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I don �t think this is about a song with lyrics partly in another language. (Michelle by the Beatles, for example)
It �s about activities and translations and instructions being in L1.
I make my WSs with L1, but delete the L1 when uploading here.
There is another alternative and that is to write: Now please translate these words into your language!
These WSs are supposed to be time-savers for all of us. I don �t have the time to go through each and every WS deleting activities, translations and instructions written in another language.
It is the author �s job - not the person downloading who should delete the activities and instructions in L1.
So no problem if the song has a French passage, (and not the whole song in French) but the rest has to be 100% in English.
Whenever a member clicks to send a contribution this is part of what that member must read; if people don �t have the time to read, well, that is a pitty, because then, some of us have to spend our time doing Spring cleaning, even in Winter ( LOL )
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Obviously I think that we shouldn �t report Doris Day and " Que sera, sera", only because of one reason. The whole song is a realia, so I wouldn �t consider it has a different language, as in the case of translations or instructions given in the native language. Wherever all around the world, this song will always be " Que sera, sera".
I made the rules all together so that everything would be clear. Whatever I said in the forum previously should not be considered now.
We must remember that a removed worksheet is just an opportunity for the user to make the neccesary changes and upload it again. It is almost the same as if we send a PM to the user.
The only case that is considered for a possible cancellation of the user are the copied worksheets. In the rest of the cases, the user will get a friendly message suggesting him/her to make the neccesary changes and upload the contribution again.
In conclusion, contributions must be 100% in English language. Anyway, I would not report a worksheet just because the song has a line in other languages. As libertybelle says, this rule refers to activities, translations or instructions being in L1.
It �s a fascinating discussion, but it also prompts a further question: whose English are we talking about? How would you deal with songs like "Auld Lang Syne � - sung all over the English-speaking world at New Year - which is written in a mixture of Scots and Scottish English? Likewise, what about rich English dialect songs like �On Ilkla Moor baht �at � which might sound like a completely foreign language to native and non-native speakers alike? Is Bob Marley �s Jamaican English, with its influences from Patois/Creole, acceptable, and if not, who decides that any �English � song contains too many non-English or non-standard English words?
Actually that �s a very interesting point almaz. What about Shakespeare �s English? Or Chaucer for that matter.
Or to go more modern, any number of rap songs contain examples of non-standard English. Plus English is constantly evolving - what someone decides is not English enough today may be standard tomorrow!
thanks for solving this doubt
