(Not a deal) Question: Should we share deals not in customary language?

[galacov]

Hi! I have a fun time in this new forum, thanks to peter and the participants’ effort.

Today, I have a question about sharing deals.

I recognize we Linked Musicians users live in various countries, like US, UK, Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, … and so on.

And we are used to post in English, and share deals to require English basically (sometimes Deutsch or any European Languages).

When I found a freebie deal (W.A. Combustor) only in Japanese site last BF, I couldn’t decide whether I share it.

There is no terms and conditions to forbid users not in Japan in the reseller site, but obviously they don’t consider users who can’t communicate in Japanese purchase because registering needs the ability of reading Japanese, and the site don’t provide EN edition. (However, one positive thing is that we can select “the other regions” in location section of the register page)

And in this case I can provide parallel translations between JP and EN with my responsibility. I am a native JP speaker.

What do you think of this issue?

I would appreciate receiving your comment. Cheers!

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[peter]

I don’t oppose the idea. You can certainly post it and those who want to use it can find it and those who don’t can pass.

I have bought stuff on sites that are in languages I can’t read (I took one year of Spanish  in HS)– like years ago before Beat Magazine was in English,  I did buy copies every so often when there was compelling MagWare. I’d try to figure out what things m9eant to get the downloads, sometimes asking my wife (who speaks and reads German) or my friend,  Thor.  I  did buy a sample library from a Japanese developer a long time ago, whose site was written in Japanese. Of course, if a developer doesn’t speak / read / write English it would make support difficult.  But with what you’re proposing, as our community grows, I’m sure that some folks will speak various languages and the content can find an audience.

Until I open up registration though, you may find the responses (posts) a bit limited. But keep in mind around 10x are registered community spend time at the site and they average several minutes per visit.  Our traffic is small, but the engagement is really high. So, it’s your call. Post it if you think it could be valuable to others. I just wouldn’t expect much interaction until the registered community is much larger.

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[galacov]

Oh, I’ve forgotten the fact I should have written. So I add the information.

Some Japanese site requires to fill the name in Kana, Japanese traditional phonogram.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kana

Maybe most of individual JP developers don’t require the ability of writing in Kana, but developer/reseller companies like the above‐mentioned reseller in JP often need in registering.

And I guess the form for writing in Kana rejects filling in alphabet.

I don’t estimate how many people try to get over this barrier.

I passed up because W.A. plugins are often given for free, but when it comes to rarer freebie, what should I do?

[galacov]

Thanks, @peter.

I’m mostly in favor of your comment. Basically I should do what I think it .

For reference, do you want great deals even when the site requires to write in an unfamiliar language?

And if you say no, does your opinion change with getting a native speaker’s assistance?

[peter]

On galacov said

Thanks, @peter.

I’m mostly in favor of your comment. Basically I should do what I think it .

For reference, do you want great deals even when the site requires to write in an unfamiliar language?

And if you say no, does your opinion change with getting a native speaker’s assistance?

This community is about all of us. I manage it, but all I’m trying to do is make a place where people are encouraged in their love of music and, hopefully, encouraged in their own musical endeavors. If you think there are people who will find this valuable and you think the developers are making quality products, I would encourage you to share it. It’s your call.

It sounds like the developer you’re referring to in this example has some requirements that might make it more difficult for people to use something like Google translate. But in any event, please dont interpret my opinions as rules, because the only rules here are really focused on ensuring a friendly environment, keeping out things that divide people, and keeping out people spamming or scamming others. You’re clearly focused on sharing information others may find useful.  I think that’s great whether or not it’s something I would personally use or not.

My personal opinion (again,  not a rule for the site) is, if you think a developer makes something really worthwhile, regardless of the language their site is in, share it. There may only be several people who find it useful, but if even several people find it useful,  that may be enough to make it worth the effort. Of course, we have a global community here. So far, I’ve only invited a couple of personal friends, but one of them is a native German speaker, Greg speaks multiple languages. There are likely going to be people who speak and read the language of non English sites. I think, by the end of this year, when registration has been open for a while and the community is much larger, we’ll see a lot of folks where English is a second language. That’s already the case for a good percentage of our current group.

As far as the best way to post it, I think it’s as simple as stating clearly that the site doesn’t have an English version. Then people who are okay with that can proceed and folks who aren’t can skip it. Maybe there’s a way you can mention that in the posts title, for example: “Spanish language only site” or “non-English language site.” Okay, there’s certainly better ways to phrase that, but the underlying idea is to let people know that there’s no English language version of the site available.

LinkedMusicians Founder. Your friend who keeps the beat.

Check out my music. 

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