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Chinese readers for a children's book samples

$10-30 USD

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Posted almost 6 years ago

$10-30 USD

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Hello Mandarin speakers, I am looking for readers who can read five samples of a children’s book in Mandarin and give me a brief feedback. This micro job requires a good sense of literature and language. If that is something for you, please continue reading: I am an author and painter. I have written a fantasy children's book about painting and magic. The book won a few literary awards in the original English version. It is called "Magora - The Gallery of Wonders." Check it out on google if you are interested. Now I have recently had some samples translated into Mandarin and need native speakers to give me feedback on the translations, so that I can pick the right translator to work with. Unfortunately, I don't speak Mandarin so I have to rely on other people's opinion. What I would need from you after you have read the samples is the following: 1. A ranking: Please rank the translations from No 1 being the best to No. 5 being the worst. 2. Answer 6 questions for each sample. Your answer can be just one sentence but more is appreciated. Anything helps to evaluate the translations. a. What did you like about the translation? b. What didn't you like about this translation? c. Is the translation written so that a child around the age of 11 would understand it or is it too complicated? d. Is the translation grammatically and linguistically well written? e. Does it sound like a naturally written Chinese text or does it sound translated? f. Any other comments, issues, problems, or praise? A PDF SAMPLE IS ATTACHED. ONCE I MAKE YOU AN OFFER I WILL SEND YOU THE FULL VERSIONS, EACH CONSISTING OF ABOUT 2500 CHARACTERS. This is just a small project to find the right translator. But once I have picked a translator and start the translation, I will probably come back here to you to get more feedback. If you have any questions, send me a message. I’m looking forward to hearing from you, Marc
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I am native Chinese speaker, experienced English to Chinese translator, always providing high quality English to Chinese translations and proofreadings. I graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University with excellent English> Chinese translation skills and Chinese writing skills. Pls see my work history and feedbacks for references :[login to view URL]
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Hi Marc, I am a native Chinese speaker and I love reading! I can help you with this but I couldn't find the attached sample? If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Thank you!
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Hi there, I am a native Chinese speaker and a professional translator. I read plenty of children's book, and I know how they are like and should be like. I am interested in your mini but lovely project. You can count on me.
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Hi, I am Shao Ren, I see you need someone who knows Chinese to help you take a look at some translations. I'm up for the task if you'll have me. Here are the things I can offer: 1) I'm Malaysian, that may not mean much, but I've been learning, speaking and communicating in both Chinese and English since I was born. I've even taught a class of 9 year olds Chinese in a government school before during my college break! I'm fluent in both the languages, and can definitely guarantee that I know the ins and outs of both languages. I can definitely tell if anything sounds unnatural to usual speakers, and whether or not it is suitable for the target age group. 2) Having spoken both English and Chinese for such a long time, I do not use machine translation. I use English (at work as tech support) and Chinese (when hanging out with friends and family) on a daily basis, thus I can guarantee the accuracy of my work. I have done prior translation work for cosmetic companies and vacation sites, so I'm familiar with the use of more natural tones of wording. 3) I am a songwriter and arranger, this means I deal with needing to pick between multiple subjective choices almost daily. While I can never guarantee that I am picking the objectively best choice, I will do my best to give you my honest opinions of each version. I hope that we can get the chance to work together. If anything I said feels that it could help, feel free to let me know! Here's wishing you a great day.
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hi, i can do the proof reading and give you my feedback on the work. all reading will be thru human reading and genuine feedback. please send me any question you may have. thanks
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