Unsubscribe -----Original Message----- From: Bronwyn Klimach <bronklimach@gmail.com> To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 5:52 am Subject: Re: [POLAND] Translation Hi Paul, I too am so pleased I have learnt to translate as much as I can from Polish and Cyrillic records - I like to know all the information each one contains. This does mean that over time I keep needing to look back over previous translations for which I could not read so much detail. I am however useless at translating letters and contemporary Polish... I hope you can readily find a suitable course for the 'why' you (we?) are here, and will be able to share this knowledge with us all in due course. I'm not sure if I have been sent to torment my children sometimes... I appreciate the help readily given by so many knowledgeable people on these lists, much of which I can relate to my own researches. One day I might even get around to posting my queries!! Will there be anyone 'out there' then?? ;-) Happy searchings, Bronwyn. On 6/22/08, Paul Brady <pbrady@umn.edu> wrote: > > When chasing my wife's Polish roots, I recognized the imposition > translation represents on the one hand or the cost on the other. So... > my spouse and I took classes. The benefit to this approach was that I > could ask the prof when I ran into something tricky (it was ALL tricky > at first), and we also were forced to learn something of cultural > context. It was an all-around excellent experience... and allows me to > be an active participant in my own research... AND I don't have to be so > concerned that I'm seeking linguistic welfare... then getting upset when > the check doesn't arrive promptly. > > As to 'why the !@# are some of you here'?... that's way to much of a > metaphysical question for me. I suppose I'll be troubled enough by the > question that now I'll have to go take a course or two at the U in > philosophy <sigh>. > > This group is the most open, helpful and genuinely friendly _I_ have > encountered in genealogy... although far to prone to discuss recipes :-) > > Paul > ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message