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Less Wrong in Other Languages

7 diegocaleiro 21 July 2011 06:14PM

Less Wrong is a great blog. 

Not all people feel at ease with the english language. 

I recently noticed that Brazilians are almost not available in this rationalist community. 

This sucks, even if it has cultural explanations. So I decided on writing a similar blog model in portuguese (eventually also translating the most important sequences, but let's not get ahead of time). If it is a language barrier issue, this might help. 

Less Wrong design is great, and even though there may be more addictive systems than the karma one, karma is a great one. 

So I wondered if it is possible and easy for a non-computer programmer to copy the website design, writing a portuguese version of it, climbing mount rational, and eventually leading people here (since, obviously, learning english is one of the most important rational goals of a 21st century human).  Maybe it is not possible because it needs editing in formal languages, maybe because it is not allowed. 

But saving the time of building it seems worth a shot. How should I proceed?