[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books in other languages
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:52:27 -0800
Hi, did you know there are some African languages which are tonal in
nature? Twi is a language in Ghana and I read somewhere it has a tonal
range. What about those South African languages which use clicks such as
Xhosa. Now those languages would be a real challenge to be represented
in Braille, wouldn't it? You not only have to know what tone to use, but
in those languages which use glottal stops and clicks, you have to know
what sort of click to use. I am a frustrated would-be multi-linguist and
don't think you're ranting. I'm not really a multi-linguist because I'm
fluent in my native language and can comprehend some French and bits and
pieces of some other languages, but the grammar, vocabulary, and being
able to think in those languages are not up to scratch. Regards, Kim
Friedman.
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Larrauri
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 6:07 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books in other languages
Hi,
That was exactly my concern. You see, I'm taking Chinese at school so I
was just wondering. I know that there is Chinese braille and pin yin
(the Chinese phonetic spelling system) so I was just wondering. I think
that it would be great for bookshare to put books in other languages but
it would be hard. I would however, be willing to do that but I might be
the only blind crazy person that wants to take such languages. I mean,
in Chinese if you spell the word very it is hen but if you use a
different tone when you are saying it, you could be saying something
mean or bad. Take for example, the word ben. If you use tone 4 with it,
it means stupid, but if you use tone 3 with it, I think (pretty sure)
that it is a measurement word for books. Anyway, sorry for boring you
with this rant but my point is, how would/could bookshare even do that.
Right now, I'm trying to learn Chinese Braille but that alone wouldn't
solve the whole tone thing. In class I use pin yin and put the tone of
the word right after it. Again, I am so so sorry for going on a boring
rant, it was just an obvservation I noticed when doing my book search.
Also, what is a special search? Jackie
On 2/11/12, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think there, because there are bookshare members now in India, and
> other countries. you might try looking for books in the pecial search.
> Except for Spanish, or if one has the print book to use to proof, it's
> hard to process them; in fact, since our keyboards don't have
> characters for Chinese at al. I did proof a book that had a lot of
> Hawaiian words in it Cindy
>
>
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 5:50 PM
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books in other languages
>>
>>I have done Spanish and bilingual books.
>>Valerie
>>
>>
>>Keep up with Nichole's recovery:
>>http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Ixchel Larrauri <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: bksvol-discuss <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sat, February 11, 2012 7:11:19 PM
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books in other languages
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I was wondering if bookshare had any books in less common languages
>>> such as Japanese or Chinese? I shouldn't say less common, but
>>> rather less read or well I don't know a good word for it. Jackie
>>>
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