[Foundation-l] Montenegrin request for new language wikipedia

Darko Bulatovic mail at itam.ws
Sat Dec 2 05:51:07 UTC 2006


Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Darko Bulatovic schreef:
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>> David Gerard wrote:
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>>> On 01/12/06, Darko Bulatovic <mail at itam.ws> wrote:
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>>>> I would like to see some of yours opinions regarding this issue as this
>>>> looks very strange to me.
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>>> OK: Splitting Serbo-Croatian into three wikis was a ridiculous
>>> mistake, and does not justify compounding the error.
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>>> - d.
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>> Do you think that negation of one language is much bigger mistake?
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>> Darko Bulatovic
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> Hoi,
> Sabine asked some colleagues (translators) on the mailing lists for 
> professional translators about Montenegrin, the universal answer is that 
> Montenegrin and Serbian is the same language. The point here is that 
> when it DOES make a difference, translators will have business by 
> adapting it for use on the Montenegrin market. In this a text prepared 
> for the Dutch market is different from a Belgian market because there 
> being a big discrepancy in the vocabulary .. all this does not deny us 
> both speaking Dutch.
>
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
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Gerard,
We have talked about this, she talked with serbs translators?

They cant translate from Montenegrin without use of some dictionaries. 
Situation is similar to the " Gorski vijenac" - they cant translate it - 
they cant even understand it fully.

Darko Bulatovic.






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