[cc-community] should there be a CC attribute for authorized translations

jonathon jonathon.blake at gmail.com
Thu Jun 12 20:03:52 EDT 2008


On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 4:26 AM, Andrew Rens wrote:
> I've found that the re-writing in that specific example, from South African to US English, is akin to translating, involving not only replacement of one word fo another such as "sidewalk" for "pavement" but understanding the idiom of both language communities.

I was thinking about words like "braaivleis", "bakkie", and "biltong".
Or expressions like "Ag man, Gimme a lionel," and "I beg yours?".

xan

jonathon


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