The UFO-Alien Applied Linguistics Registry

I can translate anything in English if anyone needs... oh and Portuguese. Add me to the list.

Thanks for the input DYepes. Something for us all to think over. A

Anyone else want to be added to the ufo/alien translator list? Post up. List your skills. Here is the updated list:

Afrikaans:
deltaalphanovember - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010


Arabic:
grimm703 - Send U2U - Last login: September 23, 2010
siahchi - Send U2U - Last login: April 15, 2009


Bosnian:
donhuangenaro - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Armin - Send U2U - Last login: May 20, 2010


Bulgarian:
trusername - Send U2U - Last login: October 7, 2010
Magus Dux - Send U2U - Last login: September 29, 2009


Catalan:
Cloro - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010


Chinese:
mrhacka - Send U2U - Last login: July 28, 2009


Croatian:
zazzafrazz - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
donhuangenaro - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Armin - Send U2U - Last login: May 20, 2010
clock1 - Send U2U - Last login: May 19, 2010


Danish:
ziggystar60 - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Jubjub - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
serenityone - Send U2U - Last login: April 15, 2009


Dutch:
loOranks - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
D0MiNAT0R 1OOO - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
sn00daard - Send U2U - Last login: October 28, 2010
Harman - Send U2U - Last login: October 16, 2010


Estonian:
rixhell - Send U2U - Last login: January 10, 2010


Faroese:
serenityone - Send U2U - Last login: April 15, 2009


Farsi:
Davood - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010


Filipino:
caballero - Send U2U - Last login: September 18, 2010
FeistyFawn - Send U2U - Last login: April 9, 2010
irmhild1970 - Send U2U - Last login: August 25, 2008


Finnish:
rawsom - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
PsykoOps - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
zerbot565 - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Helioflorae - Send U2U - Last login: October 16, 2010
cnuum - Send U2U - Last login: June 24, 2010
rixhell - Send U2U - Last login: January 10, 2010


French:
schrodingers dog - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
Demos - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
WeSbO - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
grandnic - Send U2U - Last login: November 2, 2010
grimm703 - Send U2U - Last login: September 23, 2010
SpookyVince - Send U2U - Last login: October 28, 2010
sn00daard - Send U2U - Last login: October 28, 2010
X-tal_Phusion - Send U2U - Last login: September 8, 2010
beneguesserit - Send U2U - Last login: May 29, 2009


German:
purehughness - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
D0MiNAT0R 1OOO - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
pause4thought - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
The_Modulus - Send U2U - Last login: November 1, 2010
sn00daard - Send U2U - Last login: October 28, 2010
Armin - Send U2U - Last login: May 20, 2010
chris_stibrany - Send U2U - Last login: May 8, 2010
Benarius - Send U2U - Last login: February 26, 2009
octotom - Send U2U - Last login: January 3, 2009
exteel - Send U2U - Last login: December 3, 2008


Greek:
schrodingers dog - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
gnothiseauton - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
thesdoc - Send U2U - Last login: July 30, 2009


Hebrew:
ZeroKnowledge - Send U2U - Last login: October 6, 2010


Hindi:
MikeSingh - Send U2U - Last login: July 28, 2009


Hungarian:
Outrageo - Send U2U - Last login: November 3, 2010
Donoso - Send U2U - Last login: November 2, 2010


Icelandic:
serenityone - Send U2U - Last login: April 15, 2009


Indonesian:
KembaraLangit - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010


Italian:
schrodingers dog - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
exteel - Send U2U - Last login: December 3, 2008


Japanese:
LovelyDoom - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
X-tal_Phusion - Send U2U - Last login: September 18, 2010
caballero - Send U2U - Last login: September 18, 2010
chris_stibrany - Send U2U - Last login: May 8, 2010
exteel - Send U2U - Last login: December 3, 2008


Korean:
chris_stibrany - Send U2U - Last login: May 8, 2010


Latin:
X-tal_Phusion - Send U2U - Last login: September 8, 2010


Lithuanian:
ilaruum - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010


Macedonian:
defiler - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010


Maori:
alien - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010


Norwegian:
ziggystar60 - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
serenityone - Send U2U - Last login: April 15, 2009
urdead - Send U2U - Last login: March 19, 2009
Jubjub - Send U2U - Last login: August 25, 2008


Polish:
Phlegmi - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010


Portuguese:
ArMaP - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
blackcube - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
Portugoal - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Sator - Send U2U - Last login: January 10, 2010
Magus Dux - Send U2U - Last login: September 29, 2009
mario brito - Send U2U - Last login: June 23, 2009


Russian:
InSanE1 - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
FIFIGI - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
ilaruum - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
pause4thought - Send U2U - Last login: November 3, 2010
Arthx - Send U2U - Last login: October 25, 2010
rixhell - Send U2U - Last login: January 10, 2010
TimothyMartin - Send U2U - Last login: July 30, 2009
Nick655 - Send U2U - Last login: January 3, 2009

Serbian:
donhuangenaro - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Armin - Send U2U - Last login: May 20, 2010


Spanish:
Radiobuzz - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
bommer09 - Send U2U - Last login: November 5, 2010
Armour For Victor - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Cloro - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Kaworu - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
DYepes - Send U2U - Last login: November 2, 2010
TheEnlightenedOne - Send U2U - Last login: November 1, 2010
siahchi - Send U2U - Last login: October 29, 2010
Spinotoror - Send U2U - Last login: October 28, 2010
cisnerosmtz - Send U2U - Last login: September 27, 2010
Camilo1 - Send U2U - Last login: September 18, 2010
caballero - Send U2U - Last login: September 18, 2010
HiAliens - Send U2U - Last login: September 13, 2010
Angelc01 - Send U2U - Last login: May 7, 2010
miguelbmx - Send U2U - Last login: June 23, 2009
Sleepy_wns - Send U2U - Last login: November 22, 2008
Sleepy_wns - Send U2U - Last login: November 22, 2008


Swahili:
cnuum - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010


Swedish:
ziggystar60 - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Cloro - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
zerbot565 - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
Jubjub - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
serenityone - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
SleeplessInUS - Send U2U - Last login: October 29, 2010
urdead - Send U2U - Last login: March 19, 2009


Turkish:
SeelenJaeger - Send U2U - Last login: November 4, 2010
trusername - Send U2U - Last login: October 7, 2010
commodore64 - Send U2U - Last login: February 1, 2009

Seriously scramjet you put some damn fine work into keeping this thing updated. I commend you. Now maybe mikesingh can help me with some hindi to impress a girl I work with. The conversations arent always business ya know what I mean

It's funny, you know: I was just thinking this morning that we need a registry of ATS translators and interpreters -- for the reasons already mentioned. Online auto-translators are frankly not always very reliable, and are pretty useless if we have video or just audio in another language.

Now down to brass tacks. I can translate and interpret Czech to English, and have a good working knowledge of Slovak. (While they are similar, they are in fact separate languages; "Czechoslovak" is not a language and never has been!) So, please feel free to add me to the list. Czech as my "main" one, Slovak if we don't have anyone better qualified available. I could also communicate by phone/online systems with Czech-speaking people and provide interpreting services if required.

Another important factor is that we definitely have members whose knowledge of English is very limited, but who might have something important to share with our community. This could even relate to events they have witnessed or information/documents/diaries etc they possess that are not readily available on the Web.

I also feel that this need for tanslators and interpreters exists throughout the more crucial parts of ATS, and not only within the aliens/ufos forum boards. For that reason I'd suggest a clickable icon or notice on the main page. If we had a "click on a flag" feature on the main page somewhere, when (for example) a Chinese speaker clicked on it, s/he would be taken to a special thread that would have all our translators' flags listed (again), with a message in the appropriate language along the lines of:

If you have some important information for us here on ATS, please contact the following ATS member/translator.

This kind of communication could even be added in to the beginning of this thread. Admin can modify an old post, after all.

In the case of a new member who does not have the required 20 posts for U2U's, perhaps Admin could set up a means for these communications to take place. It would be very unfortunate if new members did not pass on what they know because they didn't feel able to post possibly complex details in English and had no way to let us know otherwise. True, they can write to a mod if they have less than 20 posts, but many may not know that.

I guess it could be done by having a special "Post in Your Own Language/Contact Translator" thread, which would allow members to do just that. It would need to include instructions (with the flags) so they could do their post and also send a U2U to the appropriate translator. That might get a bit messy but it's just an idea.

If you agree with my thoughts, it might be worth communicating with ATS admin to see what can be done. As far as I know, no other major conspiracy site in the world offers a service where members can assist with so many languages. And who knows? At some future point, this could be a crucial factor in getting information out to our mainly English-speaking members.

I also agree that members who are offering their services as translators/interpreters should be identified by having something below their names. eg:
ATS Translator/Interpreter:
Spanish & Portuguese

Anyway, I'll leave it with you.

Best regards,

Mike

Originally posted by internos
reply to post by Cyberbian

 

reply to post by Deaf Alien

 

We are aware of automatic translators, thank you though:
this is not what this thread is about.
What we need is an ACTUAL knowledge of a language, a list of members who speak a language, and available to make actual translations when needed;
if we need to know something about some news, then we CANNOT base a serious research to an automatic translator.

I can do Italian, maybe French, but sorry, my Russian is very limited...
Vicky

I can translate from German and Greek into English and vice versa. I am Greek, but I grew up in Germany and have a German high school education and some University, which I completed in Athens, Greece. Also, I am a retired translator and have done lots of translations from those languages on various subject matters. So, if you need anything translated from Greek or German, let me know.

The main problem is with the Chinese language. I tried the automatic translation
with some of their sites and it turned out a full nonsence. I would like someone
here at least to review the state and the conclusions of the Chinese ufology.

Originally posted by Scramjet76
October 20th, 2010- Considering recent (UFO) developments in China and other non-english speaking countries, I'll be more active in maintaining this topic from here forward.

Great. This thread is a very useful resource.

Many thanks for taking the time to create and maintain it.

*In order to get dropped from the list you should avoid logging into ATS for a substantial amount of time or simply post your desire to be removed from the list.

I could not help noticing that some of those listed in the latest version of the Registry have not been logged in to ATS in a rather long period - in some cases, over a year or even two. Given the helpful format you have adopted, including clearly stating the last login date, it probably does not matter but perhaps the list could be pruned a little?

All the best,

Isaac

Wow, bookmarked! How did I miss this? All we need now is the Dog Whisperer.

I could possibly do Mandarin Chinese -> English. Native English speaker, competent in Chinese (I use it at work).

Important note on Chinese: while written Chinese is going to be the same across the country, or close enough for our purposes, there are many different dialects of spoken Chinese, and these are for the most part not mutually intelligible. The "dialects" are generally no closer to one another than, say, French and Italian. I can only really understand standard Mandarin (普通话 putonghua "common speech" in China/国语 guoyu "national language" in Taiwan).

Please send me U2U translation of the following news broadcast in Hebrew: www.youtube.com...

The listed registered Hebrew translator, ZeroKnowledge's last login was in the month of October 2010, this is very unproductive in terms of gains in research and investigation. Please contact me if you have information where I may obtain a timely translation of the link provided.

The only reason its lists last login from long ago is because it was posted during that week. You should actually try an U2U the person listed, as my last login show is november 2010, but I have definetly not left these boards. Until the site admins can streamline an automated process for this, we gotta kind of wait for scramjet to have free time out of their day and re-post. It really is a time consuming task.

You can use the Babblefish website to translate websites automatically

reply to post by seekerhere


I use at least five different sites (one of the Babelfish) to do my translations, and none of those give an accurate translation. I have seen at least two cases in which the automatic translation changed the meaning of the whole sentence, making the translation useless.

Until we get perfect translators (and I don't see that happening soon) we will always need a human translator to check the automatic translations.

Well ArMap your a mod, talk to the admins man and try to make this even better. Maybe they can make it into an automated form that people can voluntarily add, and then the site uses a script to post the actual last login date of the translator. Maybe anyone more than six months out could be automatically removed you know?

Any programmer out there want to give that a shot and then pitch it to the admins?

Just wanted to say thanks. To everyone. This thread is one of the best ideas I've seen on ATS.

I almost think they should build this into the avatar system in place now.

Have a:

"Languages Spoken" tag that gets verified by some method.

Great idea, thanks again S+F................

You can put me in for the German language

There are many in for Spanish...
Add me there anyways. It doesn't hurt to have one more ATS member willing to help translating the Spanish resources into English.

I see there are many French translators here. Add me in anyway. I guess one more doesn't hurt