<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">You are free to localize, but we'd ask you to hold true to the spirit as best you can. While I understand the urge to "fix"... let me tell you that when we tried to "fix" Jimmy's language, it immediately reduced the effectiveness of the letter by around 30%.<div><br></div><div>There's something magic about the way that he writes, and it works. So please localize where needed, but don't alter the spirit or integrity of the words.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Dec 14, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I translated it to Hebrew, but i really don't like it. It's unclear<br>who those "others" are, and in any case i see no reason to attack them<br>or to mention them at all.<br><br>On 2010-12-14, vassia atanassova <<a href="mailto:vassia.atanassova@gmail.com">vassia.atanassova@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hi, all.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I'm almost ready with the Bulgarian translation. There is a phrase, however,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">that puzzles me and colleagues of mine, whom I asked for advised. What is<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the phrase *"...and leave waste to others"* supposed to mean in the overall<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">context of the appeal?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thanks.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Vassia<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Philippe Beaudette <<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:pbeaudette@wikimedia.org">pbeaudette@wikimedia.org</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Translators,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">We've posted a second appeal from Jimmy for translation at<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Jimmy_appeal_2">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Jimmy_appeal_2</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><<a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Jimmy_appeal_2">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Jimmy_appeal_2</a>>This one<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">is performing very well in English, but may be tricky to translate - it's<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">idiomatic. This is probably a good time to mention again that we're<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">looking<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">for localization - not strict, word-for-word translation. If a phrase<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">doesn't work, don't use it, or substitute something better. :)<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thank you!<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">pb<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Philippe Beaudette<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Head of Reader Relations<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">ofc: +1 415 839 6885 x6643<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">mobile: +1 918 200 WIKI (9454)<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:pbeaudette@wikimedia.org">pbeaudette@wikimedia.org</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">*Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in *<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">*the sum of all knowledge. 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