To Jane Rowland: I am very disappointed and upset with your message--no need to put people down. If you did not get a translation, it may be the way you asked or the information you shared or did not share. I have never had a time when I requested help that someone did not give it. It might not happen immediately but the help came. I consider your response rather nasty. But, I hope someone can help you soon. Marv in Cleveland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Rowland" <jjrowland@shaw.ca> To: <POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:16 AM Subject: [POLAND] Translation > It's been seven months since I have asked for simple translation on a > potential relative. I have been told that people on this web do not like > to translate. Well, why the hell are some of you on here! Why are you so > scared to translate? Do you think WE are SCARED of what you will SAY? > REMEMBER, WE WANT TO KNOW too! Keep being stupid. I now pay for simple > translations. Too bad my money is not going to rootsweb. I am > disgusted. > ********************************* > 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

Marv I have to agree. I have met with nothing but help, courtesy and friendliness on this list. People have given up their precious time and resources to help a stranger thousands of miles away, and there have been offers of assistance in translating Cyrillic as well.I'm sorry Jane has been disappointed, but the people who set up this list have poured their own time and money into it. So far the list members have never let me down. The phrase gift horses and mouths springs to mind..................... Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marv Pozdol" <Marvpozdol@roadrunner.com> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Translation > To Jane Rowland: I am very disappointed and upset with your message--no > need to put people down. If you did not get a translation, it may be the > way you asked or the information you shared or did not share. I have > never > had a time when I requested help that someone did not give it. It might > not happen immediately but the help came. I consider your response rather > nasty. But, I hope someone can help you soon. > > Marv in Cleveland > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Rowland" <jjrowland@shaw.ca> > To: <POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:16 AM > Subject: [POLAND] Translation > > >> It's been seven months since I have asked for simple translation on a >> potential relative. I have been told that people on this web do not like >> to translate. Well, why the hell are some of you on here! Why are you >> so >> scared to translate? Do you think WE are SCARED of what you will SAY? >> REMEMBER, WE WANT TO KNOW too! Keep being stupid. I now pay for simple >> translations. Too bad my money is not going to rootsweb. I am >> disgusted. >> ********************************* >> 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 > > ********************************* > 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 > >

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 Anne Keen wrote: > Marv > > I have to agree. I have met with nothing but help, courtesy and > friendliness on this list. People have given up their precious time and > resources to help a stranger thousands of miles away, and there have been > offers of assistance in translating Cyrillic as well.I'm sorry Jane has been > disappointed, but the people who set up this list have poured their own time > and money into it. So far the list members have never let me down. > The phrase gift horses and mouths springs to mind..................... > > > Anne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marv Pozdol" <Marvpozdol@roadrunner.com> > To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:11 PM > Subject: Re: [POLAND] Translation > > > >> To Jane Rowland: I am very disappointed and upset with your message--no >> need to put people down. If you did not get a translation, it may be the >> way you asked or the information you shared or did not share. I have >> never >> had a time when I requested help that someone did not give it. It might >> not happen immediately but the help came. I consider your response rather >> nasty. But, I hope someone can help you soon. >> >> Marv in Cleveland >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jane Rowland" <jjrowland@shaw.ca> >> To: <POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:16 AM >> Subject: [POLAND] Translation >> >> >> >>> It's been seven months since I have asked for simple translation on a >>> potential relative. I have been told that people on this web do not like >>> to translate. Well, why the hell are some of you on here! Why are you >>> so >>> scared to translate? Do you think WE are SCARED of what you will SAY? >>> REMEMBER, WE WANT TO KNOW too! Keep being stupid. I now pay for simple >>> translations. Too bad my money is not going to rootsweb. I am >>> disgusted. >>> ********************************* >>> 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 >>> >> ********************************* >> 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 >> >> >> > > > > ********************************* > 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 > -- Paul Brady Coordinator Instructional Computing University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences 101 Coffey Hall 1420 Eckles Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108 612 625-2780 612 237-4605 (cell) pbrady@umn.edu