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Originally Posted by kellymellars
I joined this forum through the "Trusted Translators" site. They seem to be a professional and serious group.
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I think we are, Kelly.
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I did not think for a minute that they would endorse a blog where the language could become offensive.
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Kelly, I think we should straighten out terms: this is not a blog. This is a translation forum. In a blog you might be able to see almost anything. I am not a follower of blogs.
In a translation we can find all kind of words. And we must not forget, like in this thread, that people who ASK do not know the meaning.
There are some weirdos, too, who post some words or expressions just for fun, but we do not think this happens here very often.
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People have rights, and just like no one is allowed to blow smoke on your face anymore, in the same manner people should expect to open a translation forum endorsed by "Trusted Translators" and allow their children to read it without having to worry about what we call in the US "obscene language".
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Kelly, smoking is not the issue here.
And then....who will let children read a translation forum???
I think you are missing the point quite drastically: this is a professional translation forum, not an entertainment site for children!
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A warning indicating the use of language, violence, and ***, is posted in the US before showing anything of this nature. There is no way to know which threads to avoid without a warning.
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Can anybody confirm this? I have no idea, but this does not happen in Spain.
And: if you this this web site should be fit for children: now, who will tell you that they won't , just for fun, open, especially the flagged threads???? And how would one be able to avoid that?
I believe the proposal of the flagging system, which I have doubts about now because of the difficulty of its achievement, was directed at
adults. Nobody was talking about children on this web till now.
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