Translation Club

Translation Club

A place for translators and lovers of language

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  • AlyTheBookworm
    AlyTheBookworm · Feb 14, 2022
    I used to consider myself a fairly good Spanish-speaker, but after about a year of not having any opportunities to use it, I just started a new job where the majority of my co-workers speak Spanish and keeping up with the conversation is a struggle.

    My parish's Colombian priest speaks very clearly and I can understand about 90% of his homilies, but my co-workers speak so quickly and have such a thick accent I only catch about 5% of what they say :')

    I guess one fix for that is just to listen to more Spanish. Any recommendations for good Spanish movies/shows?

  • MailicedeNamedy
    MailicedeNamedy · Feb 14, 2022
    Hi. I´m Mailice and I just found this club.

    I don´t know if anybody is interested in learning a foreign language, but I can provide help in German (Native speaker) and French (very good level) or just give tips. :D

    I´m learning Spanish at the moment and have got already great tips and I´m looking to learn Arabic someday, and maybe somebody has (already) some tips to start learning how to write the alphabet?

    Arcticus replied · Feb 14, 2022

    <3


  • TheWordsOfWolf
    TheWordsOfWolf · Oct 20, 2021
    working on learning ASL and spanish... if anyone has any Spanish tips I would be very grateful... Also is it possible to be fluent enough in Spanish to hold simple conversations by July or am I just dreaming?

    Lael replied · Oct 20, 2021

    If you practice a lot and try to speak Spanish as much as possible, I think it would be possible to be conversational in several months. My advice would be to practice every day and if your intent is to mainly be able to have others understand you, I would say don't worry as much about getting conjugations right in the beginning (though that is important). It is more important to expand your vocabulary and know how to apply the words to a sentence. What kind of resources are you planning to use to learn Spanish?


    TheWordsOfWolf replied · Oct 27, 2021

    @Lael alright thanks! I am planning on using... any resources I can find...


    Lael replied · Oct 28, 2021

    Duolingo is a free resource! though it sort of just throws you right in, it has a very extensive Spanish program on there that will set you on the right track. So I’d recommend it


    TheWordsOfWolf replied · Oct 28, 2021

    @Lael thank you! I started using duolingo in the past but stopped after about a week but I'll look into it again thank you


    Lael replied · Oct 28, 2021

    You’re welcome! (I get it, duolingo is not my favorite Spanish learning source, but it is pretty good for free) And this is more for vocabulary if you need a reference/supplement to whatever else you use, but spanishdict is nice. I used it especially to look up verbs and conjugation forms


    TheWordsOfWolf replied · Oct 29, 2021

    @Lael thank so much this is a huge help I was pretty much drowning in the deep end before...


    Lael replied · Oct 29, 2021

    Absolutely! Feel free to ask me any more questions about Spanish if you have them in the future. I’m willing to help out if I can ;)


    TheWordsOfWolf replied · Oct 29, 2021

    @Lael thank you so so much!


  • Liminality
    Liminality · Aug 19, 2021
    Started learning Japanese again today for . . . unknown reasons? Just for fun? (I didn't have a concrete reason as to why I was learning German when I started either, so I guess my primary motivation is still just for fun ^^')

  • Liminality
    Liminality · Aug 10, 2021
    Somewhat relevant stuff I found on the IPA chart~

    Liminality wrote:*breathes in* *breathes out*

    The International Phonetic Alphabet's European Origins - A Brief History

    A week's worth of research and a self-imposed deadline later . . . and I have a practice attempt at writing non-fiction for once. I'd love to hear your thoughts! I tried to write this for a general audience, so I'm interested to know if there's anything I wrote there that doesn't make sense or is too technical for the article to be understood/ enjoyed.

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    JohnKlue
    JohnKlue · Jun 24, 2021
    I downloaded a app to learn Spanish and it has been muy bien so far but the full version costs about 45$ per year.

  • TheWarriorMingan replied · Jun 23, 2021

    Muy bien


  • Que
    Que · Sep 14, 2020
    Lately, my friend and I have started reading the Bible in French! We're both native English speakers but studying French in college. It's been a really interesting experience to see how something well-known can change in a different language, and to see the impact of very specific words and their connotations.

    Has anyone else tried reading something familiar in a different language? What did you think? :)

    alliyah replied · Sep 14, 2020

    Yes! That sounds fun ~ I read the Bible in Biblical Greek (which is what I learned Greek for) and most of the time love doing that, but sometimes get very confused if a well-loved verse is... like styled somewhat different. Haha I guess some English translation phrasings are too nostalgic for me to abandon even if the connotation seems off after reading the Greek. Definitely brings new meaning to it though, wish my Hebrew was better so I could tackle Old Testament, but it's all leaking out of my brain.

    Also less academic, and solely for my amusement I used to love watching like movies I know really well with Spanish subtitles... specifically movies like Shrek. I don't know why, but it makes me feel like I'm learning and is sometimes humorous? :D haven't done that in a long-while though!


  • sheysse replied · Aug 28, 2020

    Thanks!


  • AlyTheBookworm
    AlyTheBookworm · Jul 18, 2020
    I find it really difficult to learn a language without speaking it frequently with other people. At the moment I'm learning Spanish, so I've been trying to speak it as much as possible with my siblings and parents, but they only know as many words and phrases as I do.

    The only native speaker I'm able to talk to (and not very often) outside my Spanish class is a friendly lady who owns an heladería near my house. Where do you all find other people to practice speaking with?

    Que replied · Jul 18, 2020

    I don't get a lot of speaking practice, which probably explains why I'm nervous as heck meeting people who are fluent! But I generally speak French with my dad, who is a little rusty, and two friends, one of whom studies French in school and the other has lived in a French-speaking country.

    I'm pretty good with pronunciation, but it's conversational efforts that really need work, and those can be really tough to find!


    sheysse replied · Jul 18, 2020

    Depending on your comfort with the idea, there are a number of subreddits where you can find language partners. Namely, r/languagelearning, r/Spanish, r/spanishhelp, and r/LearnSpanish. I know not everyone is comfortable communicating with strangers online, but if you are, that's a wonderful way of getting practice in.


    AlyTheBookworm replied · Jul 20, 2020

    @Que That's great that you're able to have conversations with your dad and your friends! It's definitely super helpful to have a couple people to practice with that you feel comfortable around and know well. Personally, it can be stressful trying to speak Spanish with strangers because I don't want to make mistakes and embarass myself, but there's no pressure when you're speaking with family and friends.


    AlyTheBookworm replied · Jul 20, 2020

    @Sheyren Thanks for the advice. I've actually been looking for a way to speak with people and practice Spanish through the internet, but I wasn't sure where to look so this is very helpful.



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