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If this is to catch on on a larger scale, the site will have to be made multilingual. It seems to me that is going to take a lot of translation and developer time. It's not just the registration form.quote:
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Lol, it's stil a Dutch forum dven.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:46 schreef Dven het volgende:
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People who speak Dutch in ENG should have a permban in ENG
even though it lost its unique character now, best of luck. I'll just remove eng from my active topic list. Have fun.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Nice forum ID. 
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
What does 'Bericht wijzigen' mean?
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
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One could say that in the end, it comes down to having common interests.quote:
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In a sense, yeah. I hardly play chess anymore... I just chat there.
Easier would be to have the option to select a GUI-language from some menu. The GUI would have to be translated though.quote:
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If this is to catch on on a larger scale, the site will have to be made multilingual. It seems to me that is going to take a lot of translation and developer time. It's not just the registration form.
For now, I'd say google translate is the fastest and easiest DIY-way to have at least partial translation until the proper translated GUI is done
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that is to start a new thread like this one we are now posting inquote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:54 schreef Renesite het volgende:
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And 'nieuw topic' . I'm clueless.
Having part of FOK in English definitely broadens the target audience.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 12:57 schreef magnetronkoffie het volgende:
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One could say that in the end, it comes down to having common interests.
What are the major international internet communities like FOK? I never bothered to look into that.
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There was a post about this somewhere in Feedback, but I dunno from top of my head.quote:
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Having part of FOK in English definitely broadens the target audience.
What are the major international internet communities like FOK? I never bothered to look into that.
Useful*quote:
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I think it could be usefull for some people to train there(?) English skills.
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Ik ben nog steeds totaal geweldig.
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#jesuisMasi
Wasn't sure about there, thought is it sounded wrong and it did.quote:
Always thought that useful was with double l instead of one. Thx for pointing it out.
OxygeneFRL-vrijdag 8 mei 2020 @ 08:52:59: Ik had een pleuris hekel aan je maar nu ik weet dat je tegen een vuurwerkverbod ben, hou ik van je.
I think there's lots of these common mistakes amongst Dutch people.quote:
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Wasn't sure about there, thought is it sounded wrong and it did.
Always thought that useful was with double l instead of one. Thx for pointing it out.
"post" is fine, I think.quote:
I don't actually know if "post" is a correct term, or should I just change it to "reply"?
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Just as funny as format c:quote:
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And 'nieuw topic' . I'm clueless.
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"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Thanks, Dven.quote:
Can you please elaborate on what hetiseenval means? I sounds kinda fishy.
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Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
So, what's next? A FOK! subreddit?
"Our rights are not granted by governments. They are inherent to our nature. But it's entirely the opposite for governments: their privileges are precisely equal to only that which we suffer them to enjoy." - Edward Snowden
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wachtwoord vergeten meansin case your forgot your password you use that to reset it
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Thanks, Dven.
Can you please elaborate on what hetiseenval means? I sounds kinda fishy.
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Thanks, Dven.
Can you please elaborate on what hetiseenval means? I sounds kinda fishy.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Just wait and see. It could be a real game changer.quote:
One last desperate move to try to get more visitors to FOK!.
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
It's hard to tell at this stage. It might. It might not.quote:
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Just wait and see. It could be a real game changer.
It's hard to predict trends like that.
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Doesn't google have some kind of webpage-translation service which will work here?quote:
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Just wait and see. It could be a real game changer.
Might be worth giving that a shot?
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it's a way so he gets all password's
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Someone should remove this post btw (just a friendly hint).quote:
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Dutch - english translations are horrible. I probably wouldn't want to read it.quote:
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Doesn't google have some kind of webpage-translation service which will work here?
Might be worth giving that a shot?
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It does. But not everything's translated.quote:
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Doesn't google have some kind of webpage-translation service which will work here?
Might be worth giving that a shot?
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
I know, but I can't think of a quicker "hotfix" till an English GUI is available.quote:
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Dutch - english translations are horrible. I probably wouldn't want to read it.
Useful, the one word I always get wrong as well.quote:
These days my OU tutor simply writes "wrong again Dutch guy" next to it. Luckily I study Biology and not English. 
On quite a different note...can the emoticons become English as well?
Putting the Fun back into Fundamentally Wrong since 1975.
"Yes, of course, I knew you would volunteer, Mr. Feynman, but I was wondering if there would be anybody else."
"Yes, of course, I knew you would volunteer, Mr. Feynman, but I was wondering if there would be anybody else."
Yeah yeah, by now we know that you prefer English over Dutch. But for the people who don't understand Dutch at all, the translator plugin will be very useful.quote:
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Dutch - english translations are horrible. I probably wouldn't want to read it.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
The chance to change a unique forum in to the next 1 in a million English fora? It al feels like, some one thought hmm yeah sounds like a good idea but better not think it tru, let's do it.quote:
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Just wait and see. It could be a real game changer.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Weren't there people who actually created new smileys for fok! in teh past?quote:
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Useful, the one word I always get wrong as well.
On quite a different note...can the emoticons become English as well? [ afbeelding ]
Dunno if any of them are still around though.
I don't think there's someone stupid enough to do so. If someone is, he/she shouldn't be allowed on the internet anywayquote:
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Someone should remove this post btw (just a friendly hint).
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
Why are you being so negative?quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 13:15 schreef MPC60 het volgende:
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The chance to change a unique forum in to the next 1 in a million English fora? It al feels like, some one thought hmm yeah sounds like a good idea but better not think it tru, let's do it.
You're not helping here
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Dude. Just one forum out of 55. Why care that muchquote:
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The chance to change a unique forum in to the next 1 in a million English fora? It al feels like, some one thought hmm yeah sounds like a good idea but better not think it tru, let's do it.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
I sense a lack of empathy here....quote:
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I don't think there's someone stupid enough to do so. If someone is, he/she shouldn't be allowed on the internet anyway
That has little to do with my language preferences, I'm afraid. English to Dutch translations are equally horrible.quote:
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Yeah yeah, by now we know that you prefer English over Dutch. But for the people who don't understand Dutch at all, the translator plugin will be very useful.
Having pages auto-translated to English probably doesn't help them much in understanding the text. At best it would be really annoying to read.
Then again, English users really don't need much translation to be able to effectively use this English subforum, I think. I'm sure they'll recognize 'Nieuw topic' as 'New topic'.
For CHI this wasn't much of a problem either.
But if we're gonna do translations, I say: do it correctly.
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Dr_Crouton made the best smilies, and he's stll around.quote:
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Weren't there people who actually created new smileys for fok! in teh past?
Dunno if any of them are still around though.
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
Oke.quote:
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That has little to do with my language preferences, I'm afraid. English to Dutch translations are equally horrible.
Having pages auto-translated to English probably doesn't help them much in understanding the text. At best it would be really annoying to read.
Then again, English users really don't need much translation to be able to effectively use this English subforum, I think. I'm sure they'll recognize 'Nieuw topic' as 'New topic'.
For CHI this wasn't much of a problem either.
But if we're gonna do translates, I say: do it correctly.
"For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; Every day has its beauty. And storms which whip the blood, do make it pulse more vigorously."
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That has little to do with my language preferences, I'm afraid. English to Dutch translations are equally horrible.
Having pages auto-translated to English probably doesn't help them much in understanding the text. At best it would be really annoying to read.
Then again, English users really don't need much translation to be able to effectively use this English subforum, I think. I'm sure they'll recognize 'Nieuw topic' as 'New topic'.
For CHI this wasn't much of a problem either.
But if we're gonna do translates, I say: do it correctly.
It does. Think about it...Dutch is just such a horrible language!quote:
So now everybody is talking English although everyone here speaks Dutch? Makes sense. Cool. Hello.
I am not familiar with who does what or has done in the past for Fok! I am simply an user.quote:
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Weren't there people who actually created new smileys for fok! in teh past?
Dunno if any of them are still around though.
Putting the Fun back into Fundamentally Wrong since 1975.
"Yes, of course, I knew you would volunteer, Mr. Feynman, but I was wondering if there would be anybody else."
"Yes, of course, I knew you would volunteer, Mr. Feynman, but I was wondering if there would be anybody else."
Thank you, microwavecoffee.quote:
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Good first attempt, you passed!.
Spatieboos
Well, im just worried. There doesn't seem to be any thought behind this. I'm not gonna copy my post from fb, but for some reason the crew isn't responding in fb.quote:
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Why are you being so negative?
You're not helping here
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
We're brothers of the n00bz!quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 13:20 schreef Semisane het volgende:
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I am not familiar with who does what or has done in the past for Fok! I am simply an user.
Well, it beats 98% speaking any of the other languagesquote:
Can't wait for the period in time in which 98% of all Dutch people speak English.
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No your English is pretty bad, maybe it's good for you age, but your age is probably very low.quote:
well i am from dutch and i think i speak good english
First, you should always use the capital I
for the word I. And you are not from Dutch, you are from the Netherlands and you are Dutch.
Spatieboos
Oh god, does google translate user names as well?quote:
Sounds like a recipe for much confusion.
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Ok bro. Thug life.quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 13:19 schreef magnetronkoffie het volgende:
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It does. Think about it...Dutch is just such a horrible language!
You don't have to stay here if you don't like itquote:
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Well, im just worried. There doesn't seem to be any thought behind this. I'm not gonna copy my post from fb, but for some reason the crew isn't responding in fb.
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Maybe you (or someone else here) could write some app to translate all instances of "spatieloos" to whatever one wants!quote:
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Oh god, does google translate user names as well?
Sounds like a recipe for much confusion.
well i typ verry quick english (and this is how we learned english ) and your understand me so i must be doing something goodquote:
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No your English is pretty bad, maybe it's good for you age, but your age is probably very low.
First, you should always use the capital I
Well, at least you show you have at least more empathy than Dvenquote:
I even feel the terrible Dutch accent in written words
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Well I do understand it, but the amount of mistakes is annoying.quote:
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well i typ verry quick english (and this is how we learned english ) and your understand me so i must be doing something good
Could you at least try to start sentences with a capital letter and end it with a period?
Spatieboos
I'm just worried this will spread to the rest of the forum and boom bye Dutch community. And then you will probably say eueeuh Dutch communityquote:
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You don't have to stay here if you don't like it
Well for me it's pretty special.
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
It's not like you can stop it anyway, so stop worrying and start doing stuff you actually like to doquote:
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I'm just worried this will spread to the rest of the forum and boom bye Dutch community. And then you will say eueeuh Dutch community
Well for me it's pretty special.
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It's only good for you as you can hit the "Invoeren"-button faster, but for the rest of us it's not a pretty sightquote:
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well i typ verry quick english (and this is how we learned english ) and your understand me so i must be doing something good
.You can't master anything if you try to rush everything
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But this what get my hairs up. Apparently there is no room for discussion. No one has answered my, valid, questions here or in feedback.quote:
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It's not like you can stop it anyway, so stop wirrying and start doing stuff you actually like to do
Op maandag 8 januari 2018 14:29 schreef BadderHaring het volgende:
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
Ajax is geen club. Dat is een bedrijf.
So what the heck do you think I was trying to do when I was replying to your posts today??quote:
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But this what get my hairs up. Apparently there is no room for discussion. No one has answered my, valid, questions here or in feedback.
I just like how Danny handled this. Some random English speaking guy just opens a topic in FB:quote:
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But this what get my hairs up. Apparently there is no room for discussion. No one has answered my, valid, questions here or in feedback.
Is it possible to create an English Subforum?
And Danny just says, I'm will get right on it
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It's not always good to act on impulse like that. But this one may well turn out to be a success.quote:
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I just like how Danny handled this. Some random English speaking guy just opens a topic in FB:
Is it possible to create an English Subforum?
And Danny just says, I'm will get right on it
We'll see.
This forum is now 2 hours old, and already quite some topics. I'm curious to see if this will actually attract people who don't speak dutch at all.
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Ik vind het niveau van dit subforum verontrustender.
You are absolutely right, is this better ?quote:
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It's only good for you as you can hit the "Invoeren"-button faster, but for the rest of us it's not a pretty sight
You can't master anything if you try to rush everything
It will probably attract a few people, but not a shitload, so that's great.quote:
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It's not always good to act on impulse like that. But this one may well turn out to be a success.
We'll see.
This forum is now 2 hours old, and already quite some topics. I'm curious to see if this will actually attract people who don't speak dutch at all.
Spatieboos
Yes.quote:
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You are absolutely right, is this better ?
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Oh, that surprises me.quote:
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And I'm not verry young, I am already 18
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It actually has alreadyquote:
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It's not always good to act on impulse like that. But this one may well turn out to be a success.
We'll see.
This forum is now 2 hours old, and already quite some topics. I'm curious to see if this will actually attract people who don't speak dutch at all.
.Maybe he/she should get some custom title...like "International Pioneer"
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You are absolutely right, is this better ?
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I'm not shure.. can you shout again? I'll try to hear it outside
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It actually has already
Maybe he/she should get some custom title...like "International Pioneer"
Who are your referring to exactly? We should welcome people like that! Give them, I dunno, a yellow star or something.
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Nvm, probably cuz I forgot to take my ritalinquote:
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Who are your referring to exactly? We should welcome people like that! Give them, I dunno, a yellow star or something.
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