Talk:Karel Čapek

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[edit] Origin of word Robot

Could anyone give here sources about origin of the word Robot? I think that this word comes from Slovak language. If you understand Slovak, please read this article for further info: [1] --Ondrejk 10:46, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Robota was also a comon czech word. Now comon in some czech dialects. - Multimotyl
  • The linked reference is inaccurate. According to the article at Karel Čapek website (Czech, English), quoting Karel Čapek's article in Lidové noviny, the original word is NOT "dělňas" (I have never heard of it in relation with the origin of the word "robot"). He intended to call the artificial creatures "laboři" (sing. "labor"), however, he considered the word too artificial, so his brother Josef suggested "roboti" (sing. "robot").

    Indeed, in Slovak "robota" is a generic word for "work". In Czech, it usually refers to feudal labour, which is quite fitting - as far as I remember, in RUR the robots were used for forced labour and eventually they rebelled, killing most of the humanity. - Mike Rosoft 19:57, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

    • The article also disproves the claim (made for example here) that Josef Čapek had previously used the word "robot" in his short story Opilec (Drunkard). The story uses "automat", and the authors of the website have gone as far as to scan the the entire story and put it online as evidence. - Mike Rosoft 08:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

What "Karel Capek rocks Apps Advanced at Brebeuf Jesuit." means?? I guess the text should be moved to some lower section of the page or deleted JanSuchy Oct 2005

Another book can be added to the list of works. I found in a secondhand bookshop a copy of Letters from England by Karel Capek, translated by Paul Selver, and published in 1925 by Geoffrey Bles of Suffolk St., Pall Mall, London. It is a charming, amusing account of a trip through the British Isles, with little pen and ink cartoons and sketches, including his visit to the British Empire Exhibition (no date given)held at Wembley.Filfla 10:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] People from the Czech Republic

Should Čapek be included in this category? I mean he was Czech, but when he was born, it was all under the Austro-Hungarian control and when he died, it was Czechoslovakia. Shouldn't the group be "People from Czechoslovakia"?

Norum 05:00, 9 November 2007 (UTC)