Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of English words difficult to translate into French


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The result was Delete -- JForget 01:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

List of English words difficult to translate into French

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Although it's an interesting subject, I am not convinced that it is encyclopedic, nor is it at all sourced. I believe it to be original research. Does the community agree? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:51, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * FWIW, I agree. Delete. shoy  (words words) 17:02, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * "Difficult" is subjective. Delete as OR. GlassCobra 17:03, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - I agree. Definite original research. R udget zŋ 17:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete in its current version. There is no criteria for inclusion on the list (making it WP:OR in my mind), and from my understanding of French at least some of the tranlsations are not problematic.  There are also multiple versions of French throughout the world, some with greater capability to translate concepts.  The lead itself mentions 'particular languages', not French and English, and there is no source for either why the words are difficult or the suggested translation.  Further, wikipedia is not a dictionary and not an indiscriminate collection of information.  If the list could be sourced as to why the translations are difficult, that page could be of merit but as is I don't see the page as eligible for wikipedia.  WLU 17:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:OR violation...this is opinion Doc Strange 17:08, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless sources can be found for every single entry. And really, this should be one entry in a list of English words difficult to translate into every language. Daniel Case 17:09, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: OR. Article would find it difficult to satisfy WP:V -- ¿Amar៛ Talk to me / My edits 17:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletions.   -- the wub  "?!"  17:39, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Besides all the problems others have noted, it violates (as currently written) "Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, or textbook". EALacey 18:48, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as purely subjective. All words are difficult to translate unless you know the corresponding word/phrase in the other language, in which case it's easy. Nuttah68 18:54, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: Translation all depend on our translation skill. --Edmund the King of the Woods! 18:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as subjective OR. And where are the "fried apples"? --  But | seriously | folks   19:06, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete interesting to think about but not encyclopedic. JJL 20:32, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Supprime (I think that's French for Delete) for all of the well-stated reasons above. --Hnsampat 21:10, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 22:12, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with nom. This is a subjective list, in fact, I think most advanced speakers of French would say that most of those words or terms are not all that difficult to translate. It is basically WP:OR, with no WP:RS, and no real way to WP:V the claim that they are difficult to translate. Ariel  ♥  Gold  04:42, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


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