Thank you Chris,
I value and appreciate these inclusive parameters of your moderation
and ensuing recommendations.
Heather
Fremantle,
Western Australia
Quoting Dr Chris Walsh <constellationflow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Dear all
The language of this forum is English. It is the one language everyone here
shares. I acknowledge it is not everyone's first language. If we to have
parallel conversations in everyone's first language many languages other
than German would be represented. This is clearly unworkable. If I summarise
what has happened recently:
Bertold Ulsamer submitted a piece asking for a translation.
Max commented on it without giving a translation.
Wilfried offered more in German which is still not translated.
Moreover we all know that the material concerned is highly sensitive but
most of us have no idea of the actual content.
It is great that more of the more experienced German facilitators are
joining this forum. They have valuable information experience and
accumulated wisdom to share. We want to make it as easy as possible for them
to do so. At the same time we do not want to start a parallel conversation
in German that most of us can't follow.
Therefore, as group moderator, I want to make the following recommendations.
* I request the Germans to do their absolute best to get a translation
first and submit in English. If a piece in German is worth sharing with the
group it is worth translating into English.
* I think the fact that this will slow things down is a good thing
considering the flood of emails in the last few days
* If no one is willing to translate then I think we should accept that
rather than risk a parallel conversation which excludes most of the members
of this group.
* Above all anything submitted in German or any language other than
English should not be commented on until a full translation is made.
* If too many posts are made in other languages without being
translated then we may have to ban the practice all together. I do not want
to do that as in the past Bertold and others have submitted valuable pieces
in German which have generously been translated by other Ctalk members.
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne
Australia
www.cwalsh.com.au
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