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just a thought. is there a reason why the armagetron leadership chose to make the forum english. (other then the obvious bieng that its the most used among the community.)
it surley would be easier for the international folk to use there native language .
(now thls ls an asumptlon) that people sutch as z or tank who write perfect english as well as understand slang and american pop culture. also going into long trouble shooting sessions of discussing code(in what i would imagine is there second language). my first language is english and some of that shit goes way over my head (i speak fluent spanish however i dont have the daily writing experience of bieng a heavy poster in that language.
so really, nice work, international people.

[Z-Man]

I didn't exactly pick English as the language here, but I'm lazy and like the language I to stay mostly fixed. I don't like to switch languages based on who I talk to, and since English is language most other Tron-players and developers understand, I stick to it. Even when I talk online to people who live practically next door in RL.

About slang, I probably only understand half of it, unless it has transformed into internet slang by now. I blame the slang I mean, come on: "shit" is bad, but "the shit" is good?

[philippeqc]

While I think it is convenient to keep the bulk of the discussion and development in english, I still beleive that support "rooms" should be opened in various language (French, Spanish, German as a minimum).

Non-english native speakers would surely appreciate it greatly!

/ph

[Jonathan]

The advantage of using one main language is that everyone can understand everyone, as long as they all understand that language. English is a language that almost everyone here understands to some degree.

[Tank Program]

The forums are English because I started them and it's my native language. No sinister plot against internationalization, I just don't speak anything else very well. (There is the Other Languages forum under Support, but in general, having community discussion in something other than English never really seemed attractive to me.)

[Lucifer]

The forums are English because I started them and it's my native language. No sinister plot against internationalization, I just don't speak anything else very well. (There is the Other Languages forum under Support, but in general, having community discussion in something other than English never really seemed attractive to me.)

Nor does it seem to work, here. There is a de facto standard German group for folks that want to stick with German, but I don't think there are any others for other languages. (nixda still has their forums, right?)

I don't know that you've noticed, but we're not only welcoming to people who don't speak English very well, if at all, but those of us who only have the one language make attempts to communicate anyway, and I think we've had at least one non-english problem resolved by someone who didn't know the poster's language.

It would probably help encourage more postings to the Other Languages forum if the UI here offered different translations that are available in phpBB. I think we've got most of the really big languages covered (and I want to see ed talk to someone in welsh ).

[ed]

Bydew , Er gwisga t areithia yn anad hychydig eiriau chan Cymraeg fi d bod fel ddrysedig fel 'r bwyso chennych. Namyn Alla ramble acha , ddod rhyw destun er chyfieithwr. Rhywun na amau ewyllysia brofi at am-dro 'i bacia at Saesneg at gwna bwyll chanddi. Hawddamor.

[philippeqc]

Bydew , Er gwisga t areithia yn anad hychydig eiriau chan Cymraeg fi d bod fel ddrysedig fel 'r bwyso chennych. Namyn Alla ramble acha , ddod rhyw destun er chyfieithwr. Rhywun na amau ewyllysia brofi at am-dro 'i bacia at Saesneg at gwna bwyll chanddi. Hawddamor.

Welsh? Galician?

-ph

Du bodde har lämnat nån typ av tips. Till exempel denna bodde Guru/Tank Program förstår vad jag har skrivit!

[wrtlprnft]

V'z nyy sbe n fhosbehz sbe crbcyr jub angviryl fcrnx naq jevgr va ebg guvegrra. Gubfr nhgbzngvp genafyngbef nyy fhpx.

[epsy]

(There is the Other Languages forum under Support, but in general, having community discussion in something other than English never really seemed attractive to me.)

Never seen it before O_o

[Tank Program]

(There is the Other Languages forum under Support, but in general, having community discussion in something other than English never really seemed attractive to me.)

Never seen it before O_o

http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewforum.php?f=52

Now you have, but you don't really see it because no one posts there.

[philippeqc]

V'z nyy sbe n fhosbehz sbe crbcyr jub angviryl fcrnx naq jevgr va ebg guvegrra. Gubfr nhgbzngvp genafyngbef nyy fhpx.

Gibberish? Cat-on-the-keyboard? Sneezed 15 times and clicked submit?

-ph

[Jonathan]

Anu, abar bs gubfr. V haqrefgnaq jegyceasg cresrpgyl. V nqzvg V dhvpxyl chg gbtrgure n genafyngbe, ohg V vqragvsvrq vg nf ebg guvegrra zlfrys.

[wrtlprnft]

Kq mlpk F ofhk vzns qjr'l f vdbtarhi tlih oppkxgx: Mpcfjqe v wvrtfzd tc yrhnzs frit yz ekzrdbkl K, oipe owtnt p tik mehw nvlhspfm xpon. Bu ifrk F'h vxbkf qijm yz wnpy hjtw ixouj. Fvkm xv f jqxbevo za fxj wlpn.
Xobdttt, D'y axuh szbq cjxhagrxkctw pq vzj ebkw's ellxynw pk tfk xg sznp 27 tjjfqmh.
Kfq'd nbf wnx vnam fxn kl brec oafv pql :K

[epsy]

Anu, abar bs gubfr. V haqrefgnaq jegyceasg cresrpgyl. V nqzvg V dhvpxyl chg gbtrgure n genafyngbe, ohg V vqragvsvrq vg nf ebg guvegrra zlfrys.

There should be a subforum under « Other languages » for such crap.