[blml] "board" vs. "deal" (opinion poll)

[WILLIAM SCHODER]

so, Bob Geller, I think you should continue to translate into Japanese the "intent" of the laws, and not try to make a word-for-word mess of things.  There are those who say that the laws are promulgated into English, and that's their opinion, but there are also those of us who think that English needs to be translated into the "English" more common throughout the world. 

Bill
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  From: "Alain Gottcheiner" <agot at ulb.ac.be<mailto:agot at ulb.ac.be>>
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  Sven Pran a écrit :
  >> I believe the difference between "board" and "deal" becomes clearer if 
  >> you
  > >consider tournaments where at the same time several copies of the same 
  > >board
  > >are in use. "Deal" then refers to how the 52 cards are split between the
  > >four hands as the result of a dealing process while "board" refers to 
  > >each
  > >individual physical implementation of this deal.
  >
  >AG : Quite so. And this means cancelling a board (because it's fouled)
  >isn't the same thing as cancelling a deal.
  >There is indeed a good reason for this distinction, especially for
  >Platonician TDs  ;-)

  who believe that a board is an instance of a deal., ok. Do we foul a board, 
  or foul the deal? There's no question the deal is fouled, is there?
  As I said earlier, if the Japanese for "deal" is stretched in the Japanese 
  mind, then a better translation would be "board". Nigel endlessly goes on 
  about clarity, with good reason, and that must take over-riding precedence. 
  John

  >Best regards

   >  Alain

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