A question to non-English people [Archive]

ZombieFriedNuts

06-22-2006, 20:58

cegorach

06-22-2006, 21:30

Avicenna

06-22-2006, 21:58

I'd probably require a translator to type in my native tongue...

Red Peasant

06-22-2006, 22:59

I do not use any form of on-line translator. I believe it is better to use my own skills however poor these are, besides the translator is terrible in many ways and I don't want to risk if I have choice. :book:

Well Ceg, your written English is excellent, better than many whose native language it is. I wish that I could reciprocate in Polish ~;)

Kralizec

06-22-2006, 23:18

No translator for me. I pride myself with the knowledge that I can spell better than 80% of America's population younger then 15 :laugh4:

Keba

06-23-2006, 00:23

I've actually seen what a translator program did to my native language ... wasn't pretty, funny though.

Otherwise, no, I've been taught English since I was 6 or so, I've got no problems.

Soulforged

06-23-2006, 00:33

I was just wandering there is a lot of people from lots of different countries in this forum, and judging by this thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=46824), English is not your first language so, do you use a translator on your computer or does the guild have an in-built one, or are you just all good at English.
No everything in my mind. I self-instructed myself for a time and now I'm trying to adquire a degree on english. Still much to learn though.:sweatdrop:

ajaxfetish

06-23-2006, 02:18

Well, as a non-English person I just speak American and hope everyone can figure out the proper translation on their own.

Ajax

Mouzafphaerre

06-23-2006, 02:19

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I use translators only when I need a good laugh! :laugh4:
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Louis VI the Fat

06-23-2006, 02:31

I don't fit in English so use many fingerpush go in and rub translator and go out English come

littlelostboy

06-23-2006, 02:40

I've been taugh English my whole life, so English is not a problem for me. But my mother tongue, Chinese is a problem for me.:laugh4:

Evil_Maniac From Mars

06-23-2006, 02:41

I don't use a translator, I'm equally proficient in German (mother tounge) and English, as I could speak both fluently by the age of maybe four?

But if somebody post something, in, say, Greek, I'll use a translator.

IrishArmenian

06-23-2006, 04:34

My father is Irish, so I kind of learned to speak english around him. I cannot speak Gaelic, though he could, he only speaks that to his old friends/siblings. I try to sound every thing out, but sometimes I mess up. I mostly end up putting to many double letters. I my english in various forums, videogames (namely Battlefield: 2, and Rome: Total War) and music (Punk and Ska mostly).

scotchedpommes

06-23-2006, 04:39

I don't fit in English so use many fingerpush go in and rub translator and go out English come

My thoughts exactly.

Franconicus

06-23-2006, 07:36

Translators are rubbish! All I use are some online dictionaries. They really help a lot.

AntiochusIII

06-23-2006, 07:49

Hmm... Living in the United States does wonder to my English; anyway, that's what I think...

My mother tongue, though (Thai), I think I'm having trouble with. Sure, I'm just as fluent-without-accent as ever in basic everyday life, but more sophisticated, less-used words are escaping me. Rather sad, really...

Fragony

06-23-2006, 07:54

When I 'talk' english I think in english. Basic english is very easy, that is probably why it is the international language.

Quid

06-23-2006, 09:16

Went to school in England and Wales. Sort of had to acquire it. Would have been difficult not to. Always found English an easy language to learn. As I come from a German speaking background the grammar was never much of a big deal either. Have only ever used translator programmes to have a good laugh.

Quid

Fragony

06-23-2006, 09:17

Went to school in England and Wales. Sort of had to acquire it. Would have been difficult not to. Always found English an esay language to learn. As I come from a German speaking background the grammr was never much of a big deal either. Have only ever used translator programmes to have a good laugh.

Quid

That's unfortunate :laugh4:

doc_bean

06-23-2006, 09:22

I English have learned looking at by to sign films on BBC, my orthography and grammar leave sometimes well what to wish concerning, but I use therefore none translate. Reported except for this.

Quid

06-23-2006, 09:23

That's unfortunate :laugh4:

This must rate amongst the single most embarrassing moments in my life. I usually check my posts; clearly didn't here...bloody hell...and well spotted.

Quid

Ps: Duly corrected - good thing I was talking about grammar rather than spelling, eh?

InsaneApache

06-23-2006, 09:33

Ps: Duely corrected - good thing I was talking about grammar rather than spelling, eh?

You're a card. ~D

Fragony

06-23-2006, 09:38

Quid, thanks to you they can mob me up and throw me in a bucket :laugh4:

Comedy king = YOU ~:)

cegorach

06-23-2006, 09:39

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I use translators only when I need a good laugh! :laugh4:
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I agree. I remember two excellent examples o support it

1. Master of the Bells - who is it ?

well....Lord of the Rings translated by the software...:laugh4:

2. A moderator in the Lords forum tried once to answer someone not to write in Polish ( the person was asking me for something) so he wrote it in English and later in Polish, the biggest suprise was the term 'metal can' in the sentence which was of course because in English you have the word CAN with several meanings so the verb can ( part of so they can understand) was translated as the noun can which is somehow... very funny and quite puzzling at the same time.:inquisitive:

@Red Peasant

English is currently lingua franca and I am really noone to be happy that it is the only foreign language I know well - my German was never good and never will be, my Ukrainian is at starting level and my Japanese requires a lot of time to express the simpliest sentences. I know someone who knows 26 languages very well and 9 more at basic level...:dizzy2:

Regards Cegorach :book:

Quid

06-23-2006, 10:54

Quid, thanks to you they can mob me up and throw me in a bucket :laugh4:

Comedy king = YOU ~:)

Time has come for me to retire and shut up, I think. You know, the comical thing is I am supposed to be teaching this language. Shame on me.

I am, however, glad to have made you laugh out loud. Must count for something.

And while I am at it, sweating profusely, I will look up each and every word in the dictionary so as to not make another total airhead out of myself.

Quid

Edit: Sometimes I would give my left hand to be able to swear out loud in here. (No, I wouldn't really...).

Radier

06-23-2006, 11:09

I'm Swedish and I have learned english the fun way, by reading thousands of thousands english words on internet/tv/games and so on. :2thumbsup:

Who needs english classes?

Fragony

06-23-2006, 11:13

You know, the comical thing is I am supposed to be teaching this language. Shame on me.

That's not so bad, I am legendary yet not dead.

HA poetry king = ME :balloon2:

Dutch_guy

06-23-2006, 11:39

I'd say I'm equally proficient in English as I am in Dutch, as my mother is American born and my dad is Dutch. Meaning both languages were spoken in the house since I was quite young.

So no, I don't use a translator. I've seen it used to go from English to Dutch and vice-versa and the results were horrible....

:balloon2:

Ianofsmeg16

06-23-2006, 12:01

I try and Speak Manx Gaelic, but it just comes out like a very bad cough.

English FTW

yesdachi

06-23-2006, 13:41

I live in Michigan and went to a public school and can usually read most of the posts without a translator. :laugh4: :laugh4:

I think 99% of the time all the people whose native language is not English do a great job with their English! I even think the “English” do a pretty good job with their English. :wink:

Red Peasant

06-23-2006, 16:56

I live in Michigan and went to a public school and can usually read most of the posts without a translator. :laugh4: :laugh4:

That is impressive, judging from what American friends have told me about Michigan. Well done. ~;)

GoreBag

06-23-2006, 17:57

I have no need to use an online translator to speak English.

Strike For The South

06-23-2006, 18:10

Well growing up in Texas. It is sometime hard for me to deciphere this barbaric language but it is a labor of love

Red Peasant

06-23-2006, 20:03

Well growing up in Texas. It is sometime hard for me to deciphere this barbaric language but it is a labor of love

That's rich, from someone who puts ice in his cup of tea! :laugh4:

InsaneApache

06-23-2006, 21:50

Not to mention the ability to spell labour properly. :laugh4:

Red Peasant

06-23-2006, 23:24

Not to mention the ability to spell labour properly. :laugh4:

True, but I do have some sympathy in this case. It is derived from the Latin labor/laboris , so the Americans spell it correctly really, whereas we follow the damnably evil Frenchified format. ~;)

I'm more concerned about the inability to form complete sentences. :dizzy2:

edit: to re-arrange a stray definite article.

Zalmoxis

06-24-2006, 01:00

Not many people know this, but I know English very well, in both speaking and writing.

Strike For The South

06-24-2006, 01:25

That's rich, from someone who puts ice in his cup of tea! :laugh4:

Not to mention the ability to spell labour properly. :laugh4:

True, but I do have some sympathy in this case. It is derived from the Latin labor/laboris , so the Americans spell it correctly really, whereas we follow the damnably evil Frenchified format. ~;)

I'm more concerned about the inability to form complete sentences. :dizzy2:

edit: to re-arrange a stray definite article.

Ive never understood the Englishmans fetish with the U:inquisitive:

Louis VI the Fat

06-24-2006, 01:46

Ive never understood the Englishmans fetish with the U:inquisitive:Oh, it's just them desperately trying to make their language look more French, like Red Peasant explained. :2thumbsup:

Geezer57

06-24-2006, 03:46

I need a translator to understand "Leetspeak" (13375p34k) and “ghetto talk/ebonics”. Doesn't that count? :dizzy2:

Evil_Maniac From Mars

06-24-2006, 04:28

I need a translator to understand "Leetspeak" (13375p34k) and “ghetto talk/ebonics”. Doesn't that count? :dizzy2:

Yep...some of us are fluent. :laugh4:

Red Peasant

06-24-2006, 17:59

Oh, it's just them desperately trying to make their language look more French, like Red Peasant explained. :2thumbsup:

Ahh, the unholy French genes in our chinless upper-classes are no doubt responsible. The English yeoman's burden. ~;)

IrishMike

06-24-2006, 18:20

Here in kentucky you get the opportunity to study many diverse languanges. I'm fluent in Northern English, Southern English, Hillybilly English, Eastern Tennessee, Ebonics, Midwestern English, and finally I can speak a decent bit of German.

De' Medici

06-25-2006, 15:36

Who needs english classes?

In these times English is the common language across the globe. It's very interesting to change opinions with people all over the earth understanding what they are saying, sharing opinions, especially on the .Org ~D

AntiochusIII

06-26-2006, 11:26

In these times English is the common language across the globe. It's very interesting to change opinions with people all over the earth understanding what they are saying, sharing opinions, especially on the .Org ~DAh, but the classes are less useful than the games I've played when I was out of the US and knew scrap about this crazy Engrish. :2thumbsup:

Their only uses are for us foreign-borns to mock the natives for their horrid grammar and spelling skills since while those who could barely speaking basic English writes far better. That is, as long as the poor foreigners are not exposed to the internet prematurely. You know the world has gone horribly wrong when an Indian person starts typing in the fashion of: "lolz u ****(involving a male genitalia--everyone, even the worst spellers that ever stalked the internet, always spell that right. WHY!!???)'in dum8 n008 wot m y 1331 sk111z lol im c001z&ur no1!!!11111!!"