# Hi-I need smoe help with Enlgish to Abkhaz translations **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 1, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862 "2008-01-01T02:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![renegade21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@renegade21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renegade21)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/1 "2008-01-01T02:17:25Z")
Hi. I’m interested in the Abkhaz language and I would like some help with English to Abkhaz translations. Does anyone here know of any forums I can go to to discuss Abkhaz langugae and culture? I’ve tried finding someone who speaks Abkhaz and I had some problems with some language forums I was at. ☹ Does anyone here speak Abkhaz, and can please help me out with English to Abkhaz translations? Please let me know. Thank you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![renegade21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@renegade21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renegade21)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/2 "2008-01-01T02:19:54Z")
HI. I’m working on a language porject involving Taiwanese Hokkien. I’d like to know if someone here can please help me out with some English to Taiwanese Hokkien translations? Please let me know. Thank you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/3 "2008-01-01T02:35:51Z")
I’m needing help with your english to english translations. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/4 "2008-01-01T02:55:58Z")
High Five! ---
**Author:** ![renegade21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@renegade21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renegade21)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/5 "2008-01-01T06:53:34Z")
[QUOTE=Glazer] I’m needing help with your english to english translations. [/QUOTE] What do you mean? Abkhaz is the language spoken in Abkhazia, which is near Georgia in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/6 "2008-01-01T12:36:01Z")
[QUOTE=renegade21] HI. I’m working on a language porject involving Taiwanese Hokkien. I’d like to know if someone here can please help me out with some English to Taiwanese Hokkien translations? Please let me know. Thank you. 😃 [/QUOTE] It’s not that hard. There are Dopers in Taiwan. And, you know, Taiwanese Meinanhua and Fujian Meinanhua are pretty dang close. So, what are you looking for exactly or just throwing out the most obscure language you can thing of? Abkhaz has to be way more obscure than Taiwanese… ---
**Author:** ![renegade21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@renegade21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renegade21)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/7 "2008-01-04T07:00:16Z")
[QUOTE=China Guy] It’s not that hard. There are Dopers in Taiwan. And, you know, Taiwanese Meinanhua and Fujian Meinanhua are pretty dang close. So, what are you looking for exactly or just throwing out the most obscure language you can thing of? Abkhaz has to be way more obscure than Taiwanese… [/QUOTE] Can you please help me out with Taiwanese Hokkien translations? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/8 "2008-01-04T11:37:24Z")
[QUOTE=renegade21] What do you mean? [/QUOTE] He means: > [@thread title](#): > > Hi-I need smoe help with Enlgish could use a little work. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/9 "2008-01-04T11:44:42Z")
The OP seems to not be a native speaker of English. Perhaps we ought to lay off him? ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/10 "2008-01-04T12:55:55Z")
[QUOTE=renegade21] Hi. I’m interested in the Abkhaz language and I would like some help with English to Abkhaz translations. Does anyone here know of any forums I can go to to discuss Abkhaz langugae and culture? I’ve tried finding someone who speaks Abkhaz and I had some problems with some language forums I was at. ☹ Does anyone here speak Abkhaz, and can please help me out with English to Abkhaz translations? Please let me know. Thank you. 😃 [/QUOTE] Try sci.lang.translation on Usenet. Make sure to include the phrases “English to Abkhaz” and/or “EN\>AB” in the subject line. ---
**Author:** ![renegade21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@renegade21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renegade21)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/11 "2008-01-08T00:35:59Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] The OP seems to not be a native speaker of English. Perhaps we ought to lay off him? [/QUOTE] Yes I am-that was a typo. ---
**Author:** ![renegade21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@renegade21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renegade21)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/12 "2008-01-08T00:44:12Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] He means: could use a little work. 🆒 [/QUOTE] That was a typo-I meant “some” not “seom”. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/13 "2008-01-08T01:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=renegade21] Abkhaz is the language spoken in Abkhazia, which is near Georgia in Europe. [/QUOTE] Or **in** Georgia, depending on who you ask. Sorry, I don’t know any Abkhaz speakers, but you can find a ton of reference material [here.](http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Enterprises/2493/circbibliog.html#LANGUAGES) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/14 "2008-01-08T09:18:15Z")
[QUOTE=renegade21] That was a typo-I meant “some” not “seom”. [/QUOTE] I know - I was just explaining what the other guy meant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![renegade21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@renegade21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renegade21)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/15 "2008-01-18T03:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=psychonaut] Try sci.lang.translation on Usenet. Make sure to include the phrases “English to Abkhaz” and/or “EN\>AB” in the subject line. [/QUOTE] What is Usenet? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/16 "2008-01-18T09:55:26Z")
[QUOTE=renegade21] What is Usenet? [/QUOTE] A distributed discussion system composed of newsgroups that contain posts relevant to a certain topic. It is commonly accessed these days via Google Groups, which you can access at [http://groups.google.com/](http://groups.google.com/) ---
**Author:** ![renegade21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@renegade21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renegade21)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/17 "2008-01-20T11:34:35Z")
[QUOTE=psychonaut] Try sci.lang.translation on Usenet. Make sure to include the phrases “English to Abkhaz” and/or “EN\>AB” in the subject line. [/QUOTE] Will it work for ANY translation request? ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-need-smoe-help-with-enlgish-to-abkhaz-translations/431862/18 "2008-01-20T11:43:46Z")
[QUOTE=renegade21] Will it work for ANY translation request? [/QUOTE] sci.lang.translation is not a machine; it’s a forum frequented by actual humans, many of whom are professional translators who generously fulfill small requests free of charge in their spare time. Therefore your chances of success depend on whether anyone with the requisite knowledge of languages, free time, and good will happens to notice your message. But since it doesn’t cost you anything except a few minutes to type up a polite request, it’s worth a shot. ---
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Am I the only one that thought this thread had something to do with **Harry Potter?**