How good? - Recording in other languages?

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IonaMuirgel2002
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I was wondering how good I would have to be at a certain language to record something in it? I know that I would have to be good enough that you can at least understand me :D, but I was wondering how good that would be? Sometimes when I am reading in a language that is different than what I was born with, there are some words every once in a while that I am not quite sure how they are pronounced. But I make pretty educated guesses.
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IonaMuirgel2002 wrote: March 18th, 2024, 7:10 am Sometimes when I am reading in a language that is different than what I was born with, there are some words every once in a while that I am not quite sure how they are pronounced. But I make pretty educated guesses.
Here, you can find pronunciation help for every language:
https://forvo.com/
Users can request pronunciations of words and phrases, and other users will record them (hopefully - e.g. German has a large backlog). There's already a lot in the database though.
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:thumbs: Thanks!
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Can you please make the subjects of your threads a bit more specific?

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