La Philatelie Instructive ~Liberia.

Can the readers recommend if worth translating?
or would Wiki suffice for Liberia?

http://cjoint.com/data/gfhNhGvcxJ.htm
http://cjoint.com/data/gfhObvIXOO.htm
http://cjoint.com/data/gfhPgRUGgV.htm

On Jun 5, 3:42 pm, "rodney" wrote:
Can the readers recommend if worth translating?
or would Wiki suffice for Liberia?

http://cjoint.com/data/gfhNhGvcxJ.ht...gfhPgRUGgV.htm

I'll do it for you for (mate's rates) 20 cents an English word,
Rodney ... Not sure you'd really find it much more enlightening than
the Wiki entry on the history of Liberia, read with a catalogue
listing of Liberia in hand, though.

Tony

"rodney" wrote in message
...
Can the readers recommend if worth translating?
or would Wiki suffice for Liberia?

http://cjoint.com/data/gfhNhGvcxJ.htm
http://cjoint.com/data/gfhObvIXOO.htm
http://cjoint.com/data/gfhPgRUGgV.htm

It depends of what are you looking for. The article from Théodore Champion
is much less "politically correct" than that of Wikipedia. Here an example.

Wikipedia:
"The settlers regarded Africa as a "Promised Land," but they did not
integrate into an African society. ... Mutual mistrust and hostility between
the "Americans" along the coast and the "Natives" of the interior was a
recurrent theme in the country's history, along with (usually successful)
attempts by the Americo-Liberian minority to dominate what they identified
as savage native peoples."

Théodore Champion (free translation)
It was in 1822, a time when the savage tribes, made up of natives De, fought
all strangers, white or black. The first colonists established on the coast
had to fiercely fight to maintain their positions.
However, the 2nd of December of the same year and thanks to newcomers from
America, they triumphed over their cruel enemies, what permitted to their
governor Ashmun to found later the city of Monrovia, today the capital of
the Liberian state.

Just to finally mention that:

- the fact that the local tribes fought against the settler colonists was a
part of their permanent wars the ones against the others and against any
intruders
- the article from TC stops in time much earlier then that of Wikipedia but
anyway one can learn from it is what I discussed earlier with Tracy & Co. I
mean that it is obvious from the article that Liberia wasn't a colony of any
other state but a relatively free country. One can just wonder why this
African country, that hasn't experienced the classical colonialism,
experienced more recently the same ill fate of those African countries that
suffered in the past because of the colonialism of the big powers. Could it
be that the past exploitation colonialism, that wasn't the common
denominator for all African countries, could be not the main reason for the
difficulties that so many African countries experience today?

--
Victor Manta

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You obviously have wealthy mates Tony.
I could bung it through Babelfish
however I feel the philatelica will get lost in the translation.

How much do you charge your enemies?

"Asia-translation"
On Jun 5, 3:42 pm, "rodney" wrote:
Can the readers recommend if worth translating?
or would Wiki suffice for Liberia?

http://cjoint.com/data/gfhNhGvcxJ.ht...gfhPgRUGgV.htm

I'll do it for you for (mate's rates) 20 cents an English word,
Rodney ... Not sure you'd really find it much more enlightening than
the Wiki entry on the history of Liberia, read with a catalogue
listing of Liberia in hand, though.

Tony

On Jun 5, 7:24*am, "rodney" wrote:
You obviously have wealthy mates Tony.
I could bung it through Babelfish
however I feel the philatelica will get lost in the translation.

How much do you charge your enemies?

"Asia-translation"

On Jun 5, 3:42 pm, "rodney" wrote:
Can the readers recommend if worth translating?
or would Wiki suffice for Liberia?

http://cjoint.com/data/gfhNhGvcxJ.ht...data/gfhObvIXO....

I'll do it for you for (mate's rates) 20 cents an English word,
Rodney ... *Not sure you'd really find it much more enlightening than
the Wiki entry on the history of Liberia, read with a catalogue
listing of Liberia in hand, though.

Tony

Based on the commercial rate for translations here, 20c seems a very
reasonable rate.

In regards to Wiki, I would point out that a wiki, by definition, is a
dynamic,
collaborative effort from a number of contributors. If you feel that
they need
an article on a specific topic (or person), why not take the results
of your
research and add an article, so that everyone else night benefit?

B

In Western Australia Blair, "mates rates" is usually understood as free
or perhaps a "slab" of beer.
Melbourne people are obviously more pecuniary.

"Blair"
Based on the commercial rate for translations here, 20c seems a very
reasonable rate.

On Jun 5, 10:06 pm, "rodney" wrote:
In Western Australia Blair, "mates rates" is usually understood as free
or perhaps a "slab" of beer.
Melbourne people are obviously more pecuniary.

"Blair"
Based on the commercial rate for translations here, 20c seems a very
reasonable rate.

Australian cents, too, Blair!

And we in Melbourne aren't blessed with mountains of iron ore etc,
Rodney - we have to live by our wits, such as they are. (Got a light
for an old Digger?)

Tony

"Asia-translation"
I'll do it for you for (mate's rates) 20 cents an English word,

No thanks, but I could leave you this one in my will.
http://cjoint.com/data/ghiodLR53O.htm

Cochin, forsooth! Have you got over your TravAncore fixation?

What next? Hyderabad? And then on via Bhor to Barwani?

Tony of the Antipodes

rodney wrote:
"Asia-translation"
I'll do it for you for (mate's rates) 20 cents an English word,

No thanks, but I could leave you this one in my will.
http://cjoint.com/data/ghiodLR53O.htm

I'd rather lick the back of a fridge.


"Asia-translation"
What next? Hyderabad? And then on via Bhor to Barwani?