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In an effort to internationalise the game, a group of nutcases periodically revise the allowed vocabulary. Scrabble vocabulary developed into a bizarre jargon claimed to cover words from other languages. If you only play with friends, use any dictionary without the word "Scrabble" on its cover. This blog is primarily concerned with competitive Scrabble and the incompetence of some of its custodians..

Thursday, December 6, 2018

THE INTERNET WORLD

I found the Swedish article below, while surfing the net. All I could recognise was the image of a scrabble board and my own name. Curiosity might have killed a cat, but I wanted to find out, regardless. Being a translator myself, between Arabic and English, I thought I might have a look at what Google translation would produce. The result was amusing and confirmed the fact that computers, together with human editors, would never be able to replace a genuine human translator. Incidentally, while Scrabble Victoria scandal received worldwide attention in 2015, I never thought it would have gone as far as Scandinavia.

 

Alfapet-bråk avgjort i domstol


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En långdragen Alfapet-tvist där ord stått mot ord har nu avgjorts i australiensisk domstol.  Spelaren Mohammed Hegazi har slagits mot fuskanklagelser sedan 2008.
Alla vet att sällskapsspel kan leda till bråk men det är sällan som det går så långt som till domstol. Men efter att Alfapet-spelaren Mohammed A. Hegazi blivit avstängd från att tävla av det Australiensiska Alfapetspelarförbundet drog han igång en konflikt som nu avslutats i domstol, rapporterar Herald Sun.
Bakgrunden till konflikten är att förbundet 2008 stängde av Mohammed Hegazi, en före detta lärare, i 12 månader. Anledningen till avstängningen var, enligt förbundets advokat Adam Baker, att Mohammed Hegazi skapat en otrevlig spelmiljö eftersom han klagat på motspelarnas sätt att hantera brickorna och grundlöst anklagat dem för fusk. Dessutom anklagades Mohammed Hegazi själv för att ha fuskat vid ett tillfälle. Han ska nämligen ha iakttagits av en åskådare när han gömde en bricka under sitt ben vid en turnering.
Mohammed Hegazi avtjänade sitt straff och återvände några år senare till turneringsspel men han slutade aldrig att bestrida avstängningen. I september lyckades han också komma överens med förbundet om att upphäva avstängningen i efterhand men när han krävde att även anklagelsen om fusk skulle upphävas officiellt vägrade förbundet och ärendet gick till domstol.
Nu har alltså domen fallit, med blandat resultat för Mohammed Hegezi. Domaren beslutade visserligen att avstängningen skulle ogiltigförklaras i efterhand men något officiellt upphävande av fuskanklagelsen blev det inte. Dessutom tvingas Mohammed Hegazi att betala förbundets rättegångskostnader på 3 096,83 australiensiska dollar motsvarande 21 000 kronor.

– Det är en moralisk seger men en finansiell förlust, sa han utanför domstolen enligt Herald Sun.

Google Translation:

The elongated alfapet noise went all the way to court
A long-term Alfapet dispute where words were spoken against words has now been settled in the Australian court. Player Mohammed Hegazi has been fired against cheating charges since 2008.

Everybody knows that soccer games can lead to trouble but it's rare that it goes as far as court. But after Alfapet player Mohammed A. Hegazi had been suspended from racing by the Australian Alfabet Players Association, he started a dispute that has now been terminated in court, reports Herald Sun.

The background to the conflict is that the 2008 federation closed off by Mohammed Hegazi, a former teacher, for 12 months. The reason for the suspension was, according to federal lawyer Adam Baker, that Mohammed Hegazi created an unpleasant game environment because he complained about the opponents' way of handling the tiles and basically accused them of cheating. In addition, Mohammed Hegazi was accused of cheating on one occasion. He must have been observed by a spectator when he hid a tray under his leg at a tournament.

Mohammed Hegazi earned his penalty and returned to tournament games a few years later, but he never stopped contesting the suspension. In September, he also managed to agree with the federation to suspend the suspension afterwards, but when he demanded that the allegation of cheating be officially terminated, the union refused and the case went to court.
Now the sentence has fallen, with mixed results for Mohammed Hegezi. The judge decided that the suspension would be annulled in retrospect, but no official suspension of the falsification was not. In addition, Mohammed Hegazi is required to pay the federal court costs of 3 096.83 Australian dollars corresponding to 21 000 kronor.

"It's a moral victory but a financial loss," he said outside the court, according to Herald Sun.