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This category was nominated for renaming to Fictional linguists and interpreters on 9 October 2014. The result of the discussion was no consensus. |
I can't figure out how to do it, but Emilio Sandoz (from the novel The Sparrow and its sequel Children of God]] should absolutely be on this list. The man speaks something like 15 languages and does a fair amount of academic stuff as well. JessicaDanger ( talk) 15:28, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
I changed the category definition to a more accurate definition of linguist, which can mean someone who speaks many languages, or one who studies linguistics (and does not necessarily speak many). However, I'd like to explicitly exclude characters who are merely bilingual or trilingual. That would make the category extremely big and not terribly meaningful. - HKMarks 02:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Many of these characters are not linguists in the modern sense of the word, i.e. they do not study languages from a scientific perspective, they are polyglots (individuals who can speak several languages). Surely a category titled "fictional polyglots" would be of more use for many of these characters?
Having analysed the pages that are listed, I found that the following were linguists who study within the academic field of linguistics: Jason Bourne, Daniel Jackson, Elwin Ransom, Hoshi Sato and Donald Trefusis. The remaining members of this category should be categorised as fictional polyglots. If linguistic translation from one language to another is the focus here, then it would make more sense that they are listed as fictional language interpreters or fictional translators.
Put simply, grouping the terms linguist, interpreter and translator into one category, is not only messy, but also an anachronism in 2016.
For reference [1]
ThePhantasos ( talk) 16:51, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
Also, it might be better to further split off Category:Fictional interpreters (going under Category:Interpreters). Uanfala ( talk) 16:17, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Fictional characters Category‑class | |||||||
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Linguistics Category‑class | |||||||
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This category was nominated for renaming to Fictional linguists and interpreters on 9 October 2014. The result of the discussion was no consensus. |
I can't figure out how to do it, but Emilio Sandoz (from the novel The Sparrow and its sequel Children of God]] should absolutely be on this list. The man speaks something like 15 languages and does a fair amount of academic stuff as well. JessicaDanger ( talk) 15:28, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
I changed the category definition to a more accurate definition of linguist, which can mean someone who speaks many languages, or one who studies linguistics (and does not necessarily speak many). However, I'd like to explicitly exclude characters who are merely bilingual or trilingual. That would make the category extremely big and not terribly meaningful. - HKMarks 02:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Many of these characters are not linguists in the modern sense of the word, i.e. they do not study languages from a scientific perspective, they are polyglots (individuals who can speak several languages). Surely a category titled "fictional polyglots" would be of more use for many of these characters?
Having analysed the pages that are listed, I found that the following were linguists who study within the academic field of linguistics: Jason Bourne, Daniel Jackson, Elwin Ransom, Hoshi Sato and Donald Trefusis. The remaining members of this category should be categorised as fictional polyglots. If linguistic translation from one language to another is the focus here, then it would make more sense that they are listed as fictional language interpreters or fictional translators.
Put simply, grouping the terms linguist, interpreter and translator into one category, is not only messy, but also an anachronism in 2016.
For reference [1]
ThePhantasos ( talk) 16:51, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
Also, it might be better to further split off Category:Fictional interpreters (going under Category:Interpreters). Uanfala ( talk) 16:17, 2 August 2016 (UTC)