[ILUG] kind-of-[OT]: AFP + Irish translations

[kevin lyda]

i will attempt to guide this back on topic to the irish linux thingie...

Liam Bedford wrote:
> About as nice as anyone who puts up a webpage in English and doesn't
> put up a translation, or even mention the fact that they don't speak
> a foreign language.

hm...   http://www.wbtsystems.com/  ?

> * Note: I don't like the FPO, I don't agree with right-wing politics,
> but I do understand people not translating their web pages... I tend
> to get annoyed when people go to other countries, and don't have the
> courtesy
> to learn the language or the customs... or maybe that's just me.. :)

i think the reason why the guy in the states put the "learn german or
fuck off" bit in their page was to be offensive.  it's one thing not to
have translations, or to not speak a language, but to tell non-speakers
to fuck off is rude.  considering the number of language bigots in the
states the joke's a little lame to me.  i once had a tech support job
for the state of new york that said in my contract that i was only to
answer questions in english - i actively worked on learning an answer in
spanish.

anyway, on the language topic, are there any other irish translations
going on outside of the mandrake installer?  (see, said i'd bring it on
topic!)  i figure the only way i'll learn irish at this stage is from
linux error/status messages...

kevin
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