[mb-style] CSG

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 6:48 AM, David K. Gasaway <dave at gasaway.org> wrote:

> On 29 Feb 2008 at 10:35, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote:
>
> > And
> > I'd find very wasteful if MB gave me a list of releases from different
> > countries, different dates, with different booklets, plus several dozens
> > pseudo-releases for each of those which had 4 or 5 languages used for
> > the notes!
>
> I'd like that, actually! :)
>
> > Wasteful, and disturbing, because I would wonder: "have all
> > these languages been checked? Which is more correct?"
>
> I'd suggest that you just pick the one in your language and move on.
> No need to be disturbed by it.


When I said "all" U actyakky leant "mine". If there is only one language per
release, I have more chances that this release has been reviewed and voted
on than if there are 6 or 7 languages. Let's say I'd prefer the French
translation of the titles: how can I be reasonably confident that this
version has been checked? I suppose you are from an English-speaking
country, which puts you of course in a much more comfortable position!

Anyhow, all this discussion becomes useless if we follow Brian's last
suggestion...


> I want the second movement of Brahms' third
> > symphony to be spelled exactly in the same way so that I can easily
> > recover all my recordings of it. So now I must browse all these
> > variations to find which suits my needs best".
>
> Well, to make that happen, wouldn't we have to do one of the following?
> 1) Adopt one language globally - which is unfair/rude to the
> international audience.
> 2) Adopt one language per composer - which is scary to a dumb-ass like
> myself who only knows one language fluently.


Of course, the old problem: different users, different needs. But I wanted
to show you that your position was not necessarily shared by every user. I
guess you have understood :-)

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
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