We did it: Phrasebook 5000 entries:)

Question

This thread has been created by Marianne and Heidita:

We need some immediate help with the Phrasebook project.

Specifically, we have a back log of more than 4000 suggested phrases! Clearly, this cannot be done by one or two persons, namely, the two admins working on the phrasebook, and therefore, we are asking for help from our loyal SpanishDict members.

At this moment we have exactly: **1170** suggested phrases! When this thread was started there were around 4300 so we are getting there!

Please A D D your own sentences now, not suggested, please, translated! Find your own translations! And please check for duplicates first!!

About copyright: On the copyright question, we can't copy the entries straight form the SpanishDict dictionary. We license those from another company. We have to develop original content for the phrasebook. We can consult with the meanings that other dictionaries publish. And, if a word has a given translation that is universally understood, we are not prohibited from using that translation simply because another dictionary has published it.

The important thing for now is to supply a correct translation for the suggested phrases. If you cannot decide on the grammar part or if this is colloquial or an idiom etc and have not time to make an example sentence...this is not important now, it can be added later by the admins!

We need at least 25 volunteers or as many as we can get to help translate some simple phrases that have been suggested. You don't need to be an expert in Spanish to do this because some of the phrases are as simple as "How are you?" and "What's for dinner?" You chose the phrases that you can comfortably translate and leave the difficult one for someone else.

Please post your name here if you are willing to help us translate a minimum 10-20 suggested phrases each week (or more if you can).

If you are looking for a way to repay SpanishDict for all the wonderful benefits you receive, this is one way that you can really show your support.

Thank you in advance to those who volunteer to help with this very important project.

Hola guapos: Este llamamiento va a todo el mundo que encuentra que este foro da mucho y quiere hacer algo para colaborar de manera efectiva, aparte de todo lo que todos los miembros hacen ya de por si

Necesitamos a varias, es decir, muchas personas, ya que son 4000 las frases sugeridas y es imposible hacerlo entre solo dos personas, como ha ocurrido hasta ahora, ya que es una labor titánica. Rogamos que se metan en el Phrasebook, y simplemente se ayude a traducir algunas frases. Si todos hacemos unas 20 frases a la semana, las hay que son sumamente sencillas, en poco tiempo se puede hacer, si no, será imposible.

Hemos pasado esta información a todos nuestros contactos de Skype, que son más de 70! Espero que entre esos contactos, todos miembros del foro y los demás miembros del foro, seamos capaces de dar un buen empujón al phrasebook.

Por favor, poned los nombres para ver qué gente quiere y puede colaborar, incluso dos o tres frases ya sería algo

• Actually, I know it sounds weird, but 'persons' is really the more correct way to say it in this case, even though it sounds a bit peculiar. - MacFadden Aug 2, 2010
• Cool, thanks for the correction. - LuisaGomezBa Aug 2, 2010
• I had no clue, it just doesn't sound as fluid. - LuisaGomezBa Aug 2, 2010
• You're right. It does sound awkward. Sometimes 'correctness' is like that. :) - MacFadden Aug 3, 2010
• Thanks to everybody for the incredible help, we are down almost 800 phrases, that is awesome!!!! - Heidita Aug 5, 2010
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We're down to 3090 phrases!

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We're down to 2790 suggested phrases!

• That's great, Jen!:) - luz_72 Aug 15, 2010
• Fantastict! - sanlee Sep 8, 2010
• Down to 1390! - sanlee Sep 8, 2010
• Voting! - sanlee Sep 8, 2010
• Down to 1380, Jen! - sanlee Sep 8, 2010
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I am glad to help and I would like to suggest that the Admins could maybe spend their more valuable time first on checking the double entries. I am not sure if when I check a 'suggested' phrase to see if it is there already whether it also checks the 'pending' or 'holding' area before saying it is there or not? That might be what is causing the double entries......

• thanks a lot margaret, the search function is hopefully being checked like many other things these days. - Heidita Aug 2, 2010
• 5000 phrases. Congratulations!!!!! - sanlee Sep 21, 2010

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Answer 5

I would love to help as much as I can

• great lovely, thanks a lot, there are so many sentences to choose from! - Heidita Aug 2, 2010
• you are welcome Heidita ! - lovely_lovel Aug 2, 2010
• 5000 phrases. Congratulations!!!!! - sanlee Sep 21, 2010

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Hey, where is my post. I posted out in space and now it is gone. Today, I had no idea that this was going to happen, but I spent hours on the phrase book. I start in the beginning and there are difficult phrases there, but they can be left to the experts. Once we get rid of the duplicates, it will be much easier. You just write, "This is in" for the definition and make sure you x the certify box. I have been sticking with our dictionary and found many of the phrases there. And you don't need sentences. If you just want to do the definition and aren't confidant about the sentence, you've still been a big help.

To check if the phrase is in, type it into the translation bar, All the phrases will show and if it is there, then you can say it is in. If there are slight differences, I might leave it for the moderators. Today I had one :" to split hairs" with kind of a scientific definition, and "She is always trying to split hairs". Now, I think I would say that the phrase is in and delete one of them. We have many duplicates already in. Also, there are some that I can't use due to copy write issues. "Hair of the dog", the last entry and "Misery loves company" have been especially difficult. Look above for Heidita's explanation of copy write issues.

• great advice, thanks sandy!! - Heidita Aug 2, 2010
• This is WONDERFUL, Sandy. Thank you for your generous help. - --Mariana-- Aug 3, 2010
• Down to 1570. That is wonderful news! - sanlee Sep 8, 2010
• What? less that 1400? - sanlee Sep 8, 2010
• 1380 and below - sanlee Sep 9, 2010
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Ian said:

I have suggested 100s of phrases that have not be done yet.

Same here. It probably makes sense for each of us to go in and try to complete our own first, if possible.

• nicole, that is difficult to find, so just do the ones that you can do easily and thats it, thanks a lot anyway - Heidita Aug 3, 2010

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Thank you...thank you...to all of you wonderful volunteers!

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I can see some people offering so much help we are really very greatful, I am sure I speak in the name of all admins.

Right now we are down almost 1000 suggested phrases! This has been an incredible task!

Some very good help is just find those suggested phrases which are already in the phrasebook. Just write: delete or duplicate in the edited part and we will delete the entry.

Thanks a lot!

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We're down to 2850 suggested phrases!

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Answer 12

Veo que van muy bién... ¡Felicitaciones!....Volveré aunque sea de pasada para ayudar también...

Saludos a todos mis amigos de SpanishDict...

• Hooray! ¡Bienvenido Carlos! :-) - chaparrito Sep 19, 2010
• Hay algunas frases que necesistan un maestro..... - margaretbl Sep 19, 2010
• Welcome Back Carlos!!! - Izanoni1 Sep 19, 2010
• ¡Bienvenido Carlos! I am happy to see you! - sanlee Sep 19, 2010
• Thanks my friends...I'm just came for a while to congratulate all of you...I'm lucky because I arrived just to approve the phrase number 5,000. - Carlos-F Sep 21, 2010
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Yo puedo ayudar un poco. Estoy con el tiempo bastante limitado, pero unas dos o tres frases al día probablemente pueda hacer.

• figúrate, gekko, si todos hicieran tres frases al día!!! muchas gracias:) - Heidita Aug 2, 2010

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Answer 14

To be honest, I've been confused by the Phrasebook and how to make an entry from the first day when I first saw the entry form.

So now, since I love SpanishDict and want to help, I've tried to make an entry.

I looked for "Gives one pause" and found in a dictionary something close:

To give somebody pause, give pause to somebody: hacer vacilar a algn

Ok, well, if I enter "hacer vacilar a alguien"... then I can't check the box that says it didn't come from a copyrighted work, can I? But if I don't check that box, it won't accept my entry.

I could change it to "Se hace vacilar"... but then is it really right? I think so but, is "think so" good enough for the phrase book?

And do I need to fill in the English example and the Spanish example?

And is this an idiom, literal, or something else?

I don't want to make this harder than it is. But I also don't want to do it incorrectly. I don't know what to do.

• I was wondering about the copyright thing too. - canicos Aug 3, 2010
• Whew! I thought I was the only one confused. You just voiced the rest of me questions. :) - chaparrito Aug 3, 2010
• Hi , about the copyright thing I am not sure about it, but about the rest of things you don't have to fill the English -Spanish example all you have to do is to add a translation if you want to translate a suggeted phrase ...:) - lovely_lovel Aug 3, 2010
• and if you want to create a new one just click on ''add new entry '' and put your phrase then translate it into Spanish - English the rest of boxes are optional if you want to fill them it will be great and if you don't then it's ok:-) i hope that helps - lovely_lovel Aug 3, 2010
• I moved on and tried again- and found a lot that I could do! - Goyo Aug 3, 2010
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We're down to 2370!

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