[Buddha-l] Ii don't see that there's any problem

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

I have little to ad to Stephan's excellent translation, except the word 
'friend' stands for a male associate, a female one in German or Dutch is 
a Freundin or vriendin. So in order to avoid accusations of male 
chovinism you might want to ad 'vriendinnen'.
By the way, I wonder if the word 'friend' is not outdated. Today we 
speak of fans or supporters, perhaps even followers. The beauty of those 
words is that they're sexually neutral. Another thought is, since you 
want to change, do you still want to be an order, where people can get 
initiated or nominated officially and step down if they have a beef with 
each other? Of course order is very desirable in these chaotic times, 
but is it realistic?
So how about Triratnafanclub or Driejuwelengroupies or Supportersclub 
van de Drie Juwelen?
.
just trying to be a friend

erik

Op 8-1-2010 7:56, Stefan Detrez schreef:
>>
>>
>> Triratnaの仏教徒の発注の友人  in Japanese
>>
>> Amis de l'ordre de bouddhiste de Triratna
>>
>> Amigos de la pedido del budista de Triratna
>>
>> Vrienden van de Boeddhistische Orde Triratna
>>
>> Amigos da ordem do budista de Triratna
>>
>> Freunde des triratna Buddhistauftrages
>>
>>
>> For Dutch:
>>      
> Vrienden van de Boeddhistische Triratna-orde
> Vrienden van de Boeddhistische Orde van Triratna
> Vrienden van de Boeddhistische Orde der Drie Juwelen.
> Vrienden van de Boeddhistische Orde van de Drie Juwelen.
> De Boeddhistische Triratnavrienden.
> De Triratna-vrienden.
>
> I like the last one best ('The Triratnafriends'), eventhough it deviates
> from the original FWBO. Triratna already suggests it's Buddhist (Jainism is
> not well popularized in Belgium and the Netherlands, so few will make an
> erroneous connection with Jainism). The name Friends of the Western Buddist
> Order sounds a lot like 'The Knights of the Round Table', so maybe something
> more up to date is better.
>
>