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Dutch: Fluent (mother tongue)French: intermediate
German: very basic, I can read it and translate parts of it, but that's about it
Italian: fluentFrench: Advanced
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Basic
I also have cataloging experience using Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Russian.
Portuguese: FluentSpanish: Fluent
French: Medium
Italian: Basic
Soon I'll have Swedish basic skills too :)
Norwegian - native speakerI can probably get by in Danish and Swedish too, since the languages are quite similar.
French and German -- used to be pretty fluent in both but am probably closer to "intermediate" now. My reading comprehension has kept up better than my speaking.
Italian -native languageFrench - intermediate (I forgot most of French grammar...)
Czech -intermediate
I can help in the following languages:
Portuguese - fluent, native language
French - fluent
Spanish - fluent (reading only, not writting)
I already tried to work on some books in my language - that is, Slovenian. There aren't many, though, since the language is only spoken by two milion people, but if you ever need my help (I saw Slovenian was on the list and nobody volunteered yet), it's my mother tongue. :)
Hi! I can help with:Portuguese - fluent (native language)
Spanish and Italian - very basic (just because of some similarity with portuguese)
I can offer:French: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Japanese: Advanced Basic (But with reference material, fluent enought to do what needs to be done for goodreads.)
Let me know if you guys need help. =]
Harking back to the issue of the Irish language, I can confirm that although it is sometimes informally called "Gaelic" (particularly amongst Irish-Americans), it is officially "Irish." The term "Gaelic," by itself, usually refers to the Scots Gaelic spoken (and written) in parts of the Highlands, the Hebrides, etc.Although it has been some time since I studied it, I have some basic skills in Irish, if you'd like to put me down as the librarian for that language. I have some friends who are fluent, and can get help in the case of questions I can't answer myself.
Irish - basic
Cait wrote: "Sally, this is a thread for people to post volunteer offers for helping with the GR catalog, not ask for volunteers for other projects.
If you are looking for volunteers, you could make a new post..."
Thanks for clarifying. Sorry.
Sally, this is a thread for people to post volunteer offers for helping with the GR catalog, not ask for volunteers for other projects.If you are looking for volunteers, you could make a new post -- but I would suggest explaining what MERLOT is and why you think that people volunteering for GR would be interested in helping you with a different project. This may not be an appropriate group for this at all. (There are groups for GR users who are also librarians to discuss being librarians, and those groups might welcome this discussion, but this group is for people who are volunteering on GR itself: "Goodreads librarian" is a term for volunteers, and doesn't mean that we're all librarians professionally. It's a common confusion, but you should check the description of the group.)
I work on the Library and Information Services editorial board of MERLOT.org. We have a couple of learning objects that need reviewing. One is Hebrew and one is Spanish. Can anyone help?
I'm fluent in Polish. I know a few more languages on basic level but I don't feel competent enough to make any translations... There's plenty of other more skilled users around ;)
Mistress of Night wrote: "I dont have any other languages but have 2 friends who speak fluent korean and russian."Are they volunteering to assist with GR cataloging with requests going through you? If they're willing, it seems like it would be simpler for them to be listed directly....
I am doing my best to fix (and add) book listings from Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian writers. I am fluent in those languages.


































