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It makes no sense to put it in 1 language. put any sort of signage in at least 5-10 languages. and also use a linguist to determine the right set of words to wa
by devoply 9y ago
It makes no sense to put it in 1 language. put any sort of signage in at least 5-10 languages. and also use a linguist to determine the right set of words to warn of danger. that text is extremely ambiguous. also pictographs are probably much more universal than anything to do with words.
- tiku 9y agoA glowing rosetta stone..
- tempay 9y agoEven then it isn't simple to make pictures: a) last thousands of years b) unambiguous too all possible cultures that might encounter them. There is a particularly good episode of 99% invisible (podcast) that talks about some of the challenges involved.[1] [1] http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/ten-thousand-years/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/ten-thousand-years/