Hi Luann, thank you so much for your note! We look for the top five languages spoken within a community so we can target the translation need. In our community where we are, we are currently looking for Korean and Tagalog translation help. With that said, if anyone has suggestions on more language translation need for the social story in your community, please share it here so we can focus on our volunteer translators recruitment effort.
We are so thankful for so many volunteers who have stepped up and we want to thank you again for all of your generosity for donating your time to help each other out during this challenging time.
Please continue to stay healthy and safe!
Best regards,
Sandy and Jenny
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Best regards,
Sandy Baba, Ph.D
NAEYC Asian Interest Forum Co-Facilitator
Education Researcher, Community Advocate,
California AEYC Diversity Committee Member
*Hello is a great platform for us to exchange our ideas and have conversations, lets keep sharing our ideas!
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-25-2020 09:51 AM
From: Luann Polejewski
Subject: COVID-19 Social Story available in different languages
What languages do you still need? Let us know maybe we can find others for you as well. Wishing you well. Lu Ann ECFE Minneapolis
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Luann Polejewski
Eden Prairie MN
Original Message:
Sent: 03-25-2020 12:22 AM
From: Shu-Chen Yen
Subject: COVID-19 Social Story available in different languages
Dear Abeer,
Fabulous! Thank you so much for your willingness to help out with the translation. So excited to know Arabic will be available! Your generosity is highly appreciated, especially during this difficult time. I will follow-up with you regarding the translation.
I am also touched by email inquiries from educators/psychologists/therapists around the world who wanted to help translate my social story into their home language. Thank those people's kind acts, so pretty soon children in Croatia, Italy, Brazil, and Portugal will have a chance to access this book.
Kindness has no boundary! Thank you!
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Shu-Chen Jenny Yen
Associate Professor
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
Original Message:
Sent: 03-24-2020 10:18 PM
From: Abeer Samaan
Subject: COVID-19 Social Story available in different languages
Thank you so much for sharing the social story. I would live to volunteer and translate it to Arabic.
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Abeer Samaan
Director
Basilica of Saint Mary Montessori Academy
Livonia MI
Original Message:
Sent: 03-23-2020 04:24 PM
From: Shu-Chen Yen
Subject: COVID-19 Social Story available in different languages
Dear all,
This is a follow-up on Sandy's post. The Asian Interest Forum would like to give a big shoutout to the volunteers below for their countless hours for doing the translation:
Spanish: Zoila Cartagena, Jennifer Ventura, First 5 San Francisco, and Dr. Marlene Zepeda
Vietnamese: Mai Nguyen, Grandma Nguyen, Mai's children, Ian Chang, and Maddy Chang
Traditional Chinese: Dr. Shu-Nu Yen, Shu-Ling Yen, and Shu-Chiung Chang
Simplified Chinese: Dr. Shu-Nu Yen, Shu-Ling Yen, Shu-Chiung Chang, and Lei Yen
Japanese: Dr. Sandy Baba and family
Please help us spread the news and feel free to reach to one of us for questions. Thank you!
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Shu-Chen Jenny Yen
Associate Professor
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
Original Message:
Sent: 03-23-2020 04:20 PM
From: Shu-Chen Yen
Subject: COVID-19 Social Story available in different languages
Dear Kerrie,
Thanks so much for sharing the social story! Wow! So amazing that the story got translated into 30 languages! Do people volunteer? How do they do quality control? Sandy and I relied on volunteer work, and we also did careful cross-check for translation, so it was very time-consuming. Thanks again for sharing this story! The more the merrier for young children!
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Shu-Chen Jenny Yen
Associate Professor
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
Original Message:
Sent: 03-23-2020 04:08 PM
From: Kerrie Fanning
Subject: COVID-19 Social Story available in different languages
Thank you for sharing this Sandy and Jenny! I would like to also share another social story about discussing school and childcare center closures and social distancing with young children. The story is sponsored by Conscious Discipline and is being translated into over 30 languages! The story is available on the Conscious Discipline website (here: https://consciousdiscipline.com/why-cant-i-go-to-school-social-story/) in their sponsored format, and is also available in an editable format in a public shared Google Drive folder (here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kpLIujLSpgsxlz67VscF7LnlitkpAf8P). As translations are completed, I will continue to upload them! Please feel free to access, use, and share widely! Sandy and Jenny, I have also added your story to the folder! Thanks again for sharing!
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Kerrie Fanning
Madison WI
Original Message:
Sent: 03-23-2020 02:16 PM
From: Sandy Baba
Subject: COVID-19 Social Story available in different languages
Thank you to all of the volunteer translators who've spent countless hours helping out by translating the story into Vietnamese, Chinese, Spanish and Japanese (The Farsi version is coming soon later this week). The 4 language versions of the story are available now on the AIF webpage and please share this resource widely with your community. You can view and download the stories here at the NAEYC Asian Interest Forum page @ https://sandybabaece.wixsite.com/covid19referencelist.
Stay healthy and safe!!
Best regards,
Sandy and Jenny
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Best regards,
Sandy Baba, Ph.D
NAEYC Asian Interest Forum Co-Facilitator
Education Researcher, Community Advocate,
California AEYC Diversity Committee Member
*Hello is a great platform for us to exchange our ideas and have conversations, lets keep sharing our ideas!
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