Comments on: “We would all be smarter if the world remains multilingual” http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/27/we-would-all-be-smarter-if-the-world-remains-multilingual/ The Official Weblog of The Long Now Foundation and Friends Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Del.icio.us.ness http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/27/we-would-all-be-smarter-if-the-world-remains-multilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-5899 Del.icio.us.ness Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:57:52 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/27/we-would-all-be-smarter-if-the-world-remains-multilingual/#comment-5899 [...] The Long Now Blog » Blog Archive » “We would all be smarter if the world remains m... - video - “everyone can do something to support a world in which a diversity of thought and a diversity of ways of speaking is encouraged and is fostered and is sustained. There’s no reason for people to be forced to abandon their languages. It’s one of the false choices of globalization to tell people that they must give up a small or minority or a heritage language in order to speak a global language like English. It doesn’t have to happen. We would all be better and smarter if the world remains multilingual.” SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Del.icio.us.ness", url: "http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2008/11/20/deliciousness-45/" }); News [...] [...] The Long Now Blog » Blog Archive » “We would all be smarter if the world remains m… – video – “everyone can do something to support a world in which a diversity of thought and a diversity of ways of speaking is encouraged and is fostered and is sustained. There’s no reason for people to be forced to abandon their languages. It’s one of the false choices of globalization to tell people that they must give up a small or minority or a heritage language in order to speak a global language like English. It doesn’t have to happen. We would all be better and smarter if the world remains multilingual.” SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Del.icio.us.ness”, url: “http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2008/11/20/deliciousness-45/” }); News [...]

]]> By: Laura Welcher http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/27/we-would-all-be-smarter-if-the-world-remains-multilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-5733 Laura Welcher Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:15:14 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/27/we-would-all-be-smarter-if-the-world-remains-multilingual/#comment-5733 Dr. Harrison's talk at Pop!Tech was a partnership with the DotSub site. They found about 30 people to do translations of the talk, and were able to post the translated video by the end of the three day conference. Still -- impressively fast. Now the video demos one of the most impressive features of DotSub (well, maybe from a geeky linguistic perspective) -- you can switch between any of the language subtitles on the fly. And David, you still have a job :) Dr. Harrison’s talk at Pop!Tech was a partnership with the DotSub site. They found about 30 people to do translations of the talk, and were able to post the translated video by the end of the three day conference. Still — impressively fast. Now the video demos one of the most impressive features of DotSub (well, maybe from a geeky linguistic perspective) — you can switch between any of the language subtitles on the fly.

And David, you still have a job :)

]]> By: Language Diversity « Intern in Israel http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/27/we-would-all-be-smarter-if-the-world-remains-multilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-5704 Language Diversity « Intern in Israel Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:50:57 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/27/we-would-all-be-smarter-if-the-world-remains-multilingual/#comment-5704 [...] If you have any interest at all in language diversity or the preservation of cultures, head on over here, to the Long Now website, to watch a twenty minute presentation by Dr. K. David Harrison of the [...] [...] If you have any interest at all in language diversity or the preservation of cultures, head on over here, to the Long Now website, to watch a twenty minute presentation by Dr. K. David Harrison of the [...]

]]> By: Davide Bocelli http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/27/we-would-all-be-smarter-if-the-world-remains-multilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-5703 Davide Bocelli Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:57:50 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/10/27/we-would-all-be-smarter-if-the-world-remains-multilingual/#comment-5703 There was an Italian faster than me that ALREADY translated the video in my language... this system is very fast! Am I losing my job ? :) There was an Italian faster than me that ALREADY translated the video in my language… this system is very fast! Am I losing my job ? :)

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