With regards to adam_s_1’s reply about funding from the government to support the language, I found an application from the Irish government for exactly that. The application seems very geared towards organizations, so I don’t think they would be keen on granting me the money. Is filling out the application and, if the grant comes through, hiring translators something that LingQ would be willing to do?
Is she able to speak it fluently? If so, see if she would be willing to help with some of the translations of the mini stories so that LingQ will add it?
Yes, she is a Lithuanian citizen and lived there for the first 21 years of her life, she went there to school and college. In fact I had already thought about persuading her to help me with this and then contact Lingq to offer her help in the past. However, she is having some medical issues this year and working hard on her job, she does not have a lot of time to spare for a project like this.
On the other hand, I think her sister could be persuaded to help us, so we would have two native speakers that could potentially translate mini stories into Lithuanian. It would involve some persuasion and I cannot promise anything as it would not depend on me but I could try to get them to collaborate, if the scope was not too large.
Perhaps if the Lithuanian Lingq could be launched in Beta with the minimum amount needed of mini-stories (I do not remember the minimum number, was it 20, 40 or 60?) they could slowly translate more stories in the future but as I said, I cannot promise anything unfortunately…
I believe that LingQ currently require 40 of the 60 stories translated and recorded. Definitely worth asking them if they are willing to help out. I can help tweak the audio to improve the sound quality if they are able to do the recordings as well.
What is planned in the new version? Will there be compatibility to Xiaomi devices? (Now we can’t mark phrases, only single words). Will there be new features in LingQ? It’s kind of boring that there are only options for reading. It may be possible to add games with words or activities.
We add a new language when we have all 60 LingQ Mini Stories translated and recorded into that language. For now, we do not have anything ready for Irish, so we cannot give an ETA at this time.
I’ll get back to everyone regarding Lithuanian. Having a native speaker to translate is crucial, so don’t hesitate to contact our support team, @Jokojoko83 to offer your sister-in-law’s services (if she’s happy to help).
I’ve taken note of all other suggestions and questions and will get back to you all ASAP.
For Lithuanian we already have all 60 Mini Stories translated and recorded. Volunteer sent them a few weeks ago.
As soon as we launch LingQ 5.0, Lithuanian will be added.
I am on the case with Breton, even if that is one of the ones less likely to be of interest to English speakers simply because English speakers are more likely to have Welsh or Gaelic heritage, but if it ends up being the first one added here, then that’ll be an option for you.
Getting it right is faster than getting it quick. (Or is getting it right quicker than getting it fast?) Patiently looking forward to the new release. I’m adverse to change for change’s sake, and I was skeptical of the last big change. I was quickly won over by the current reader, though, so I remain optimistic about the next big update.
In any case, get your rest, Zoran. There will probably be lots of questions and support requests regardless of how ready the software is and how smoothly the update goes. We apprecieate your support work.
Interestingly I just did one of those DNA ancestry tests and found a decent amount of ancestry from both Brittany and Cornwall that I didn’t know existed. Now Breton at least is on my radar since I don’t think Cornish has any speakers left.
It didn’t, but there has apparently been a revival effort, and last I heard there were some 500 people who can speak a reconstructed Cornish.
Anyway, I am now sitting on 40 translated and recorded Breton mini stories, plus some more just translated, but it’s been a bad few weeks at work and I’ve not had much time/energy for audio editing. I will get there, though.
I was wondering this a crash happened yesterday and I thought the they intentionally took the servers down for the update but that was not the case. Is there an official date?
