1st OS in Vietnam
Harrison Owen
hhowen at comcast.net
Wed Apr 13 06:17:01 PDT 2005
Carol ¨C so wonderful to see you here online! And for those of you who have
not met Carol, let me say she is a marvelous young Palestinian lady ¨C and
mother. And most recently mother for a second time!!!
Harrison
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Carol
Daniel Kasbari
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:34 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: 1st OS in Vietnam
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
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From: Harrison Owen <mailto:hhowen at comcast.net>
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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?
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,
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