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One
of the early challenges facing Rotary was the "translation" from
Paul Harris' idea in Chicago to other cultures and languages.
Now, Rotary Global History is
following the same path, or rather a plan, to
bring the history of Rotary to all languages of Rotary. The task
will take years and many volunteers from the "Language
Communities" of Rotary.
In Chapter 4, page 87 of "This Rotarian Age" (1935) founder Paul
Harris writes of the skepticism some had that Rotary could even
make the leap to the social structure of London. Today, Rotary
in England is very strong and became so from the outset.
On page 89, he writes: "A
Chicago member, who was about to make a business visit to Cuba,
was prevailed upon to attempt the organization of a club in
Havana. He did his best, but his efforts were doomed to failure.
In a spirit of hopefulness he had undertaken his mission; in a
spirit of despair he returned, contending that Rotary was solely
an Anglo-Saxon idea; that it never could be appreciated or
understood by other races. Those who have been privileged to
become acquainted with the splendid Latin American Rotarians
know how erroneous were his conclusions."
In early 2003, clubs from District 4150 in
Mexico began our first project to translate the entire
history into Spanish. This work was created by Carlos Garcia,
then of
CR Acapulco, Mexico.
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