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Re: Re:Let't improve the register!

"my forays in German, French and Spanish have made
it clear that there is often no direct translation
from one language to another, especially when it comes
to a artistic description."
 
 
Hello Jack
 
Here's the line concerning translation  in the "forbiden" part of the registration rules :
 
k) Names translated from the original language.
(They should be transliterated as necessary instead.)
 
So that should help solve the problem of impossible translations!
 
 
"The problem will come with mixing different alphabets.
I'm not sure how arabic will come across."
 
The cyrillic alphabet is not used for the Russian introductions.
They are using the Latin one instead, i guess the transcription reffers only to the sound of the word.
(We might then get  different spellings of the same russian word, depending on the accent of the speaker. It's a risk.)
 
But for other alphabets, it could work as it works with the Cyrillic one.
 
 
 
Very pretty photo, i can almost smell it, it feels so real!
But i can't help you for identification.
All my pictures data of hundreds of good oldies vanished when the computer crashed last year!
 
 
loic
 



----- Original Message -----
From: j*@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Re:Let't improve the register!

I am not a fluent as the Dutch are in other languages,
but my forays in German, French and Spanish have made
it clear that there is often no direct translation
from one language to another, especially when it comes
to a artistic description.

It would seem to me that over time there will be a
need to increase the name space exponentially and
using different languages would be an ideal method
since iris folks tend to like non-boring alphanumeric
classifications such as ru-125,sf-398 which if done
with a globally excepted code that describes a
particular plant's color (colour ;-)) and qualities,
would help enormously in catagorization, sorting and
search. Not much fun for the sellers that peddle
partially in romance though.

I relatively new to this hobby, so if there is already
a coded name that goes with romantic one, great!

The problem will come with mixing different alphabets.
I'm not sure how arabic will come across.

That said, attached (hopefully) is a picture of the TB
iris that have been in my yard for decades and has
survived untold abuse and still thrives. No clue of
its name though. Anyone know?

Thanks,

Jack

Jack Carter
jackcarter@yahoo.com

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