romnempire wrote: ↑January 6th, 2024, 7:57 pm
[chap 18]
The section is ready for PL.
You have a pleasant voice and really clear diction. I enjoyed listening to it. Excellent text reading, no corrections needed on that.
Very good on the nightingale song! When I’m PLing, I listen to the text accelerated. It was especially fun at a higher speed!
2:23, 25:18 When they’re used, footnotes need to be inserted at the point in the text from which they are referenced. By the end of the section, the listener will have no idea what “The popular name of this bird…” is referring to. You can place them exactly where they lie, or at the end of a sentence or paragraph if hearing the footnote exactly in place will be really disruptive of the thought. Just as you’ve done below, pause, say “Footnote. [text] End footnote.” and continue on. Fortunately, in this case, you can just snip it off the end and insert at 2:23.
BTW, sometimes the first post will give specific instructions on footnotes like this one does, or may say specifically not to include footnotes, or to include them all. If no instruction is given, they’re typically optional, but you can always ask in the forum. Footnotes like #13 here (i.e., a citation) aren’t usually included.
No change needed this time, but as a note, when I see “M.” (i.e. “M. Meves), I always pronounce the “M.” as Monsieur, even if the surname isn’t French. How did you choose Maister(?) for Meves? The author is a little confusing here, because he does differentiate with Mr. Wolley. What do you think?