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Originally Posted by pim
Francois,
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
I use this to translate my texts into French, or translate complete French websites into Dutch or English....ok not perfect but acceptable in most cases and the easiest way is to keep 1 language on this forum and English isn't my native language either......
Greetz Pim and cu in Nice......... |
German, Dutch (which is in fact a Low German dialect ; in American slang, Dutch means German), Swedish and English are very similar languages belonging to the family of Teutonic languages ; then there is no linguistic barrier between all these countries...
It is then no surprise if an overwhelming majority of participants of DB are locutors of these Teutonic Languages...
I was able to identify no more than 4 of my compatriots on this very forum...
I could identify 2 or three native Spanish speakers... maybe one or two Russians...
The vast majority of French freedivers does not have a sufficient level in English to communicate on DB...
I feel it is the same in Spain, in Italy and South America which are no negligible countries for freediving...
If the target audience of DB is the Teutonic world, then English is highly sufficient....
If DB ambitions to open to the freediving community worldwide, then linguistic diversity should be set up...
