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Nihonjoe wrote: "Japanese (even done some work with it already)."Nihonjoe, are you fluent or are you handling more basic work?
I know enough to do stuff here. I wouldn't say I'm fluent. I still hear things on occasion which don't make sense. I have done translation work, though. :)
Nihonjoe wrote: "I know enough to do stuff here. I wouldn't say I'm fluent. I still hear things on occasion which don't make sense. I have done translation work, though. :)"I'll put you down as intermediate, then. Thanks for clarifying (and for volunteering)!
German - mother tongueRussian - fluent (it's my second mother tongue, but I've got problems writing correctly)
French - fluent
Chinese - intermediate
Lu wrote: "I'm fluent in Afrikaans"Could I get you to help me with a couple of books? I have them listed in the following thread...
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3...
Any help you can give would be much appreciated!
Dutch: Fluent
Frisian: Intermediate
Frisian: Intermediate
Lyu wrote: "Greetings,I can deal with the Bulgarian and the Hungarian lists.
Thanks!"
Lyu, would you like your proficiency listed as "basic" or "fluent"?
Portuguese: Fluent (my native language)I also read in French and Spanish but wouldn't be comfortable listing my knowledge in those languages as anything more than "basic"...
English: fluentRussian: native
French: basic (mostly with the dictionary)
Ukrainian: intermediate
Latin: basic
Also I know at least 3 imaginative languages and can be silent in nearly any language at all ;)
Portuguese- nativeFrench- intermediate
Spanish - basic
Italian - less than basic, because i really don't speak or write in Italian, but i'm able to understand
and English - fleunt
i can do something with German, but have very low expectations
Alex wrote: "English: fluentRussian: native
French: basic (mostly with the dictionary)
Ukrainian: intermediate
Latin: basic
Also I know at least 3 imaginative languages and can be silent in nearly any languag..."
i can be silent and nodding in nearly any language..
does the language/s of Lord of the Rings counts?
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Scots (lowland): Fluent
French: Advanced
Dutch: Advanced
Spanish: Advanced
Latin: Advanced
Ancient/Koine Greek: intermediate
Italian: basic-intermediate
Korean: very basic"
*bowdown*