User talk:ObfuscatePenguin

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[edit] Re: Irina Mikitenko translation

Hey, thanks. German isn't my first language, so if I can translate with only a few mistakes, I consider that acceptable.--Danaman5 18:27, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

And I've replied more on my talk page. Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know I replied. Thanks again! Ariel♥Gold 06:21, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adage (fr)

the discussion is now opened for adage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Adage and ,even if i am new ,we are equals wikicitizens. The rules explained previously by you , apply to yourself also . I am guessing you are not a french or spanish speaker; so perhaps you cannot understand the feeling when someone is willing for the "extinction" of one of your beloved words. please bring good arguements in the discussion page for adage (english) ; if possible not the "clicking two time is too much". Even if the (fr) Adage page is in the "Homonymie" catégory , and this page needs to be done by a good writer (not me) , it is more important to preserve the language and the words then misleading and hide this word for the world (no reference is found in (fr) proverbe page for Adage) .

damaging a language is quick and i am just working to preserve it the best i can ,here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Adage

before clicking undo please come to the talk page . thank you for your comprehension. --Otij 08:29, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

I have replied at your talk page. ObfuscatePenguin 09:08, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

hello ,
first adage(fr) is not an homonymie/disambiguation of adage(eng)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catégorie:Homonymie
they share the same sens in both language***.
Adage(fr) is also a term taken afterward in danse and lawers profesion.
so it is good to have it in the homonymie/disambiguation category.

the wiktionary explanation is short but true
that adage(fr) =Proverbe, sentence populaire.
( ~maxim or proverb)


i am no writer , and it is complicated for me to
sort out everything:
***the proverbe is inspirated by dictons , locutions populaires and is then declinated into adage ,
aphorisme , maxime , sentence .

if Adage(eng) links to Proverb(eng)
then proverb(eng) do not link to Adage(eng).
This is where my conclusions*** are different from the authors
of the two previous(eng) definitions;without going to the
opposite direction.

The best way should be to leave it as it is
adage(eng) go to adage(fr)
the person will then click
where apropriated.
synonymous :proverbe
definition :wiktionary
or homonymie --Otij 16:21, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Again, I have replied at your talk page. ObfuscatePenguin 18:54, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

hello,
thank you for the change
and pointing me out to Homonymie ;
perhaps you didn't read well what i writen here previously.Anyway it doesn't mater.

i will then link the spanish page to
Adage_(expression)


good input:
"Language interwiki
A link to a page in another language's Wikipedia that covers the same concept. Remember, Wikipedia is an
encyclopaedia, not a dictionary; its purpose is to explain concepts, not to define words. This is why many of the
interwikis are not literal translations: because the purpose is to link to a translation of the idea, not a
translation of the article title."
do you think adage(fr) is a word or a concept nor both.
if i follow your idea both adage(fr-eng) should have been put in wiktionary...

--Otij 04:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

You clearly still have a lot to learn, but I'm glad you have at least seen the light on this issue. ObfuscatePenguin 07:07, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

did there was a pride lose on the process?
at least you helped me protect my precious language (thank you).
ah... protocols they make things go slowish... --Otij 14:16, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U7 (Berlin U-Bahn)

Hello Marc, I saw you proofreading my translation on the U4 (Berlin U-Bahn) page. Thanks very much for that. Now I translated parts of U7 (Berlin U-Bahn) from .de and I'm searching for someone who is able to correct my grammar and word choice mistakes. This is no request to do that, I only thought you would like to know as you are in the Category:Proofreaders de-en and maybe have fun in doing such things. Really no problem if you don't want to. I also added this concern here. Cheers --Oxymoron83 21:16, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

No need to thank me for the U4 proofreading: I (and Wikipedia as a whole) should thank you for improving the article with some valuable content.
I decided to take you up on your offer with U7 and, having now completed that, I can say that your translation was fine—the changes I made are better described as copy edits for English prose rather than translation corrections—so, if you ever want me to check over another translation, let me know. ObfuscatePenguin 06:16, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, it is a pleasure to work with you. I hope the efforts you spent on copy editing weren't higher than those a fresh translation would have needed ;) --Oxymoron83 10:16, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

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