From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758352AbXGOSx4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:53:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751459AbXGOSxs (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:53:48 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.183]:22708 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751430AbXGOSxr (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:53:47 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=Mv/fCoEFyeug3PH7RAYnzSt6dJmOfvzHz3l6n9HPtZJZPrp0cqJ4hVjx0pNYzpQ3HyzIOsxzNQD6QF/XBcJPsGODI8MTjd2cNf7qrxOJDYl5W1BQdzwys7tF13FQDLp5wmfBpPDqjBIbDtpBZ773Z6yRJOKLST6bkX84BnH6GAo= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:53:46 +0800 From: "Li Yang" To: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer Cc: "Rob Landley" , "Gerrit Huizenga" , "Kunai, Takashi" , holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com, "Andrew Morton" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lf_kernel_messages@linux-foundation.org, mtk-manpages@gmx.net, jack@suse.cz, randy.dunlap@oracle.com, gregkh@suse.de, pavel@ucw.cz, tim.bird@am.sony.com, arjan@infradead.org, sam@ravnborg.org, jengelh@computergmbh.de, joe@perches.com, auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com, hansendc@us.ibm.com, davem@davemloft.net, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, kenistoj@us.ibm.com, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <469A6370.4020404@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <989B956029373F45A0B8AF0297081890F05F2F@zch01exm26.fsl.freescale.net> <200707121205.20959.rob@landley.net> <1184330583.23373.65.camel@Gundam> <200707131352.12952.rob@landley.net> <469A6370.4020404@zytor.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: f67225fee320cf49 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 7/16/07, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Li Yang wrote: > > > > I think you worried too much about this problem. :) Let me explain > > the situation here in China more clearly. Actually, English is > > mandatory in most schools and universities. Only very few people > > learn other language as a second language. Therefore software > > developers who are almost educated should have the basic English > > skill. However, that doesn't mean that they can read English or > > communicate with native English speaker very easily. Consider your > > second language learn in school for analogy. > > Actually, I disagree. English *is* the second language learned in > school for most European developers (except, obviously, the ones from > the British isles), and we don't have that problem. Then this could be the main reason for the disagreement we have on this topic. Many people here don't grasp English very well even after the English classes. - Leo