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Re: [photo-3d] Translations


  • From: Lee Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [photo-3d] Translations
  • Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:19:02 -0500

From: Lee Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

It would be nice if one could use HTTP language content
controls to automatically present the to the user the
message in his/her prefered language.  

Lee


>>>"Brian David Phillips, Ph.D." said:
 > From: "Brian David Phillips, Ph.D." <phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 > 
 > 
 > Might I suggest that these various translations be placed in the
 > description via links to a supplementary page somewhere?
 > 
 > If you have them on the main page it might imply that the discussion on
 > the list is multilingual while the English-only description implies that
 > we communicate in English.  If not, at least put a heads-up in the
 > non-English variations that list communication is conducted in English
 > as the common language.
 > 
 > I suspect that the Spanish speakers are not subscribing through a
 > misunderstanding but rather because someone on the Spanish 3D list has
 > posted the subscription info without explicitly stating list
 > communication is in English.  So, once folks actually get on it and see
 > that it's in a language they don't understand or prefer not to use all
 > that much, they panic and unsubscribe.
 > 
 > I've noticed a couple Japanese webpages link directly to the list pages
 > without a heads-up as well.
 > 
 > Of course, these are just my thoughts.  Others may disagree.
 >  
 > Brian David Phillips, Ph.D.                    [phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx]
 > Assoc. Prof., English Dept., NCCU             Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
 > http://phillips.personal.nccu.edu.tw/3d/index.html


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