Free (TI-NSpire with or without CAS) emulator
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elkar
Nov 26, 2009, 12:02:16 PM11/26/09
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-TJ
Nov 26, 2009, 8:42:54 PM11/26/09
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Great... If only it were in English!
Andy Kemp
Nov 27, 2009, 2:35:07 AM11/27/09
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TJ in this day and age it is trivial to translate this kind of thing using one of many online translation tools - there is no reason whatsoever why people should need to translate their work from their native language for you - fundamentally not everyone speaks English!
Run it through an online translator and you should have no difficulty working out what this does nor how to use it...
Whilst this is clearly a VERY early alpha release (v0.03) it is interesting to see that someone is working on creating a 'Virtual TI' equivalent for the Nspire - Clearly as it stands it is no competition to the real software given the UI is next to non existant, but it is interesting!
Joe
Nov 27, 2009, 11:58:10 AM11/27/09
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Andy, I think the problem is more about knowing what the post is all
about before translating it because it may not be of interest to the
reader in which case translating the post would be a complete waste of
time. I think that people who post in a foreign language should
indicate what the topic is, and offer a comment about what any link
discusses. Then the reader can decide if it is of interest without
wasting time translating first. Also, and perhaps I am wrong about
this, but from my experience visiting France, I think that if I post
in English on a French site, they would consider that to be very rude
and I understand their position. Perhaps our moderator can offer a
position on this issue for the site. :)
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about before translating it because it may not be of interest to the
reader in which case translating the post would be a complete waste of
time. I think that people who post in a foreign language should
indicate what the topic is, and offer a comment about what any link
discusses. Then the reader can decide if it is of interest without
wasting time translating first. Also, and perhaps I am wrong about
this, but from my experience visiting France, I think that if I post
in English on a French site, they would consider that to be very rude
and I understand their position. Perhaps our moderator can offer a
position on this issue for the site. :)
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> > Great... If only it were in English!- Hide quoted text -
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-TJ
Nov 27, 2009, 3:43:34 PM11/27/09
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Dear Andy,
Calm down. Sorry if this had intimidated you, it was just a comment.
Either way, if someone wants to make their program to be known
worldwide, then English would be the option. That is the way it has
been and will always be. Most countries are implementing English as
their second language. In addition, when communication is essential,
there must be a standard for everything, including languages.
Sincerely,
-TJ
Calm down. Sorry if this had intimidated you, it was just a comment.
Either way, if someone wants to make their program to be known
worldwide, then English would be the option. That is the way it has
been and will always be. Most countries are implementing English as
their second language. In addition, when communication is essential,
there must be a standard for everything, including languages.
Sincerely,
-TJ
-TJ
Nov 27, 2009, 3:44:48 PM11/27/09
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Dear Andy,
Calm down. Sorry if this had intimidated you, it was just a comment.
Either way, if someone wants to make their program to be knows
Calm down. Sorry if this had intimidated you, it was just a comment.
-TJ
Nov 27, 2009, 3:48:14 PM11/27/09
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Dear Joe,
Oh, I see your point of view. You are right about having English
comments on a French site being rude. But it seems harder for me to
use it now, since I do not speak French. Do you know how to work the
thing?
Sincerely,
-TJ
Oh, I see your point of view. You are right about having English
comments on a French site being rude. But it seems harder for me to
use it now, since I do not speak French. Do you know how to work the
thing?
Sincerely,
-TJ
Nelson Sousa
Nov 27, 2009, 3:51:16 PM11/27/09
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Actually no.
English only became the "international" language since the mid XX century.
French was the most common language until late XIX century, being the
used language in diplomacy, whereas Portuguese and Spanish were the
most common in the XVI, XVII centuries when they dominated the globe.
It was only after WWII, and mostly because of hollywood movies and
American TV shows that the American culture became dominant (one could
say hegemonic) in the world.
So yes, you can say that English is the language one should talk to
get known worldwide, you're not right in saying it's always been like
that (nor that it will be like so forever).
But, as a provocation to all Americans out there: this discussion only
makes sense amongst Americans. Europeans travel 300 miles and cross 3
countries with 3 different languages. We* listen to different
languages and try to communicate. Most Europeans speak at least 1
foreign language (either English, French, German or Russian), a lot of
them speak 2. And some others speak even more. I speak 2 foreign
languages well (French and English), also a bit of Spanish and Italian
and I'd like to start learning German. Only amongst Americans one can
complain about having to read in a foreign language.
* when I say we, I mean Europeans except French and Spanish; those
guys can't understand a word in any language except their own! ;)
Ok, start the flame war!!! :))))
Cheers,
Nelson
English only became the "international" language since the mid XX century.
French was the most common language until late XIX century, being the
used language in diplomacy, whereas Portuguese and Spanish were the
most common in the XVI, XVII centuries when they dominated the globe.
It was only after WWII, and mostly because of hollywood movies and
American TV shows that the American culture became dominant (one could
say hegemonic) in the world.
So yes, you can say that English is the language one should talk to
get known worldwide, you're not right in saying it's always been like
that (nor that it will be like so forever).
But, as a provocation to all Americans out there: this discussion only
makes sense amongst Americans. Europeans travel 300 miles and cross 3
countries with 3 different languages. We* listen to different
languages and try to communicate. Most Europeans speak at least 1
foreign language (either English, French, German or Russian), a lot of
them speak 2. And some others speak even more. I speak 2 foreign
languages well (French and English), also a bit of Spanish and Italian
and I'd like to start learning German. Only amongst Americans one can
complain about having to read in a foreign language.
* when I say we, I mean Europeans except French and Spanish; those
guys can't understand a word in any language except their own! ;)
Ok, start the flame war!!! :))))
Cheers,
Nelson
Andy Kemp
Nov 27, 2009, 3:54:16 PM11/27/09
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I am very calm...
But would politely disagree, why should someone feel compelled to go out of there way to translate their work into English, particularly at such an early stage in development (v0.03!)
It was clear from the subject of the post (which was in English) what it was about and given the images on the site it obvious what it did... If you are not interested in what was posted or don't want to put it through a translation engine then that fine, but I personally felt your comment was unneccessarily rude. The poster was not asking for help or seeking advice, they were just sharing some information for which I am at least grateful.
Also please try to avoid tripple posting basically the same message.
But would politely disagree, why should someone feel compelled to go out of there way to translate their work into English, particularly at such an early stage in development (v0.03!)
It was clear from the subject of the post (which was in English) what it was about and given the images on the site it obvious what it did... If you are not interested in what was posted or don't want to put it through a translation engine then that fine, but I personally felt your comment was unneccessarily rude. The poster was not asking for help or seeking advice, they were just sharing some information for which I am at least grateful.
Also please try to avoid tripple posting basically the same message.
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