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I want to #work with [you] people in the #Fediverse !
Translating your articles, #proofreading your #writing, doing #research for your video essay on a 20th century philosophical school, teach you one or two #languages, doing admin for your educational non-profit, exchanging broader knowledge around politics, humanities, literature, helping sell you woodcarving art pieces...
but above all I want to make #art and creative things with you.

I run out of options and ressources to find "normal" work IRL where I live, or escaping to study in Europe,
and it is in part because I had already started being too influenced by people on here to be able to continue accepting the dire conditions offered in my immediate environment,
but also, I joined here because I did not really belong in said environment already.
so the thing is, I can only do the things listed remotely, online, for now.

Anyone interested?
#translation #job #jobsearch

I've come to the conclusion that the best thing I can do by way of learning languages other than English - is to learn English grammar. Because, once I got through things like Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Tenses, and Questions, they stopped teaching me grammar.

And language apps keep trying to shove declensions at me, and telling me how to say "nominative" in Latin. Um. What the hell is a nominative? (No, don't tell me - I looked it up. I can't remember what it is, but I did look it up.)

I compared notes with my family, and my Mother is the only one who could say that she'd been taught about things like that. And that was because she had to learn Latin.

So I've uninstalled the Latin language app, and installed a bug-ridden job from the British Council about English grammar, that started with the verb "to be."

I will return to Latin - but not until I've mastered a more advanced version of English grammar.

#languages
#Latin
#English
#grammar

The cradle of European civilization. Version 2: Italic peoples (Indo-European ones)

Ethnolinguistic map of Italy in the Iron Age, before the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy.
Image: Iron_Age_Italy.png: User:Dbachmann
derivative work: Ewan ar born
translator: Manlleus (ca)(CC BY-SA 3.0)

⚠️ Before you comment. Why Greece is NOT the "cradle of European civilization"
mastodon.social/@celtgreeklati

Language learning is also about different cultures, broadening minds, and opening doors to new opportunities, here and abroad. It's almost like our government wants to keep young people unskilled, especially if they're less affluent. Go figure.

theguardian.com/education/2025

The Guardian · Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey findsBy Anna Bawden

I probably should have mentioned before, by way of #introduction, that my handle here is a play on one of the things that Japanese people say a lot to foreigners, namely 日本語が上手ですね。It's also a reference to the textbook for beginner, post-primary students named "Nihongo Kantan." It's a decent enough book and I see that it appears to be legitimately available for free:

ppli.ie/nihongo_kantan_textboo

PPLI · Nihongo Kantan Textbook & CD2 - PPLI

I have a question for the #MetalHeadClub community, as well as the wider #fediverse and #mastodon communities, especially those who follow me.

I've always noticed that Mastodon is less used, perhaps because I tend to write in English, and I find it difficult to switch to my own language here (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian).

When you see posts in a language other than your own, do you translate them to understand what they say, or do you find it problematic in any way?

Honesty is important here. Let me know what you think.