Comments on: In the battle of the Blogs, America is losing. http://ryancoleman.ca/2006/12/in-the-battle-of-the-blogs-america-is-losing.html FACILITATOR - INNOVATOR - DESIGNER Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:39:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ryan http://ryancoleman.ca/2006/12/in-the-battle-of-the-blogs-america-is-losing.html/comment-page-1#comment-124 Ryan Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:21:00 +0000 http://rctemp.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/in-the-battle-of-the-blogs-america-is-losing/#comment-124 @ian:<br /><br />Agreed - I had the different nature of the blogs in mind as I wrote this. Can't really say where it "went". It is a very valid point though.<br /><br />@anon1:<br />Agreed that the Machine Translation technologies will gradually knock down the walls but the conversation is still very limited. <br /><br />I get a lot of people who comment here, or visit, but then I'm disappointed to discover their blog is in a language I can't speak - it means I can't contribute to their community and our interaction becomes very onesided. @ian:

Agreed – I had the different nature of the blogs in mind as I wrote this. Can’t really say where it “went”. It is a very valid point though.

@anon1:
Agreed that the Machine Translation technologies will gradually knock down the walls but the conversation is still very limited.

I get a lot of people who comment here, or visit, but then I’m disappointed to discover their blog is in a language I can’t speak – it means I can’t contribute to their community and our interaction becomes very onesided.

]]> By: Anonymous http://ryancoleman.ca/2006/12/in-the-battle-of-the-blogs-america-is-losing.html/comment-page-1#comment-123 Anonymous Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:24:00 +0000 http://rctemp.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/in-the-battle-of-the-blogs-america-is-losing/#comment-123 Americans and other native English speakers are in some respects in a more advantageous position, because English has become a kind of "lingua franca", which is understandable for for Europeans, as well as for Africans and Asians. In every country I can easily find a person able to translate a text from the local language into English and back. The machine translators as well put the English language at the first place. I've seen an advertising link under your article, referring to translation.net. All the MT software, no matter in what country they have been developed - the American Systran or the Russian PROMT - support translating from English into different languages and back. Surely, there are still language barriers, but they become impenetrable with time. Americans and other native English speakers are in some respects in a more advantageous position, because English has become a kind of “lingua franca”, which is understandable for for Europeans, as well as for Africans and Asians. In every country I can easily find a person able to translate a text from the local language into English and back. The machine translators as well put the English language at the first place. I’ve seen an advertising link under your article, referring to translation.net. All the MT software, no matter in what country they have been developed – the American Systran or the Russian PROMT – support translating from English into different languages and back. Surely, there are still language barriers, but they become impenetrable with time.

]]> By: Ian Delaney http://ryancoleman.ca/2006/12/in-the-battle-of-the-blogs-america-is-losing.html/comment-page-1#comment-122 Ian Delaney Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:15:00 +0000 http://rctemp.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/in-the-battle-of-the-blogs-america-is-losing/#comment-122 Thanks for the link. I found the stats absolutely fascinating and was surprised not to be able to find any news about the report on Western news sites.<br />I have no idea about the 'cross-literacy' point you raise, but one other point that came through is that blogs are largely used for communicating with RL friends and family, as opposed to 'the world'. Thanks for the link. I found the stats absolutely fascinating and was surprised not to be able to find any news about the report on Western news sites.
I have no idea about the ‘cross-literacy’ point you raise, but one other point that came through is that blogs are largely used for communicating with RL friends and family, as opposed to ‘the world’.

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