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A community to request translations (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 weeks ago by k0e3@lemmy.ca to c/communitypromo@lemmy.ca
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Hey everyone. I just started a community where you can request pro/amateur translators for translations. Anyone can make requests, and anyone can translate!

I was a very active member of /r/translators on Reddit until the platform banned me (not the sub, they were great).

I'm a Japanese-English translator by profession and would love to help you guys out with quick translations. There used to be a lot of requests on Reddit for tattoo ideas.

I haven't added a rule for keeping requests reasonable (i.e. don't expect us to translate a whole book), and not to charge money for translations but don't know how to word it right. I guess I should also decide if NSFW requests would be ok or not. So if anyone could help me there as well, that would be super!

どうぞよろしくお願いいたします！

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[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 4 points 4 weeks ago

Thanks! I was expecting the human experience to be part of the answer, but good to learn about the context issues, too!

So I've subscribed. And I can probably join in questions and discussions sometimes when French is the subject, as that's a language I'm currently working on.

Incidentally, as a community runner here, I've found that probably the best way of growing the subscriber list is to post content frequently. Maybe it would only be lightly-adjacent to translation issues, but it's good to get stuff out there, if only to keep the community and its topic fresh in peoples' minds. Cheers.

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago

That's a super good point about keeping the community alive. I grew up in Canada so I speak a bit of French too, and I like to watch French content on YouTube and Instagram, but there's just so much colloquialism that I just don't get, so maybe I'll start by posting questions I have about that. I can post what I think something means and an expert can jump in and help. Even if I don't get the answer, it's not a huge deal and at least it keeps the community alive.

Thanks for the input!

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