Hi from a Finn @ Tokyo

ilahdus · Post by **ilahdus** » August 23rd, 2006, 8:50 pm

Hi all!

Found librivox some weeks ago when searching for audiobooks to comfort me in rush hour trains where reading a book is impossible.. Was delighted by the whole idea, and have been donwloading and listening since, and now gathering courage to take part in recordings.

From what I gather from this forum, it's not generally thought as a bad thing to read in English even if it's not ones native language. I am also considering reading in Finnish, the Gutenberg project should have enough interesting material available.

And yes, I have read hints to start with the week's poem to get started.

a.r.dobbs · Post by **a.r.dobbs** » August 23rd, 2006, 9:40 pm

Indeed! You'll find that the majority here are extremely fond of accents from all around the world. I adore listening to accented English. And some of us frequently listen to languages we can't understand atall. You'll find you're not entirely alone here as you dive into Finnish texts.

You know what you're up to.
Come back here to let *us* know what you're up to, okay?
Welcome welcome welcome!

kristin · Post by **kristin** » August 23rd, 2006, 9:47 pm

Welcome! Yes, weekly poetry is a great place to start.
Ozymandias of Egypt

Or if you would like to ease into things a bit, Raezel has a Finnish poem available for anyone to record:
Liian Paha Sappi

raezel · Post by **raezel** » August 23rd, 2006, 10:25 pm

Hi and a warm welcome.

kristin already pointed to the drection of Liian Paha Sappi, so I won't do that, but if you have spare time and interest, I would greatly appreciate any help on proof-reading my Finnish translation of the site (not completely done, but getting there). It can be found here http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/FinnishHomepageTranslation

EDIT: Now it's done.

Kristen · Post by **Kristen** » August 24th, 2006, 5:59 am

Greetings from another Tokyo-based LibriVoxian. Have fun recording in whatever language you choose.

ilahdus · Post by **ilahdus** » August 24th, 2006, 5:10 pm

Raezel, I took a brief look, quite a lot of work you've done there. Impressive.

I didn't quite have time to read it trough properly but I did notice some typos. I'm now wondering how to comment on it -- a private message to you or direct wiki-access (or something, I really don't even know how all this wiki-stuff works..)?

Others, thanks for welcoming messages, I look forward to sharing my accent with you!

raezel · Post by **raezel** » August 24th, 2006, 10:55 pm

Thanks aloit ilahdus.

PM is fine, or you can edit them out yourself if you prefer. To edit them out yourself just register to the wiki and off you go.