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I DID THE UPDATE to the applications.

They're LIVE LIVE LIVE

you can view them when you go to make a new account

please don't use this as an opportunity to make new accounts.

or do, whatevs.

but ANSWER THE DAMN PROMPS OR I'LL DENY YOUR FUNNY COOL USERNAMES

edit: I'll leave this up for the rest of the day to let everyone know its done. I'll probably leave this unlocked so if anyone else wants to drop by and improve a translation or add a new one they can pop by and drop it in instead of making a whole new post or DMing me. not that's gonna stop anyone from doing exactly that lmao either one's fine.

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Hi folks, its me. hog-post

I'm stealing the top of the website for a few days because a thought occurred to me a while back that goes along the lines of "damn, we really haven't updated the application for a hot minute haven't we?" also "damn we're getting quite a few international folks in but they might not know what the lingo and abbreviations in the application really mean"

which leads me to this post: shocked-dino

A general poll on what languages hexbear users know... (read: I'm too lazy to figure out how to do an actual poll thingy so I'll just tally up everyones comments. Also don't be a smartass and say "English lol" angery )

And, arguably more exciting, a general request to our multilingual users to help translate the application into their language in order to help other possible new folks to know what we're all about. (Also a general discussion on whether or not this is a good idea. I got a thumbs up from the others in the cabal of evil admins but I'm playing fast and loose with this because I had just drank a bunch of coffee when I wrote this up and I was vibrating like a hairless chihuahua walking through a park in fall. silly-liberator )

To remind people what the application looks like, it's the following three sentences.

How did you find out about Hexbear, and why do you want to join?

Why did you choose your username?

What are your views on Gender and Sexual Minorities [GSM] / LGBTQ rights, racial justice, animal liberation, and similar movements?

So to summarize, Im bored, im curious what languages everyone speaks, and I'm looking for volunteers to translate the application into their native tongue so future applicants can have an easier time understanding what the site's about. The translated versions will be contained in spoilers so as to ensure the whole application page doesn't look densely bloated like me after eating oatmeal kiryu-dame-da-ne

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https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/bf320052-d366-4395-bcfd-39541cca4956.png fubuki stonk

https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/8cb6a46f-2d01-4f15-ac6b-c8597dc01738.png just as planned

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I grew up speaking English and Norwegian, less specifically an Anglic and Scandinavian lect, or more specifically I grew up speaking strikingly idiosyncratic forms of GenAm and East Norwegian. I have tried to learn various other languages over the years and would say I'm at a decent level in Russian, Japanese, and Esperanto, and otherwise know tiny, fragmentary bits and pieces of a pretty wide range of different languages in all sorts of families from every corner of the globe, both spoken and signed.

I also have a few conlang projects I'm working on, and I'd say I could speak half-decently off the cuff in my most developed conlang, which has ~3K words at present. Not that that's actually particularly useful for communicating with people, but it's still kinda neat, right?

As for translating the application:

NorskHvordan fant du ut om Hexbear? Hvorfor vil du skape en konto?

Hvordan valgte du brukernavnet ditt?

Hva er meningene dine om LHBT+ folk og deres rettigheter, om etnisk rettferdighet, om frigjøring av dyr, osv?

Glossed back into English{Hvordan|How} {fant|found} {du|you} {ut|out} {om|about} {Hexbear?|Hexbеar?} {Hvorfor|Why} {vil|want} {du|you} {skape|create} {en|an} {konto?|account?}

{Hvordan|How} {valgte|chose} {du|you} {brukernavnet|the-username} {ditt?|yours?}

{Hva|What} {er|are} {meningene|the-opinions} {dine|yours} {om|about} {LHBT+|LGBT+} {folk|people} {og|and} {deres|their} {rettigheter,|rights,} {om|about} {etnisk|ethnic} {rettferdighet,|~justice,} {om|about} {frigjøring|liberation} {av|of} {dyr,|animals,} {osv?|etc?}


You might wish to get another Norwegian speaker to verify that this translation looks good. I don't really feel confident enough to translate the application into any other languages.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

The Norwegian translation looks good stalin-approval

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is "etnisk retferdighet" a commonly used term in Norwegian?

I am still pondering how to translate "racial justice" into Danish and I can't come up with something that sounds good.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I just used Tr-Ex and chose what seemed to be a common enough translation; I can't say it's a term I've ever heard in person.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

I think it works in this context even though it's not a commonly used term, but I suppose it could be replaced by simply using "rasisme".