QUOTE(thekohser @ Mon 27th April 2009, 7:59pm)
QUOTE(CharlotteWebb @ Mon 27th April 2009, 3:13pm)
Well some quotes originated purely from simple english, but I would really like to know how the Kohser would translate
read my lips, no new taxes (I mean, that was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the domain name). (IMG:
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That's a challenge, because it is more difficult to "translate" a short, incisive quote like Bush's, than it is to do so with a long, fabricated quarter-truth such as Jimbo is so talented at uttering.
I guess I'd do my best and say:
"Listen to me, I'm not going to raise your taxes, until I'm in office and faced with record deficits."
See? That didn't really get "simpler".
Jimbo, on the other hand, is a lot easier to simplify:ORIGINAL: "Frankly, and let me be blunt, Wikipedia as a readable product is not for us. It's for them. It's for that girl in Africa who can save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around her, but only if she's empowered with the knowledge to do so."
SIMPLE: "Keep working, volunteers. I need that jet."+++++
ORIGINAL: "We are Wikipedians. This means that we should be: kind, thoughtful, passionate about getting it right, open, tolerant of different viewpoints, open to criticism, bold about changing our policies and also cautious about changing our policies. We are not vindictive, childish, and we don't stoop to the level of our worst critics, no matter how much we may find them to be annoying."
SIMPLE: "Seth, you're an idiot."+++++
ORIGINAL: "Quite frankly, several of the people who contributed to the article should be banned from coming near a keyboard until they have learned to engage in proper encyclopedia writing."SIMPLE: "Mzoli's Meats is a butcher shop and restuarant (sic) located in Guguletu township near Cape Town, South Africa."+++++
ORIGINAL: "I have said this many times in the past and will say it many times in the future I am sure: some people need to find a different hobby, because whatever they are here for, it is not to help build an encyclopedia."SIMPLE: "hang on a second
let's actually do this right now
because the last thing I want to do is take a break from fucking your brains out all night to work on your wikipedia entry"+++++
I have to stop there, because it's just too easy, and it might come off as most unseemly to continue.
Greg
The point of simplifying quotes is to define what they mean. These versions (albeit jokes) change what Jimbo Wales meant.
We have a clear purpose, and despite errors, we are fighting for that.
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