ANY LANGUAGE TO ENGLISH ~   translation offers already received   ~

We're asking for help from people across the world, to translate the English words on the worksheets here into their own language, so that we can create (and put on line) complete sets of 800 dual-language worksheets. These *free* worksheets can be used by children speaking those languages, to learn English - and by English-speaking children to learn the translated languages.

Please see the main Any Language to English page for the full background.

Below is a provisional list of possible languages, along with details of offers received and translation/checking work currently in progress as notified to us here.

Because each language requires quite a lot of work, we've separated "verbs" into two halves, and "vocabulary" the same, and we're requesting help from our site visitors - to translate each of the four blocks, and to check each of the four blocks (so up to eight volunteers for each language). One of the checkers or translators for each block must be a "professional" [eg teacher, lecturer, professional translator or language graduate], simply so we have someone qualified to verify (a) accuracy, (b) suitability of all words for children. Given that no-one here speaks all of the proposed languages, we need those safeguards in place, clearly.

This work is voluntary (not paid) but you *will* make a difference for all the children who are able to use the worksheets over the years ahead. The English-French-English worksheets are already receiving over two million page-views a year ....

All translators and checkers will be credited (indefinitely!) on the site here. If you'd like to help, please write to us at penny2008 (at) happychild.org.uk. You should receive an autoresponder back, to let you know your e-mail arrived safely, and a separate e-mail with a link to a new page giving full details of how to get involved.

Recently added to this page (please scroll down) a list of countries where English is spoken, a list of countries where French is spoken, a list of countries where German is spoken (etc.) for some of the languages currently in progress.

If translators and checkers enter the translated words into our Database (supplied free, includes the English content already), a complete new set of dual-language worksheets could be on line just a few days after we receive the checked database.

If you know *anyone* who could help, please send them this page! Help is requested from language professionals, especially.

..... thank you :)