Filed under: the diary of a smart ass | Tags: buy me with a coffee, europa libera, free encyclopedia, tagline, urma, video, wikipedia
Lately i’ve been too mushy therefore, when my dear friend, Nico has spotted a translation issue in my blog i found it to be the perfect opportunity to reinforce my smart ass reputation. And so it goes: apparently Wikipedia, in its Romanian version has a problem with the translation/copywritting of it’s very tagline: “The Free Encyclopedia”. It has currently been translated as “Encyclopedia Libera” – reminding us, the Romanians, very much of a dear old friend from one of our darkest historical periods – “Europa libera”. “Liber” in Romanian only means free as in independent, and freedom. For ‘free of charge’ there’s another word – “gratuit”, a polisemic word :D, of course, which has also a strong negative meaning of ‘cheap’. Apparently they chose to go with the independent aspect of the word, which i suppose was the right choice after all, however, it still sounds funny, and somehow revolutionary. Next possible tagline could be: Free Wikipedia! But let’s hope it doesn’t get to that! 😀
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Dupa ce primeam doar sambata seara cateva minute de Teleenciclopedia, cred ca “Enciclopedia Libera” este un slogan potrivit. Ar fi mers si “Enciclopedia Salam” (cei care au trecut pe langa caminul din Marasti stiu ca nu ma refer la manelistul Salam).
Comment by free lycans June 24, 2009 @ 8:58 amLibertate=Salam 😀 foarte tare. Merci de comment, ai s-o faci foarte fericita pe Nico, prietena mea:) care abia asteapta sa se starneasca o controversa pe tema asta.
Comment by smartesse June 24, 2009 @ 10:49 am