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At 08:31 AM 5/26/04 -0700, Robert wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>On Tue, 25 May 2004, Gennady Ra
wrote:<br><br>
> My Russian translation of Extropian Principles 3.0 is now available
at<br>
>
<a href="http://home.cris.net/~anyservice/principles-ru.html" eudora="autourl">http://home.cris.net/~anyservice/principles-ru.html</a><br><br>
Gennady,<br><br>
My Russian is not good enough to judge whether this is the best<br>
translation (no criticism here -- simply self observation). The
best<br>
person who might have been able to judge a translation would have
been<br>
Sasha but unfortunately he is no longer with us. My experience with
the<br>
Russian language and culture suggests that translations may always
offer<br>
subtle points for discussion. (I do not know -- perhaps Eugen might
be<br>
able to offer a perspective.) The precise meaning of words tends to
be very<br>
subjective and is culture dependent. So I would look forward to
a<br>
discussion with respect to subtle points over a cup of chai.<br><br>
But however -- it is always good to have the general extropian<br>
perspectives translated for other cultures(!). And so thank<br>
you for providing the translation.</blockquote><br>
Yes, thank you!<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I would urge the list/site admins
to make Gennady's work<br>
available (onsite subject to his permission) or reference it.<br><br>
Side note to Natasha -- *why* haven't the Extropian<br>
principles been translated into Japanese, Chinese,<br>
Korean, etc. It would seem that these cultures would<br>
quite easily accept the principles if they were presented<br>
to them.</blockquote><br>
Good point! Most of the translators are charging a pretty
penny. Gennady has offered skills without a charge, which is very
generous. By the way, Philippe VanNedervelde's partner, Elena,
could be helpful with the Russian translation. I'll email
her.<br><br>
Gennady, are you translating the most recent version of the
principles?<br><br>
Everyone: Do you know someone who would translate the principles in
Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, etc.?<br><br>
Thanks,<br>
Natasha<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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