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You're totally right. I don't think anyone should be morally obligated to translate discussions into anyone else's language. Community fragmentation caused by

by vanstee 14y ago

You're totally right. I don't think anyone should be morally obligated to translate discussions into anyone else's language. Community fragmentation caused by language differences is going to be super tough to fix. Any thoughts on a solution?

patio11 14y ago
The traditional OSS solution to "We need X produced. X can only be produced by specialized experts. Oh no!" is either a) develop the expertise yourself, then make X or b) hire people to make X for you. Technical translators are cheap next to folks capable of writing Ruby interpreters. (I'm not intimately familiar with the field anymore, but my rough guesstimate is "A fifth the cost of them in San Francisco on an hourly basis, about a third the cost of them in Tokyo.")