http://noncompositional.com/2006/11/dibs-on-mapudungun/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:04:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://noncompositional.com/2006/11/dibs-on-mapudungun/comment-page-1/#comment-4964 Russell Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:34:08 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2006/11/dibs-on-mapudungun/#comment-4964 <p>Indeed. Though some would say that merely wanting to be consulted on the matter would be an extreme position to take. No one speaking a world language (English, Arabic, French, and so on) would probably claim this sort of "ownership," partly because there is so much existing literature in and about those languages. When resources are limited (little-to-no documentation and/or few-or-no native speakers), then everything changes.</p> Indeed. Though some would say that merely wanting to be consulted on the matter would be an extreme position to take. No one speaking a world language (English, Arabic, French, and so on) would probably claim this sort of “ownership,” partly because there is so much existing literature in and about those languages. When resources are limited (little-to-no documentation and/or few-or-no native speakers), then everything changes.

]]> http://noncompositional.com/2006/11/dibs-on-mapudungun/comment-page-1/#comment-4946 CW Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:05:37 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2006/11/dibs-on-mapudungun/#comment-4946 <p>I too don't really know what to think about this whole situation. My first response to the report was to wonder whether or not the people were pissed off solely because they hadn't been consulted and if their annoyance could have been avoided if Microsoft had taken the trouble to involve the community in discussion prior to doing the translation...</p> I too don’t really know what to think about this whole situation. My first response to the report was to wonder whether or not the people were pissed off solely because they hadn’t been consulted and if their annoyance could have been avoided if Microsoft had taken the trouble to involve the community in discussion prior to doing the translation…

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