"I speak..."

Swedish translation: Jag talar

18:34 Feb 1, 2005
English to Swedish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: "I speak..."
Dear Colleagues:

First I'd like to say on behalf of Ohio Criminal Justice Services, Summit County Ohio Sheriff's Office, City of Lorain (Ohio) Police Department and NAJIT, we thank you greatly for your help and support with the translation of "I Speak ____" for the language communications booklet. I am still in need of your help in a few more languages.

I need "I Speak" translated and is listed by order of frequently encountered languages for Ohio are: Farsi, Hmong, Poshto, Korean, Thai, Swahili, Gujarati, Ukrainian. Other languages not as frequently encountered: Armenian, Cambodian, Bengali, Chezc, Chamorro, Hungarian, Llocano, Tagalog, Tongan, Yiddish, Mandingo, Bamara, and any other languages you can think of that I have left out.

We are trying to make this communications booklet as simple as possible and therefore we just need the three words "I Speak ____". The census and other language identification booklets have longer statements such as "If you speak blah, blah please check this box." We cannot use those. It gets a little too complicated. I also apologize in advance if I have misspelled any of the languages.

The languages we already have the translation for are: Spanish, Japanese, Creole, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), Turkish, Dutch, Italian, French, German, Arabic, Romanian, Laotian, Mon, Portuguese, Russian, Catalan, Serbian, Slovak, Hebrew, Burmese, Somali, Vietnamese, Greek, Polish, Hindi, Urdu, Hindko, Pothari, and Saraiki.
Claudia Samulowitz
United States
Local time: 22:13
Swedish translation:Jag talar
Explanation:
Svenska
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hirselina
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Thank you so much for your help :) Would "Jag Talar Svenska" be "I speak Swedish"?
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10Jag talar
hirselina
5 -1Minä puhun suomea
Petter Björck


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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
I speak
Jag talar


Explanation:
Svenska

hirselina
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch
Grading comment
Thank you so much for your help :) Would "Jag Talar Svenska" be "I speak Swedish"?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
7 mins
  -> Thanks

agree  Mario Marcolin: Jag talar svenska ( no caps)
15 mins
  -> At the beginning of my new line, caps of course

agree  Sven Petersson
27 mins
  -> Thanks

agree  Lena Samuelsson
2 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  Lisa Dahlander
2 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  cologne
13 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  Renassans LS
13 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  Amelie Posse
16 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  Stéphanie Serraï
20 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  Erja Hirvonen
3 days 16 hrs
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2 days 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Minä puhun suomea


Explanation:
= I speak Finnish.

Petter Björck
Finland
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Erja Hirvonen: ? not quite Swedish
19 hrs
  -> Siinä lukee kyllä että "I am contacting evryone who can possibly add to the list. The message reads: "and any other languages you can think of that I have left out." Kyllä tiedän että "Minä puhun suomea" on suomi eikä ruotsi ;)
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