Comments on: Commenting in a Foreign Country Day 24

By: Sarah Stewart

Sarah Stewart — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:26:22 +0000

Hi, I am still a little behind with the Challenge but I have installed the translator because I heard from a French reader. Thankfully, her English is much better than my French.

I was reading your ‘about’ section and I see we have a few things in common, not least that you are moving away from clinical practice in education – so am I. I hurt my back a couple of years ago looking after a woman in labour, so am not too keen to repeat the experience. How are you feeling about doing less clinical?

By: MsMichetti

MsMichetti — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:08:33 +0000

Hi Kirsti,
Thanks for both the comment and the trackback. I definitely think you’ve tweaked it in the right manner.

I really appreciate you leaving a comment on my blog because it brought me over here, to your blog, which I may not have discovered otherwise. Such interesting stuff!

Oh, and FWIW, “Ti nau” is rarely used in spoken Vietnamese (at least in the north; not sure about the south as I’ve never lived there). It’s much more common just to say “Xin Chao!” (polite, formal, what most foreigners say) or “Chao _____” filling in the blank with whichever appropriate pronoun applies — there are about 8 different pronouns dependent on gender and age of who you’re speaking to. To you, I will say “Chao chi!” because you are older than me and a female.

And I’ll also say, again, Cam on, chi! (Thank you!)

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:21:32 +0000

The reason why I suggested it was because I have quite a few readers that English isn’t their first language. For example, Gabriela from Romania has supported all my sites from when I first started and she does this for so many other bloggers. Similarly Ines in the Challenge.

Good to see Kevin that a result for you is to end up in a conversation with a teacher from Mexico.

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By: dogtrax

dogtrax — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:07:00 +0000

I think the concern is justified — ie, the translation might say something you don’t want to say, and I was a little concerned, too.
But, shucks, I went ahead anyway and now I am engaged in a conversation/comment with a teacher from Mexico who is a blogger.
So, it was worth the chance.
Kevin