1st OS in Vietnam

[Carol Daniel Kasbari]

As much as it sounds far away, the Chinese problem of  translating the "right" people is the same that I faced when I came to translate it to Arabic. And you will be surprised to know that everywhere I used OS in Arabic, I used the word "appropriate" to describe "the right people"  because it sounds much more acceptable in my language. So I guess it will be the right appropriate word to use also in Chinese:)
Carol
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Harrison Owen 
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  Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:24 PM
  Subject: FW: 1st OS in Vietnam


  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?



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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! 





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