Re: Translation Relay ON THE WEB!

On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Don't worry about "slighting" my abilities, I wouldn't be offended,
> Irina's pages are by far superior to what I had.
Thanks... I've come to realize that making web pages is something I'm
*really* good at (as opposed to the things that I'm barely competent
at, like carpentry, or the things I like but am no good at
whatsoever, like sewing, or the things I dislike *and* am no good at,
like bookkeeping).

I'm sorry I was so curt with you, but I was working on it very hard
and I wanted it to be "my show". A few years ago, I offered to make a
transcript and a translation of a lecture given in English that I'd
interpreted, and the person who taped it sent me the tape *with a
transcription and a translation that he had done* ("to help me out"),
and I was so mad that I said "don't expect me to do it now, or ever
again!". I felt a little like that (but only a little; I've grown,
and I know you didn't do it "to help me") when you'd put the lot up
before I'd finished mine.

I'm not in a position to forbid people to put their own translation
or anyone else's on their webpages, nor would I want to. I only claim
copyright on my web design (and put each translator's name in the
copyright notice on their page along with mine).

Anyway, thanks for all the nice compliments, all of you :-)

Also for the constructive nitpicking - sometimes a mistake jumps out
at you when you see it in a different font, or just in a different
context.

   Irina

            Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastinay.
                     irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself)
       http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/index.html (English)
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)