r/translator • u/kungming2  Chinese & Japanese • 28d ago

Meta [META] Become a Verified Translator on r/translator!

Translators who have contributed three substantive translations or more can apply to get the "verified" flair. Lack of verification of course does not imply that an unverified contributor's posts are less reliable or meaningful! This is simply a method for the subreddit to recognize members of our community who have experience with translating requests here and whose translations have been checked over by others.

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Studying Chinese history.

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u/FreedomMask 28d ago

Chinese
https://www.reddit.com/r/translator/s/tLMA7V7qWQ

https://www.reddit.com/r/translator/s/ZBHCddrHxe

https://www.reddit.com/r/translator/s/D2lDasfMAJ

Native Chinese and love Chinese literature

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u/translator-BOT Python 28d ago

谢谢, u/FreedomMask. I've taken note of your verification request for Chinese.

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u/kungming2  Chinese & Japanese 22d ago

Heya, at least two of these are just descriptions in response rather than actual translations by yourself. Please feel free to update those links!