[cc-community] Translating CC name
Javier Candeira
javier at candeira.com
Wed Feb 20 03:32:34 EST 2008
Jon Phillips wrote:
Ocetalo wrote:
>> Of course I'm not talking about the name of the organization itself, but the
>> name of the licenses. Here's an example with my native language, Spanish:
>>
>> Creative Commons licenses of Creative Commons organization - licencias
>> Comuna Creativa de la organización Creative Commons
> part of this is a branding issue as well...its a big decision to make
> when promoting an org, on whether to translate or not...nike in all
> languages, or nike as the firm identity that works in multiple
> countries...
There is also the problem of what the legal concept of the "commons" is in
different jurisdictions with the same language. In Spain an acceptable
translation of the term "commons" is "el procomún". Here, "una comuna" means
something totally different.
My two eurocents,
Javie
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