[COMPLETE]Multilingual Short Works Collection 003 - lz

JohanLiebert · Post by **JohanLiebert** » July 20th, 2012, 5:52 am

ekzemplaro wrote: In this pace we can finish this project in a month. I'll add a few recordings this weekend.

I think I would be able to catch up with you if it wasn't for the typhoon. The strong winds won't help me make a nice recording.

Kalynda · Post by **Kalynda** » July 20th, 2012, 7:02 am

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/msw003_lamain_maupassant_kgb.mp3 (15:46)

La Main by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) in French
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12949/12949-h/12949-h.htm
Author Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant
Description: Short fiction, supernatural

DragonslayerGeorge · Post by **DragonslayerGeorge** » July 20th, 2012, 9:35 am

ekzemplaro wrote:Hello George san,
Thank you for your recording.
I just checked the technical spec. It's OK. I've uploaded MW.
Your volume is slightly loud. It's 91 Db. Our target is 89 Db.
Do you know 'mp3gain'? I used 'mp3gain' on Linux. It shows as follows.
$ mp3gain msw003_balaniadi_smirnenski_gs.mp3
msw003_balaniadi_smirnenski_gs.mp3
Recommended "Track" dB change: -2.070000
This means you need to lower 2.07 Db. You can easily do this using Audacity.
If you wish, you can try volume adjusting and upload again. But you don't need to do this.
It's just 2Db.

By the way do you know Kotoosyu?. He is famous in Japan. He is a sumo wrestler.

Cheers,
Masa

I've used Audacity's Amplify to lower the volume with 2.07 dB and re-uploaded with the same name.
I thought as long as there was no cut-off (distortion) it was OK, and louder was better. Apparently not, I'll keep it in mind next time - I could have easily lowered the recording volume, which would have been better, as there would've been less noise.
I didn't know about mp3gain. Can Audacity give me this information?

I do know of Kotoosyu, I don't know him personally

George

ekzemplaro · Post by **ekzemplaro** » July 20th, 2012, 1:53 pm

Здравейте George san,
Thank you re-uploading the file.
The result is as follows.

$ mp3gain msw003_balaniadi_smirnenski_gs.mp3
msw003_balaniadi_smirnenski_gs.mp3
Recommended "Track" dB change: 0.010000

DragonslayerGeorge wrote:I didn't know about mp3gain. Can Audacity give me this information?

If you use Linux, it's included in the package.
>> mp3gain 1.5.2-r2-2 Lossless mp3 normalizer with statistical analysis
You can get information from the following page.
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

Cheers,
Masa

lezer · Post by **lezer** » July 20th, 2012, 2:06 pm

Kalynda wrote:http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/msw003_lamain_maupassant_kgb.mp3 (15:46)

La Main by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) in French
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12949/12949-h/12949-h.htm
Author Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant
Description: Short fiction, supernatural

Hello Masa san,
Very active thread here today! See this submission as well, from Kalynda, earlier this afternoon.
Anna

ekzemplaro · Post by **ekzemplaro** » July 20th, 2012, 2:36 pm

Bonjour Kalynda san,
Merci pour votre enregistrement.

Kalynda wrote:La Main by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) in French

You live in Maine and you recorded 'La Main'. A good selection.
Do many people speak French in Maine?

Hello Anna san,
Thank you for your notification.

lezer wrote:See this submission as well, from Kalynda, earlier this afternoon.

I'm enjoying this work.

Cheers,
Masa

catrose · Post by **catrose** » July 21st, 2012, 11:00 am

URL for the mp3 file from the Uploader -http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/msw003_sionasian_edwards_cd.mp3
Duration of recording (mm:ss) - 0:26
URL for online text -http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/hwng10h.htm
Title of work - Sion a Sian (poem IX)
Date of publication (if available) -1911
Name of author -Owen Morgan Edwards
Birth date and date of death of author if available -1858 – 1920
URL for author information (e.g. wikipedia) if available -http://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Morgan_Edwards#Llyfryddiaeth
Brief indication of the work in a few words: (for example: poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction, genre or keywords; will be used in the summary) poetry, children, nursery rhyme, plant, gerdd
Language: Welsh (Cymraeg)

Sorry, the Wikipedia article is in Welsh as well!

ekzemplaro · Post by **ekzemplaro** » July 21st, 2012, 5:41 pm

Hello Cat san,
Thank you for your message.
I'm afraid there're some kind of mistake.
Only portion of the mentioned text is recorded.
Can you record also another portions and update them?

Our policy is explained in the previous project as an answer to Pitorek san by Anna san.

Well, LV always has a policy of going for unabridged works etc - and I like that - you can be sure you get "the real stuff" here, instead of shortened or "Disneyfied" bits. So I'm not in favour of this.

There have been exceptions in the past I know, but that was usually for special collections, like "your favourite chapter of your favourite book" or "first chapter of famous works".

I know recording the whole book is difficult. So another idea is to select another short poetry. I welcome your recording.

Cheers,
Masa

ekzemplaro · Post by **ekzemplaro** » July 21st, 2012, 5:43 pm

Hello
I've uploaded my fourth recording.

URL for the mp3 file from the Uploader - http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/msw003_kako_kajii_um.mp3
Duration of recording (mm:ss) - 5:18
URL for online text - http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000074/files/421_19698.html
Title of work - Kako
Date of publication (if available) - 1926
Name of author - Kajii Motojiro
Birth date and date of death of author - (1901-1932)
URL for author information (e.g. wikipedia) if available - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motojir%C5%8D_Kajii
Brief indication of the work in a few words: (prose,fiction,memory,matchstick)
Language: Japanese

Cheers,
Masa

JohanLiebert · Post by **JohanLiebert** » July 21st, 2012, 7:00 pm

Ohayou kuya Masa!

here's my second Bisaya reading

URL for the mp3 file from the Uploader - http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/msw003_indaylidersapiniliay_rama_ag.mp3
Duration of recording (mm:ss) - 3:23
URL for online text - http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20820/20820-h/20820-h.htm#d0e413
Title of work - Si Inday, Lider na sa Piniliay
Date of publication (if available) - 1921
Name of author - Vicente Rama
Birth date and date of death of author - 1887-????
URL for author information (e.g. wikipedia) if available - http://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Rama
Brief indication of the work in a few words: prose, women equal with men in politics
Language: Bisaya

JohanLiebert · Post by **JohanLiebert** » July 21st, 2012, 7:41 pm

and here's my third Tagalog reading, perfect for our monsoon months!

URL for the mp3 file from the Uploader - http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/msw003_tagulan_deleon_ag.mp3
Duration of recording (mm:ss) - 1:48
URL for online text - http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16446/16446-h/16446-h.htm
Title of work - Tag-ulan
Date of publication (if available) - 1915
Name of author - Pascual de Leon
Birth date and date of death of author - 1893-1958
URL for author information (e.g. wikipedia) if available -
Brief indication of the work in a few words: poetry, rainy season
Language: Tagalog

ekzemplaro · Post by **ekzemplaro** » July 22nd, 2012, 12:22 am

Magandang hapon April san,
Thank you for your recording. I updated MW windows.

Cheers,
Masa

ekzemplaro · Post by **ekzemplaro** » July 22nd, 2012, 12:48 am

Hello everybody,
Let me introduce magicrose san. She will proof listen to Japanese recordings.
According to her advice I fixed 3 errors in 'Sennin'. I uploaded the new recording.
She also started to proof listen 'Mangan'.

Cheers,
Masa

lezer · Post by **lezer** » July 22nd, 2012, 4:33 am

catrose wrote:URL for the mp3 file from the Uploader -http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/msw003_sionasian_edwards_cd.mp3
Duration of recording (mm:ss) - 0:26
URL for online text -http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/hwng10h.htm
Title of work - Sion a Sian (poem IX)
Date of publication (if available) -1911
Name of author -Owen Morgan Edwards
Birth date and date of death of author if available -1858 – 1920
URL for author information (e.g. wikipedia) if available -http://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Morgan_Edwards#Llyfryddiaeth
Brief indication of the work in a few words: (for example: poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction, genre or keywords; will be used in the summary) poetry, children, nursery rhyme, plant, gerdd
Language: Welsh (Cymraeg)

Sorry, the Wikipedia article is in Welsh as well!

Hello Masa and Catrose,
I don't know any Welsh... But I think that this book is a collection of poems, right? So this is just one very short poem from that collection. Some poems are very short. Could you please let us know, Cat?
Thanks,
Anna

lezer · Post by **lezer** » July 22nd, 2012, 4:35 am

By the way, Masa: I will watch the number of sections that you need, and will increase if necessary.

I suggest that we catalog at 20 or more sections, but with a project running at least 4 weeks. So this month it will probably be more than 20 sections if this speed keeps up.

Anna