How do you feel about members with language barriers? Do you make any accommodations for them? Are they expected to speak english only on your forum? If your forum had multiple members who spoke another language, would you allow them to create threads and discuss things in their native language?
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Foreign Language Speakers
- Thread starter Randy
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If I had multiple members who spoke another language (...and I do! 3 French, 3 Finns), they're more than welcome to speak in their own language both in chat and in dedicated threads. Doesn't bother me one bit, because in the chat they still join in and in threads well...have at it.
Except when you tell us haha.I am the foreign language speaker. I just hide it.
I seen a rule on a forum one time that stated all threads and posts must be in english because they are unable to moderate threads/posts in other languages. I say let it fly and if members start hitting the report button then you'll have to translate the page and see what happened. If nobody ever reports each other then you can just assume everything is fine. No biggie.
Yep, totally, so long as they're having a good time and interacting, go for it!
No big deal for me especially as I am multilingual.
I think I've only run into one foreign speaker on a forum I was on and they posted a topic requesting forum support, I tried to help them to the best of my knowledge using Google Translate.
I would expect people to type in English on my board since it is based in the USA, but if they don't know the language, then I'd try my best to accommodate their needs.
I would expect people to type in English on my board since it is based in the USA, but if they don't know the language, then I'd try my best to accommodate their needs.
I see nothing wrong with it at all.
