It is sort of long, and livejournal said my entry was too long to post. O__o
A13: I think it is important that anything that doesn't translate should not be forced to fit into the language it is being translated into. If a person wishes to become familiar with a different culture they should expect to have to do a little work to learn a few of the more common words and culturally understood concepts. Though I do think it is important that languages such as Arabic, Japanese and Mandarin be translated into the latin lettering and vise versa as that sort of translation is beyond most laymen.
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Sorry... A13 from my survey...
Date: 2003-09-07 10:03 pm (UTC)A13: I think it is important that anything that doesn't translate should not be forced to fit into the language it is being translated into. If a person wishes to become familiar with a different culture they should expect to have to do a little work to learn a few of the more common words and culturally understood concepts. Though I do think it is important that languages such as Arabic, Japanese and Mandarin be translated into the latin lettering and vise versa as that sort of translation is beyond most laymen.