FW: 1st OS in Vietnam

[Harrison Owen]

I just received this delightful note from Jorie Wu in Taiwan. As you will
see Vietnam is now added to the OS space. Jorie is publishing the Chinese
version of ¡°The User¡¯s Guide,¡± and her questions about the meaning of
¡°right¡± (as in, ¡°Whoever comes is the right people.¡±) tickled my onion
(made me smile). Idiomatic language is devilishly hard to translate, and I
suspect idiomatic (colloquial) English is the worst offender. My first
reaction was to say something like, ¡°all of the above,¡± but I knew that
would create endless confusion and get me in a world of trouble. So I opted
for ¡°right¡± = ¡°appropriate.¡± Sounded good to me. What do you think?

 

Harrison

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jorie Wu [mailto:jorie at open-quest.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:41 AM
To: Harrison Owen
Subject: 1st OS in Vietnam

 

Dear Harrison,

 

I just led a two half-day Open Space in Hanoi Vietnam. I believed this is
the very first OS in this country. Gail and I were there to facilitate a
strategic planning for an NGO- Compassion International. We used the OS for
action planning. It was very well received and the participants-the social
workers, learned the skills to take home with. In their planning, they
already declared to use OS for other meetings. 

 

When coming up with Chinese translation for the 4 principles, we found many
different versions used by different people for poster. Since we are
translating the book, I'd like to see a consistency in the use of
translation. The word' right " has different connotations in Chinese.

 

Whoever comes is the "right" people. Is " right" in terms of right or wrong,
appropriate or inappropriate, necessary, or should/should not? Which is
closer to your meaning?

Whenever it starts is the right time. Same question here. 

 

 Please enlighten me. Thank you! 

 

 

Jorie Wu, …Ç×ÉÐÓ
 IAF-Certified Professional Facilitator
Open Quest Facilitation
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