you have read the whole and are impressed by it why should others not have the same opportunity to make their own value judgements from a full translation. If the original author can be persuaded to present a shortened and translated version the so be it. The situation remains large section of script other than English are not acceptable. -agw

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Julie
C’mon don’t feel like that
I’ve been bad treated here ,and look ,i’m still fighting
Please don’t play their game

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Chloe Spain Says:
January 26th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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Thank you for that! I really did not think I was doing any wrong, I was linking to a missing child’s site, and because she is Spanish, the site is in Spanish. There was a notice on the site which was dated today, and I was hoping that it said she was found. I did not understand what it said and was actually hoping that you were around at the time to tell me as I know you speak Spanish, (but I translated it via a translation site.)

I was under the impression that M&A would see that it was a missing child’s site and realise that there was nothing sinister about it (I’m the last person who would post a link to ANYTHING unsavoury). If the link was removed as they felt it was not appropriate I would have accepted that I’d broken a rule. However, it was quite clearly seen that it was MariLuz’s site, and nothing else.

I’m pretty hurt at the comment that was posted underneath the posting (I don’t know which M&A it was), I feel like some schoolkid that’s just received a blasting from a teacher for doing something wrong!

Chloe asks about posting in foreign script a little earlier in this thread. It is a genuine inquiry so I shall repeat the full answer here:

Administrator: What could be the point of posting links to or précis quotes from another language? There are NO checks or balances in what you are proposing. If the article is worth repeating because you have read and understood it in its entirety then it is worth the translation.
We are not competent to do so and will not tolerate large tracts of foreign language text. What is being said, to whom and about what? Are you giving instructions to defame a person or plant a bomb. How would we know??.
Another very important issue is; if you have read the whole and are impressed by it why should others not have the same opportunity to make their own value judgements from a full translation. If the original author can be persuaded to present a shortened and translated version the so be it. The situation remains large section of script other than English are not acceptable. -agw

Julie 13

Don’t disappear. I can understand exactly what you thought. I don’t think Carmen meant it personally, but it did come over rather strongly I thought.

I’m curious. Is this a police story or a McCann story? If it originates from the chilean police then that is interesting because it messes with the McCann’ agenda. For example, if we get lots of potential siting reports from the police then doesn’t that take the initiative away from Mc’s and MS? Bet someone here could make sense of this - in a rush - I’ve got to go til later.

Mods and Admin
Just to let you know that i always translate my posts from ‘mangy scotch’ to english.

ttthhhhhpt!

sp = so, as in “so to speak”

and “are we now looking at a surreptitious attempt to work their way up to an illegal border crossing from Mexico”

You couldn’t make it up!!! Oh they have.
Chile, Pinochet, …………D’ya think K and G will actually get off their arses this time to go look for her? Mmmmmm. Quite hard to get someone back from there. Legally speaking.

That’ll be why they are going on the Oprah Winfrey show, then, I believe she is very popular in Chile!

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/

30 Chenier

LOL!

However, imo their lack of credibility hasn’t seemed to put a damper on any of their other bizarre activities and outpourings, so I can’t see this stopping them if that’s what they were planning on doing.

But, but, I thought M was living in a castle and being treated like a princess.