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Thank you for helping with translation. This information will be used to make Home Language Literacy resources for adult and adolescent emergent readers. If you have questions about this project, you can email info@abceng.org.
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You will be translating words and sentences from the book "Places".
To see a preview of the book in English, click on the image below. When you are ready to submit a translation, choose "Next".
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The goal of this project is to create Home Language Literacy resources for adult and adolescent emergent readers.
Languages needed include: Somali, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Arabic, Farsi, Nepali, and Spanish. Other languages are welcome as well.
What language are you submitting?
Note:
If you are submitting a translation of a language that doesn't use the Roman alphabet, please submit both the native language script as well as a transliteration into the Roman alphabet. For example, to submit a translation for "jacket", enter "ज्याकेट = jyākēṭa" into the box.
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The title of the book is "Places". How would you translate this?
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Translate each word:
store
bank
park
home
mosque
church
work
school
bus stop
downtown
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Translate each sentence:
I am going to the store.
I am going to the bank.
I am going to the park.
I am going home.
I am going to the mosque.
I am going to the church.
I am going to work.
I am going to school.
I am going to the bus stop.
I am going downtown.
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Translate each question:
Where are you going?
Are you going home?
Are you going to work?
Are you going to the store?
Are you going to school?
Are you going to the bank?
Are you going to the park?
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Translate each response:
No, I'm going to the store.
No, I'm going to the bank.
No, I'm going to the park.
No, I'm going home.
No, I'm going to the mosque.
No, I'm going to the church.
No, I'm going to work.
No, I'm going to school.
No, I'm going to the bus stop.
No, I'm going downtown.
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