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   <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request &lt;---&gt; direct request</H1>
    <B>Goh Lip</B> 
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    <I>Sat Jul 14 07:12:14 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>On 07/14/2012 12:43 PM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
&gt;<i> The essence of translating is to interpret the English language we are
</I>&gt;<i> using here in the meaning of the English language, not in the direct
</I>&gt;<i> translation of words (which could lead to wrong or sometimes very
</I>&gt;<i> funny translations, like &quot;It's raining cats and dogs&quot;, an English
</I>&gt;<i> phrase for heavy rain). Or in other words: Sometimes we must interpret
</I>&gt;<i> meanings, not words. So, if somebody writes &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot; then the
</I>&gt;<i> meaning is &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot;. Not the &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot; of your local language
</I>&gt;<i> but the &quot;yes&quot; and &quot;no&quot; as used in the English culture. Otherwise we
</I>&gt;<i> will run into misunderstandings or even conflicts all the time.
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Nicely put (in English :) ).


&gt;<i> (I'm sure that this could have been said in much less words - but as
</I>&gt;<i> the majority of us I am not a native speaker of English!)
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Neither am I.

Grube - Goh Lip
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