1) Этот сайт представляет вам книги на разных языках, адаптированные по методу чтения Ильи Франка (т. е. адаптированные без изменения текста оригинала, при помощи вставленного в текст русского дословного перевода и лексического комментария). Таких книг на сайте около 200, по 33 языкам. Многие из них можно скачать бесплатно. Прежде чем приступить к чтению одной из таких книг, прочитайте, пожалуйста, статью о методе чтения Ильи Франка (чтобы затем пользоваться методом согласно инструкции).
Если вы можете сделать безошибочный дословный перевод с какого-либо языка, соблюдая стиль (насколько это возможно при дословном переводе) и орфографию русского языка, то приглашаем вас подготовить (адаптировать) тексты по методу чтения Ильи Франка. Нас интересуют все языки, включая редкие.
2) Этот сайт — сайт взаимопомощи осваивающих языки.
Для того чтобы помочь в этом друг другу, можно и не быть лингвистом. Можно, например:
* просто прислать интересные материалы на каком-либо языке (а также интересные ссылки) * "слепить" параллельный текст так, чтобы оба языка (оригинал и перевод на русский) были на одной странице, т.е. сделать bilingua * сделать подборку ссылок по языку, который вы хотели бы видеть представленным на сайте — по рубрикам (тексты, грамматика, словари, культура — и т. п., как на нашем сайте в других разделах).
Обратите внимание: не будут размещаться переводы на другие языки (скажем, Дюма на английском). Современная тривиальная (развлекательная) литература на языке оригинала и в русском переводе будет размещаться только в том случае, если это аккуратно сделанный параллельный текст.
3) Сайт посвящен не только различным языкам, но также истории и культуре народов, говорящих на соответствующих языках.
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