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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 "Food".
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 "Food". How would you translate this?
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Translate each word:
chicken
potatoes
beans
rice
fish
bread
beef
pasta
pork
salad
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Translate each sentence:
I want chicken.
I want potatoes.
I want beans.
I want rice.
I don't want fish.
I want bread.
I don't want beef.
I want pasta.
I don't want pork.
I want salad.
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Translate each question:
What do you want?
Do you want chicken?
Do you want potatoes?
Do you want beans?
Do you want rice?
Do you want fish?
Do you want bread?
Do you want pork?
Do you want salad?
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Translate each response:
Yes, please.
No, thank you.
Yes, I want chicken.
No, I don't want pork.
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