Translator for Philippines

 The “major major issue” has something to do with filipinoism and lack of focus. A keen observer can attest to how Ms. Philippines 2010, Maria Venus Raj concentrated too much on the audience and not the question. At the first part of her answer she greeted the crowd more. The idea was there, to clarify it, she can’t consider herself making a big mistake in her life because everything is a challenge for her and that she considers the word mistake as a harsher term. She cited her family as the source of her strength however she wasn’t able to elaborate it more. She failed to justify her answer making it non-sense to others who doesn’t know how to go deeper on where the response came from. 

 When we don’t concentrate, we get tongue -tied, stammer, over talk, grasp for ideas and end up saying what we aren’t supposed to say. Give “major major” a break. The term shows how language evolves and how alive it is. English is always a crazy language. Why is this so? It’s not just because it came from a different descent, from the harsher sounds of German influence to the softer sounds of French but because it is universal. English gets dressed up depending on who’s race is using it. Such derivations, gay language, Japanese English, Filipino English, British English, etc.

 It has been a common practice nowadays with Filipinos to repeat a term especially when we communicate superlatives. Let’s suspend it to the art of language. It is not the lack of something to say but it is how artistic we carry our tongues to the extent of using it at the wrong time and wrong place such as in an international affair. What we need is discipline and self -control. How to achieve this? We must have a conscious effort to minimize filipinoism and focus.  If translators are recommended for Ms. Universe or beauty tilts, all of us (non- native English speakers) dealing with the language might also need one for we might also slip and say “major major” in one of our speeches or dialogs.