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[Mar. 24th, 2004|11:08 am] |
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| | Þursaflokkurinn - Stóðum tvö í túni | ] |
Went to the University library to return a book (Intonational Phonology by Ladd), and decided on my way there to learn Russian. Surely a University Library will have some decent teach-yourself books on Russian.
Not so, there was one "A Course on Modern Russian" (iirc) from the nineteen-thirties. Modern indeed. Oh well, maybe later. |
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| War of words |
[Mar. 24th, 2004|11:15 am] |
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| | Bob Hund - Våffeljärnet | ] |
Reading an entry on Languagehat, I was reminded of an article on Icelandic and Microsoft. A pretty entertaining read I think.
Now I believe a translation is underway. A computer expert was on the news the other day though recommending translating Linux instead, as that would save millions. The translation is well underway actually, as it has been carried out by volunteers for some years now. I wonder if it's feasible, though. How many will be using that translation that only costs a fraction of the price for the Windows translation? Not too many people in Iceland are using Linux. How many of that fraction would go Icelandic? I'm not even sure I would, can't be more than a couple of hundred people... And that's being optimistic. Of course, maybe the government could change all their systems to Linux, but how much will retraining the staff cost? &c. Ok, I'm drifting away from the subject of language now so I'll stop. |
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