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.

old message

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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  • Emanuel [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    17·
    3 months ago

    Hey, I speak Simplified English lol, Portuguese, a bit of Spanish and can somewhat read Latin (I know).

    My unreviewed translation (feel free to, other Portuguese speakers) to the application form is the following:

    "Como você ouviu falar de Hexbear, e por que você quer fazer parte da comunidade?

    Por que você escolheu seu nome de usuário?

    Qual é sua visão a respeito de minorias sexuais e de gênero / direitos LGBTQ, justiça racial, liberação de animais e movimentos similares?"

    Some terms are somewhat hard to translate, so I’d thank suggestions and corrections.

  • irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    16·
    3 months ago

    I have some very crappy irish, the application could be

    Conas a fuair tú Hexbear, agus cén fáth ar maith leat dul isteach ar ann? (literal: how did you find hexbear and why would you like to enter it)

    Cén fáth ar roghnaigh tú d’ainm úsáideora?

    Cad a cheapann tú faoi cheartas ciníoch, cearta LADT, saoirse ainmhithe agus cúiseanna comhchosúla?

    The last one could be wrong, as I am terrible at irish. (I blame )

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netEnglish
    15·
    3 months ago

    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:

    Norsk

    Hvordan 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

    HvordanHow fantfound duyou utout omabout Hexbear?Hexbеar? HvorforWhy vilwant duyou skapecreate enan konto?account?

    HvordanHow valgtechose duyou brukernavnetthe-username ditt?yours?

    HvaWhat erare meningenethe-opinions dineyours omabout LHBT+LGBT+ folkpeople ogand derestheir rettigheter,rights, omabout etniskethnic rettferdighet,~justice, omabout frigjøringliberation avof 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.

  • thelastaxolotl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    I translated it to spanish spain-cool , if any other nerds wants to change it a bit so its more neutral spanish feel free

    Como encontraste Hexbear, y porque quieres unirte?

    Explica su nombre de usuario?

    ¿Que Opinas de los siguentes temas: Derechos de la comunidad LGBTQ, Justicia Anti-Racial, Liberación Animal, y otros movimientos similares?

    • hello_hello [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      This is pretty good.

      I think we can use “encontrar” instead of “descubrir” and drop the “sobre” for the first one: “¿Cómo encontraste Hexbear?”

      I also think we can convert the second part into a command form: “Explica su nombre de usuario”

      And the third one we can use the verb form of opinión and simplify some parts: "¿Qué opinas de los siguientes temas: los derechos de gente queer/trans, La justicia anti-racista, la liberación animal y otros movimientos políticos similares?

      Also we should decide on el tuteo (formal speech vs informal) I’m leaning towards formal speech since it’s an application but if you know what’s the standard then go with what you know.

  • ∞ 🏳️‍⚧️Edie [it/its, she/her, fae/faer, love/loves, ze/hir, des/pair, none/use name, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    I’m too lazy to figure out how to do an actual poll thingy

    You could make a Cryptpad Form, disroot hosts a cryptpad instance you could use.

    Like this: https://cryptpad.disroot.org/form/#/2/form/view/lVBgy1OcV-y51z6bDB0mx-IrOhDDs3lnHK5ImRICKtw/

    Edit: There seems to be a problem with Lemmy where in links with # before a +, it (+) is changed to %20 (a space), which can break those links

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      Oh that’s neat. I’m too much of a blockhead to automate the whole thing so I’ll choose to suffer doing it by hand like a peasant. Also I think doing this bone-headed style is a good motivator for community participation in the free marketplace of ideas doggirl-smart

  • Super_Lumalo [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    Polish and English.

    Skąd wiesz o Hexbear, i dlaczego chesz dołączyć?

    Jaki jest powód wybrania twojej nazwy użytkownika?

    Jakie są twoje poglądy na temat Płci i Mniejszości Seksualnych [GSM] / praw LGBTQ, sprawiedliwości rasowej, wyzwolenia zwierząt i podobnych ruchów społecznych?

    The only thing I can’t really get to sound right is “racial justice”, it sounds off. I don’t know how else to put it. I also made sure that the language is gender neutral, by directly addressing the reader. @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml what do you think?

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      No idea, English language is such a minefield of old and new dogwhistles that i doubt i even could answer this question except the vague “I support our LGBT+ comrades in their struggle”.

    • replaceable [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Może “zadośćuczynienie” to lepsze tłumaczenie “justice” w tym kontekście, ale to be wciąż nie brzmiało dobrze, pewnie lepiej by było zupełnie pominąć to pytanie bo polska nie ma histori legalnej dyskryminacji na podstawie rasy

  • StillNoLeftLeft [none/use name, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    12·
    3 months ago

    Finnish, Swedish, English, some high school German.

    Can definitely try to translate to Finnish when I have time.

    Edit, translated them:

    translation

    1. Miten kuulit Hexbear-sivustosta ja miksi haluat liittyä?

    2. Millä perusteella/miksi valitsit käyttäjänimesi?

    3. Mitkä ovat näkemyksesi sukupuoli- ja seksuaalivähemmistöjen oikeuksista, rodullistettujen oikeuksista, eläinten oikeuksista ja vastaavista liikkeistä?

    Note: The meanings of the last question do not translate just as they are in the English version, because rights/justice and movement are used a bit differently and some of the terms don’t have good translations/get used like they are used in the question. The sentence I chose should however get the point across.

  • iByteABit [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    English lol, Greek and some basic Italian

    Here it is in Greek:

    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?

    Πώς μάθατε για το Hexbear και για ποιους λόγους θα θέλατε να γραφτείτε σε αυτό?

Πώς επιλέξατε το όνομα χρήστη σας (username)? 

Ποιες είναι οι απόψεις σας για τις μειονότητες σεξουαλικότητας και φύλου, τα δικαιώματα ΛΟΑΤΚΙ, την δικαιοσύνη σχετικά με τον ρατσισμό, την απελευθέρωση των ζώων, και παρόμοια κινήματα?