<div dir="ltr">> which is now being translated into multiple languages, <br>> and which we hope will be ready for release in several languages on or about January 15<sup>th</sup>.<br><br>Is it possible to add a "Simple/Basic English" [1] translation as an experiment ?<div><br></div><div>So expecting:<br>- basic english words ( <=1000 basic words) <br>- basic grammar , no short forms ( so 'you're' --> 'you are' ) </div><div>- basic OSM knowledge ( no special words like: SotM )<br></div><div> - "State of the Map conference" --> "OpenStreetMap conference"</div><div><br></div><div>probably too late for this survey ... maybe in the future.</div><div><br></div>IMHO: We need to invent a <b>polite MapSpeak </b>language<b> </b>( ~ OpenStreetMap Community Mappers Communication Phrases )<div> ( ~ "designed to facilitate <b>non-violent communication </b>between mappers" ) <span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">like a Seaspeak [2]</span><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><div>thanks</div><div> Imre</div><div> ( native hungarian, from a country with ~20% total English speakers[3] )</div><div><br></div><div><div>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English</a></div><div></div></div><div>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaspeak">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaspeak</a></div><div>[3] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Allan Mustard <<a href="mailto:allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org">allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org</a>> ezt írta (időpont: 2021. jan. 10., V, 2:47):<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-6161994070928841485WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Fellow mappers and OSM community members,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The OpenStreetMap Foundation Board of Directors has prepared a survey, which is now being translated into multiple languages, and which we hope will be ready for release in several languages on or about January 15<sup>th</sup>. Please be on the lookout for announcement of it, and please alert your colleagues through other communications channels (social media, talk channels, whatever) that it is coming and to be on the lookout for it. Please feel free to amplify this message in other languages and through other comms channels. We want maximum participation in the survey! We want to know what you are thinking! Please participate in the survey when it comes out, and please alert others so they participate, too! </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">While I have your attention, Happy New Year—let’s hope we can soon put COVID-19 behind us, all get vaccinated, and look forward to a mappier 2021!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p class="MsoNormal">apm<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt">Allan Mustard<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt">Chairperson, Board of Directors<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt">OpenStreetMap Foundation<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">http://www.osmfoundation.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>
_______________________________________________<br>
talk mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</a><br>
</blockquote></div>