Automatic translation would be an added twist to
"Of course discussions do occur in languages other than English, but I've rarely seen mailing list discussions in languages other than English.
"(I do think it's unfortunate that non-English speakers are at somewhat of a disadvantage in IETF. But one person who was not a native English speaker said to me "Using English is a lot like using a standard protocol". Who knows, maybe automatic translation is now good enough that we could each subscribe to mailing lists in our preferred language. It would be an interesting experiment.)"
Lloyd Wood lloyd.wood@xxxxxxxxxxx On 6 Jan 2021, at 10:32, Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Of course
discussions do occur in languages other than English, but I've
rarely seen mailing list discussions in languages other than
English.
(I do think it's unfortunate that non-English speakers are at
somewhat of a disadvantage in IETF. But one person who was not a
native English speaker said to me "Using English is a lot like using
a standard protocol". Who knows, maybe automatic translation is
now good enough that we could each subscribe to mailing lists in our
preferred language. It would be an interesting experiment.)
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