Translating Wikipedia into South African Languages
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Matete Lesele starts a new campaign.
- A2
Matete Lesele started a new translation campaign in September.
- B1
Matete Lesele works as a librarian for the City of Johannesburg.
- B2
Matete Lesele is a librarian for the City of Johannesburg, and he also serves on the board of Wikimedia South Africa.
- C1
Serving as a librarian for the City of Johannesburg, Matete Lesele also holds a position on the board of Wikimedia South Africa.
- C2
Serving as a librarian for the City of Johannesburg and holding a position on the board of Wikimedia South Africa, Matete Lesele has spearheaded an ambitious thirty-day translation drive this September.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- librarian
- A person who works in a library and takes care of the books.
- board
- A group of people who manage or control an organization.
- campaign
- A planned set of activities that people carry out to achieve a goal.
- indigenous
- Existing naturally or having always lived in a place; native.
- heritage
- Traditions, languages, or buildings that were created in the past and still have historical importance.
- volunteer
- People who do work without being paid, usually to help others.
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Wikimedia Diff. Read the original for the full report.