discuss: Bible Translation HOWTO (new)
Subject:
Re: Bible Translation HOWTO (new)
From:
Tabatha Marshall ####@####.####
Date:
5 Jul 2004 20:47:58 -0000
Message-Id: <1089059970.807.29.camel@slackerchild.dbsofttware.com>
Hi all,
I concur with what Stephen says below. I was gonna say a bunch of other
stuff to support why the document was accepted, but as he's kind of
indicated, it will speak for itself once complete.
The title won't remain as it is currently either. We've already
discussed this with the author and explained the issues.
When the time comes for review, it will see more than a couple of eyes,
and until then, unless anyone has any feedback relating ONLY to the
content of the document, the rest of the discussion should end. There's
no need to remind anyone that this isn't a theological discussion list.
(In my best corp-speak:) Thanks for your cooperation!
Tab
On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 09:07, s. keeling wrote:
> The upshot of the original discussion re: this HOWTO is that for
> professional researchers, translating a religious text with as rich
> and complicated a history as The Bible is a non-trivial and archane
> art; something that (eg.) Babelfish can't even begin to approximate.
>
> Right now, people use dedicated software written for Windows to do
> this. The HOWTO's author wants to show that with the help of Windows
> emulators, this can also be done on Linux. He also wants to encourage
> the eventual development of native Linux tools for the purpose.
>
> That's why it was approved. It has little if anything to do with
> Xtianity, or any other organized religion. What you might think if
> you saw this HOWTO in a list of other TLDP HOWTOs is irrelevant. TLDP
> supports the production of documentation which its users want and
> need. Period. I don't personally support (or disapprove of) the use
> of many softwares and hardwares mentioned in TLDP HOWTOs. This is
> simply one more of the same to go along with VNC, Oracle, Citrix,
> Winmodems, and many others tangential to Gnu/Linux itself.
>
> I strongly suggest everyone DROP this discussion and wait for the
> eventual release of the HOWTO. Right now, all discussion of it is on
> tangentials. I shall henceforth ignore any mention of this subject.
--
Tabatha Marshall
Web: www.merlinmonroe.com
LDP Language Review Coordinator (www.tldp.org)
