This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/universal-declaration-of-human-rights-by-united-nations-volume-02/
Here's a link to the first Librivox collection on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was done 2 years ago: http://librivox.org/the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights-by-the-united-nations/The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris). The Guinness Book of Records describes the UDHR as the "Most Translated Document" in the world. It consists of 30 articles which outline the view of the General Assembly on the human rights guaranteed to all people. (Summary from Wikipedia)
SPECIAL RULES
How to claim:
The aim of this project is to record the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 30 different languages (so no duplicates).
--> and we succeeded! 42 recordings in 39 different languages, and 32 new languages compared to the first collection! Congratulations
For the text, see: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Which languages:
30 different languages, and at least the first 24 languages have to be languages not yet included in the first project.
So, please DO NOT contribute the following languages (until there are at least 24 other contributions, after that the field is open):
So please choose any other language in the list of >300 languages here: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Introduction.aspxLanguage that we have already: Afrikaans (afk) - Arabic (arz) - Brazilian Portuguese (bra) - Chinese (Mandarin) (chn) - Danish (dns) - Dutch (dut) - English (eng) - Esperanto (eo) - Filipino (Tagalog) (tgl) - Finnish (fin) - French (frn) - German (ger) - Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) (inz) - Japanese (jpn) - Korean (kkz) - Latin (ltn) - Malay (Bahasa Melayu) (mli) - Polish (pql) - Portuguese (por) - Spanish (spn) - Walloon (frn1)
EDIT: The project is now open to all languages. Duplicates of any language are fine.
- New to recording?
Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording! - Is there a deadline?
Target completion date of this project: Date – 1 August 2009, but try to send your recordings as soon as you can. If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know and it’ll go back to the pool. There’s no shame in this; we’re all volunteers and things happen. - Where do I find the text?
Source text (please only read from this text!): http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Introduction.aspx -
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======================================================= - BEFORE recording:
Please check the Recording Notes:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
Set your recording software to:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz - DURING recording:
Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording:
Start of recording (Intro)- "[The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights^^], [language read version^^]. - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org^^"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name]^^" - Say:
" The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights^^"
End of recording- At the end of the section, say:
“End of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This recording is in the public domain. ^^ - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]^^"
^^ Paragraphs marked (namely the intro and the outro) with this symbol can be translated into the language the reader is using to read the Declaration.
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
Also, please remember to check this thread frequently for updates! - AFTER recording:
Need noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The new (free) version 1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.
Save files as
128 kbps MP3
File name: all in lowercase: human_rights_un_[language]_[your initials in 4 letters or less].mp3
Please abbreviate your language, and make reference to this website: http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/hipres/help/eng/horizon/unbis_language_code.htm or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes in making the abbreviations.
So an example filename might be: human_rights_un_jp_lf.mp3
ID3 V2 tags
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/WhatIsID3)
Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
ID-3 tags:
Title: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, [language] - Read by [your initials]
Artiste: United Nations
Album: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Volume 02
Comments (Optional): Public Domain; read by [your name]
Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file.
Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread):
http://upload.librivox.org
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: lz - lezer - If this is your first recording, please let me know under which name or pseudonym you'd like to appear in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal website/blog.
- If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread):
Any questions?
Please post below or PM me.