hi,
I'm looking for somebody who can translate a document from Tok Pisin to Standard English. Preferably you need to have translation experience or a linguistics background or even better an accreditation with NAATI or Ausit.
you can send your reply (with CV if avaiable) to my email account - [email protected], Jenny

Hi. My name is Beverly, I am a Papua New Guinean by birth. I speak read and write fluent english and although I am not a tained linguist, Tok-Pisin is my mother tounge and I am able to translate, even from script into the English language.

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact me via email.

Thanks.Bev

TRANSLATED:

Hi. Nem bilong mi Beverly, mama karim mi long Papua Niu Gini. Mi save tok tok, rit na rait gut long tok Inglis tasol mi no trein long ol tokples, Tok-Pisin em mama tokples bilong mi na mi inap tanim igo long tok Inglis long pepa.

Sapos yu laik helpim long dispela, plis noken poret long salim email ikam.

Tenkyu. Bev

TRANSLATED:

hi,
Mi wok long painim wanpela man o meri husat inap tanim wanpela Tok Pisin pepa igo long Stended Inglis. I moabeta sapos yu gat ekspiriens long tanim tok o yu gat bekgraun long linguistik o moa gutpela sapos NAATI or Ausit i luksave long wok bilong yu.
Yu ken salim riplai bilong yu (wantaim CV sapos i stap) ikam long email bilong mi - [email protected], Jenny.

No one in the village could understand some of this tok pisin you wrote. ekspiriens ????? Is that a tok pisin word? Moa beta yu tok igat save.

Thanks for taking notice. I knew that, but since languages are constantly evolvingg, Tok Pisin has to expand its vocabulary. Should we forever use 'marasin nogut' or 'posin' in place of 'chemical'? It has to evolve, and we need to introduce new words to better convey thoughts and ideas. 'kemikal' is a big word, needs to be pidginised, taught and learned for what it is by everyone. Posin is a killer. Marasin is a healer, etc. 'igat save' for experience? That is a poor example already. It only means knowledge without the experience. 'Ekspiriens' has to stand alone for what it means. Otherwise experience in Tok pisin would translate as: 'igat save long mekim dispela kain wok', and we need to be economical with time and space.