can we share our views in our language

India
August 20, 2009 10:57am CST
hello friends i have here with a doubt can we share our views in our language am from india so can i post a discussion in hindi? will mylot accept that? of course i know that a discussion being posted in a particular language would be understood by some people who knows that language but just am asking....is there any chance of posting....like that
5 responses
@trickiwoo (2702)
• United States
20 Aug 09
According to the MyLot guidelines, you can only post in English. You can read all of the guidelines here http://www.mylot.com/o/guidelines.aspx but the part about language states: "DO Post in English, unfortunately the staff at myLot is not bilingual. "DO NOT Post symbols or languages other than English unless you are asking how to translate a word or a phrase." If you post in another language, your posts will be deleted. If you break the guidelines repeatedly, you could risk having your account terminated. Of course, if you make other MyLot friends on here that speak the same language as you, you can always send each other private messages in whatever language you'd like!
• India
21 Aug 09
oh thanks for ur reply now i came to know that i can send me private messages in our local language to my friends....thats good to hear but will mylot delete discussions if it is posted in local language?y? if any post is in a non-english language then some users could reply....so whats the problem? i didnt get this point but i think mylot staff may not be aware of that language....thats y they may delete the post....
@trickiwoo (2702)
• United States
21 Aug 09
Yeah, the only reason you can't post in another language besides English is because the MyLot staff can only read English. And they'd have no way of knowing if the discussions were appropriate for this site or not.
• India
21 Aug 09
but if the mylot staff know local languages, i mean then can recruit local people so that can develop mylot.
@jazzsue58 (2666)
20 Aug 09
You could try typing your discussion in your own language, then using Babelfish (it's free) to translate - the "english2 will read a bit odd, but it will be understandable to the majority. You can also use BF to translate english answers back into Hindi - again, the translation may read a bit odd, though.
• India
21 Aug 09
i dont get what did u say can u please tell me what is that
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
20 Aug 09
Unfortunately, we are only allowed to post discussions, responses and such in English. It is written in the mylot guidelines. It isn't permitted to post anything in a language other than English.
• India
21 Aug 09
hey thanks for ur response i just posted that to express my intention. we should follow mylot rules.... thanks
@goodday (43)
• China
20 Aug 09
maybe it is a good idea!but there are rules in mylot!and we have to follow it ! if everyone use his first language,who can read it? we use English to communicate,i feel good!!!
• India
21 Aug 09
yeah i already told that if we post in our local language then it would be read by some people only i just expressed my intention....we should follow the rules of mylot thanks for ur response.
@Care4Pets (176)
• United States
20 Aug 09
Sorry to disappoint you amarhits8, but mylot will only accept discussions in English. This is so that it is as universal as possible (plus they are based out of the US, so there are a lot of English users). It's okay if the English isn't perfect, so whatever you wanted to post, give it a shot! Best of luck here on mylot! :)
• India
21 Aug 09
hi thanks for ur response i just expressed my intention we should follow the mylot rules.... even if my english is not perfect am getting good responses from the friends like u.... like this i will continue and automatically my english would be improved....think so....