Re: [native-lang] OOoCon 2011

Sophie <[email protected]> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:17:07 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.openoffice.nativelanguage
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Hi Jean-Baptiste,
Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote:
>  Le 05/09/2010 13:06, Jesús Corrius a écrit :
>> Hi Laurent,
>>
>> I can't comment on the decision process, as I was not involved in it.
>> Someone else will have to comment on that.
>>
>> The decision was well received by the community, as Paris is an
>> important and well communicated city. So it makes totally sense to
>> celebrate an international conference there.
>>
>> Another point is who will work to make the conference possible. I
>> organized the conference in Barcelona, so I know is a huge amount of
>> work. The Catalan community, as always, will try to help the French
>> community in everything to make it possible.
> What is "French Community" ? I only know NLC Francophone Project and it
> is not involved in this decision.

Francophone is a word that doesn't exist in English. Instead, it is 
translated as French-speaking (see 
http://www.babylon.com/definition/Francophone/English), this may be why 
Jesus speaks about the French community. I for myself use it also in 
French, but it's not correct.

Kind regards
Sophie