Topic: Would it be poor taste to translate existing posts into other languages? - page 2. (Read 284 times)
October 05, 2021, 04:33:31 PM
Think is not bad for you to translate English to German via the board, but such should be done with precautions, i think you have to follow the normal procedures by obtaining permission from the op which is called original posters before it will come to accomplish or before it will be translated to any board or any language per say, but is advisable and encourageable that any board you want to translate language to, should be a board you belong to, because some board leaders or moderators will not condone such because it will be look like spam to their sight.
October 05, 2021, 03:56:59 PM
I think it's fine so long as you ask for permission from the original poster of the topic and also include the link of the source to your translations.
The purpose of this foeum is to share knowledge, discuss and learn something about cryptocurrencies. There no evil in translating articles to different communities.
The purpose of this foeum is to share knowledge, discuss and learn something about cryptocurrencies. There no evil in translating articles to different communities.
October 05, 2021, 03:33:02 PM
I am thinking of putting some of my posts into the language boards like German and Arabic.
AFAIK, most of the posts that gets translated from English to other local languages are more often than not, informative posts and guides that are actually very useful for users on the forum, check this thread for example: help me translate my best posts in your local board. The whole reason of wanting to translate a post is cause it's pretty good and you'll want other users who are active in the local boards or who cannot boast of a strong command of the English language to actually benefit from such posts, hence it's translated into their local language.Having said that, op going through your post history, without the slightest intention to spite you, I actually can't see any post that really should be translated into more languages, and thus if you go ahead trying to translate most of the current posts you have, it could be seen as spamming, it's much better you concentrate on learning and garnering more crypto/forum knowledge, so sometime later, your posts could actually be what people would want to translate to their local languages.
October 05, 2021, 03:08:50 PM
I am thinking of putting some of my posts into the language boards like German and Arabic.
Would it be poor taste to export my posts to these boards translated?
There is no rule against that as long as it is not done to spam. In my opinion if you're fluent in the language you are free to contribute in local discussions. The people in the local board may not like it if you're not from that country and you're translating your posts there. To some it might look like you're fishing for merit which is not a good look. Would it be poor taste to export my posts to these boards translated?
October 05, 2021, 03:05:29 PM
Do you mean you want to post in German and Arabic boards and then translate then to English or you want to translate your English posts to those languages?
For both cases, you can do that if you're proficient in all the the three languages and can easily translate them.
If you are not proficient in any of them and plan to use Google translate to convert your English post to German or Arabic, that may be in poor taste imo.
There are users on those local boards that translate noteworthy posts on the owners permission, if you make a very helpful posts, you will discover there are native speakers of various languages that would wish to translate it.
For both cases, you can do that if you're proficient in all the the three languages and can easily translate them.
If you are not proficient in any of them and plan to use Google translate to convert your English post to German or Arabic, that may be in poor taste imo.
There are users on those local boards that translate noteworthy posts on the owners permission, if you make a very helpful posts, you will discover there are native speakers of various languages that would wish to translate it.
October 05, 2021, 03:03:19 PM
Generally if the post is from yourself:
Translate the post (without using an online translator on the whole thing) and link the original post at the bottom to say if was a translation.
If the post was made by someone else, it might be good etiquette to get the poster's permission before doing it but I'd: send a pm, wait a week and then post if they approve or don't respond.
Translate the post (without using an online translator on the whole thing) and link the original post at the bottom to say if was a translation.
If the post was made by someone else, it might be good etiquette to get the poster's permission before doing it but I'd: send a pm, wait a week and then post if they approve or don't respond.
October 05, 2021, 02:59:26 PM
I am thinking of putting some of my posts into the language boards like German and Arabic.
Would it be poor taste to export my posts to these boards translated?
Would it be poor taste to export my posts to these boards translated?
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