On 6/26/05, Sabine Cretella sabine_cretella@yahoo.it wrote:
This question came into mind this morning since lately there were some discussions on this theme on the list (also on the wikipedia list really) - and there is quite an obvious reason. Instead of writing it only here in the list I wrote in on my blog as it is read by also other comunities.
If you would like to know what I wrote, just klick here:
http://sabinecretella.blogspot.com/
I am also adding the same text on my portal http://www.wesolveitnet.com
Ciao, Sabine
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Buongiorno,
I hope it's okay if I reply here. You raise some good points, in particular the matter of the difference in status (or whatever) between English and the European languages. Of course, it does work both ways. Should I want to learn another language, it is increasingly hard to do so, what with living in a culture that doesn't see the presence of many other languages and where everyone speaks your native one as well as you do anyway. I've spent a lot of my life so far living in places other than my home now, and as such, I have an affinity for other languages, and luckily, have had the chance to learn a couple (though not to the standard that one would hope for, naturally).
That aside, you are indeed correct that many of us from the English Wiktionary undervalue the other parts of our projects. Personally, I think that the definitions are a key part of a dictionary, as opposed to a translationary, but that is not to say that translations aren't of nigh-equal importance in a project such as ours. Those of us who inhabit the IRC channel often collaborate on different areas of our expertise, gathering translations, definitions, synonyms, pronunciations (both audio and transcribed), etymologies and a whole host of other things besides. Currently we only collaborate on the English Wiktionary, but should someone want us to help on another language Wiktionary, I am sure we wouldn't hesitate to muddle in (though it would likely help in many cases if a native speaker did all the actual writing for us ;)).
I'm not entirely sure what the point of my reply is now. So, for now, good day.
Wytukaze