Librarians volunteering language skills: The Volunteer Thread

[Piyush]

Hindi (Mother Tongue)

[Puck]

Native Dutch
Basic (writing) English (reading fluent)
Basic (writing) German (reading fluent)

[Maribel]

Spanish: Native/fluent

[Marwan]

My mother tongue is Arabic. So I am ready for any help.

[Catherine]

French: native/fluent
Spanish: basic

[Lidiana]

Portuguese - fluent
Spanish - Intermediate
French - Intermediate

[Atalargo]

French First language
English Basic

[Ivan]

Croatian: native
English: fluent
Czech: fluent

[Danielle]

Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "Danielle wrote: "Where could I ask for a Spanish translator for a biography in English?

[bookcover:I Cried, You Didn't Listen: A First Person Look at a Childhood Spent Inside CYA Youth Detention S..."

Why not to give GR members the possibility to use other members's language skills? If they don't want to help, nothing can force them to do so, but I'd like sometimes that someone better than me in English or Spanish to help for my translation of a sentence or two.

And I did look in other groups for threads about translation, and I didn't found any. :(

[lethe]

Danielle wrote: "Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "Danielle wrote: "Where could I ask for a Spanish translator for a biography in English?"

Why not to give GR members the possibility to use other members's language skills?"

You requested a translator for a biography though. That is more than a sentence or two. That work requires a professional.

The Librarians group is for help with book records in the database, not for help with actual books.

[Danielle]

lethe wrote: "Danielle wrote: "Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "Danielle wrote: "Where could I ask for a Spanish translator for a biography in English?"

Why not to give GR members the possibility to use other member..."
No, I just needed help for the translation of this biography. But it's all translated now.

Sometimes, in my French story, there are secondary characters speaking foreign languages and I need to be sure that my few dialogues are ok. :)

[lethe]

Danielle wrote: "But it's all translated now."

Ah, that's good. :)

[L]

Cait wrote: "This is a list of volunteers who are willing to help with Goodreads book records in languages other than English. For a lot of authors, their books in English are neatened up and combined but their..."

Romanian - native

[Elena]

Greek-fluent
German-fluent
French-basic
Russian-basic

[Kay]

Dutch and French - fluent.
German and Spanish - basic.

[Oriana]

Dutch/Flemish: native
Afrikaans: good understanding, due to Dutch knowledge
English: fluent
French: intermediate
German, Spanish and Swedish: (very) basic

[Allen]

Most necessary French.

[Stefano]

Italian: Native
English: Fluent (reading) / intermediate (speaking-writing)

[Lily S.]

Hungarian (native)
Latin reading skills
French - some

[Patrícia]

Portuguese here.
If you need help, message me.

[Lola]

Dutch: Fluent