Re: Emacs user manual in Spanish

[Nick Dokos]

Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:

> On Thu, 06 Jul 2017 09:27:14 -0400 Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>> On Jul 6, 2017, at 2:54, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 4, 2017, at 3:20, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ... I seem to remember that a few years
>>>>>>> ago, Japan was considering adopting English as its official
>>>>>>> language... Talk about silly...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't believe that at all - do you have a reference?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Google is your friend.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I did google it: there are various articles about (generally multinational)
>>>> companies
>>>> adopting English as their "official" language. The only article I found 
>>>> about the
>>>> country doing so was a satirical piece about "Engrish".
>>>> 
>>>> So I repeat: do you have a reference?
>>>
>>> Are you genuinely asking for a reference ? Are you actually reading
>>> this thread or just trolling ? I gave plenty of reference in the
>>> discussion. So find yourself the relevant keywords and do the search
>>> again.
>>>
>>
>> You gave absolutely no references - I read the discussion as it was
>> happening, but I also went back and read every response of
>> yours. Obviously, this is a tangential point, but it is interesting to
>> me, so I googled and got zilch: maybe my google-fu is weak, which is
>> why I asked for a reference.  So if you have one, I'd appreciate it.
>> If not, just say so.
>
> How about this?
>
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/adv/wol/dy/opinion/culture_100823.html
>

Thanks - I did find that and it contains some useful references but I
was looking for a more "official" position, not an opinion piece (not
necessarily a statement by the government, but something from a
reputable source reporting that the government was considering it).
Also, this is dated Aug. 23, 2010.

There are plenty of Japanese multinationals that are adopting English
as their "official" language. That certainly creates pressure on the
government to adopt a more flexible policy: I wondered whether there
is any tangible manifestation of that pressure having any effect on the
government (yet).

Again, I realize this is tangential and I don't want to hijack the
thread any more than I have already. If anybody finds additional
references, I will gladly accept them in private email.

The Google search I tried by the way was "japan english official
language" and several variations that didn't really change much.

Thanks!
-- 
Nick