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Request to speakers of languages other than English, French and German (lemy.lol)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Hi thanks for looking at my query. I recently as a joke changed some writing on the board of a friends EAL (English as an Additional Language) classroom from English to German. She liked the idea, but using Google Translate resulted in an overly formal phrasing that made it seem more a demand than a suggestion or polite request.

So my ask, if you speak (or I guess write) another language I would love to request you take a moment to translate "Please stack chairs at the end of the day" into whichever language you can help me with, it should be a polite request though.

I'm really not sure what the composition of her class is but she is a fan of languages as a whole so even if it's not a language that is represented in her class I am sure it will be a bit of fun and a talking point to figure it out.

If you have the time and the skills to help I really appreciate it, otherwise I appreciate you taking the time to read this post. Have a fantastic day.

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[โ€“] [S] 2 points 5 months ago

I am a simple, brain addled, English as a first language speaker in a majority English speaking country. I am afraid I would need to actively seek to learn further languages and there never seems to be enough time or mental capacity. I have infinite respect for everyone than can learn more than one language, especially when the languages they know are widely divergent or don't share the same language root. But I might have to give Czech a look and see if I can pick up a little pronunciation. Thanks again!

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