One of the many wonderful things about our AACW community is that it is international. Over a dozen nations are represented on these forums, by our gamers! It's pretty obvious that with so many different nations and cultures, many different languages are spoken. But sometimes, language can be a barrier to understanding each other.
It's a sad fact: language can sometimes be a barrier that keeps us from learning new things, or even understanding old things in a new way. If you can't read all of the forums, you're missing out on a lot!
That's why I think that its really wonderful that AGEod was thoughtful enough to provide German and Spanish Ambassadors. These two wonderful guys are there to help us, when we need to understand something, or want to send a message to someone on one of the non-English language forums. More than once, I've wanted to send a message to someone on one of those forums to congratulate them for something, or to maybe ask them a question about their avatar or something silly like that. Each time, one of our Ambassadors has helped me!
So, our Ambassadors are there to help us, when we want to communicate with each other but we don't share a common language. Even so, they're kinda busy providing their language skills to help with the development of new games, so I always think twice before asking for their translation help. Meanwhile, I'm always kinda wondering what I'm missing, on the forums where people speak a language that I don't.
There's an answer to all this, and its something that can benefit us all, in some really wonderful ways!
I'm thinking that many of you are fluent in two or more languages, right? OK, now hold that thought, while I ask you a question. How many times have you seen an extremely cool post that made you think, or laugh, or helped you to understand something that had always eluded you?
Now: put those two thoughts together, and add a dash of "implication".
OK, now think about
this:
Aphrodite wants you!
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Anyway, I'm looking for volunteers! People who are willing to committ themselves to being Liaisons for communication,
and to share those posts which are made, which are simply too good to not share. I'll make you a deal: if you'll post the translations, I'll give you a medal!
Now, of
course I'm not talking about combing through everything that's already been posted. That would be a monumental task, and probably take forever! What I'm talking about is "from now on". Just kinda keep your eyes open, and when something comes up, share it with us! That's the way to win one of these cool medals!
Guess what...?!
...It gets even better!
Yep! Although I can't
promise this, I'm pretty sure that you'll also acquire the respect and appreciation of the rest of us, for making the effort that it takes!
So: whether you want the prestige of a highly dignified medal, or the rank that comes from increasing your post count, or the "green thingies" of reputation, or even simply the warm glow of
irrefutably knowing that you're cool... you will benefit, and so will our AGEod brotherhood!
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To be awarded a diplomatic Liaison medal, you must be fluent in English and French or German or Spanish. Furthermore, you must commit yourself to posting bilingual translations of exceptional posts that are found on either forum.
I will leave it to the judgment of the Liaison of how to do this: do you integrate the post into an existent thread with the same topic? Or, do you start a new thread called "The Embassy" or something cute like that?
I know one thing for sure: you guys are pretty smart, and so I'm sure that you'll do the right thing!