On 6/26/05, Sabine Cretella <sabine_cretella(a)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