[www-tr-comm] Fwd: Ambiguity and Mistranslation

[The FLOSS Information]

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28.12.2019, 09:00, "The FLOSS Information" <address@hidden>:

The FLOSS Information:

"Once upon a time, many years ago, I thought I would learn Perl. I got a copy of a free manual, but I found it hard to read. When I asked Perl users about alternatives, they told me that there were better introductory manuals—but those were not free."

 

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.en.html

 

In what sense was the last word used in the sentence?

Richard Stallman:

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> "Once upon a time, many years ago, I thought I would learn Perl. I got a

> copy of a free manual, but I found it hard to read. When I asked Perl users

> about alternatives, they told me that there were better introductory

> manuals—but those were not free."

 

> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.en.html

 

> In what sense was the last word used in the sentence?

 

"Free" here refers to freedom. The following paragraph

explains that:

 

<p>

Why was this? The authors of the good manuals had written them for

O'Reilly Associates, which published them with restrictive

terms&mdash;no copying, no modification, source files not

available&mdash;which exclude them from the free software

community.</p>

 

 

 

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Dr Richard Stallman

Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)

Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)

The FLOSS Information:

Turkish translation is incorrect. This word has not been translated into a word about freedom on the Turkish page. I think a little adjustment is needed. Can I share the message with someone else?

Richard Stallman:

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]]

[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]]

[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

 

> Turkish translation is incorrect. This word has not been translated into a

> word about freedom on the Turkish page.

 

Thanks for reporting this.

 

I just checked in changes that make the meaning of "free" in that part

explicitly clear.

 

I think a little adjustment is

> needed. Can I share the message with someone else?

 

Please write to address@hidden

and cc me.

 

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Dr Richard Stallman

Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)

Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)

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