For first-language speakers

Fix a translation

These books ship in parallel editions — Afrikaans, isiZulu, Spanish, French, and the regional languages of each story's setting. The first pass is machine translation, guarded by faithfulness rules but still blind to the living speech of the street, the kitchen, and the prayer room. If that is your language, you can hear what we cannot.

What to send

Read a translated edition — every book with Other languages on its page. When a colloquialism, idiom, or register feels wrong, tell us: which book, which language, the passage as it stands, and how you would say it. A sentence is enough; a paragraph is fine. We are not asking for a full retranslation — only the places where the machine missed the living language.

Submit a fix →

Want an instant rewrite at a chosen register? Try People's Language (Real Language API) · temp 0 is textbook/scripture, temp 1 is slang.

What happens next

Every submission is read. Accepted fixes are folded into the next edition export, credited in the book, and listed below. Top contributors in each language are named on this page and receive a printed copy, free, of any Arjuna Badger Press book they choose — in the language they helped fix.

The terms, plainly

By submitting you agree that your suggested wording may be published in the book and on this site, with credit, if we accept it — and that accepted wording may be licensed for income like any other part of the edition (print, digital, audio). Not every submission will be accepted. Editorial judgement applies; we may use your fix without taking every suggestion you send. Entry is free; we will never ask you for money.

Accepted fixes

Corrections we have taken into the edition, credited in the book and listed here in the open.

Book	Language	Was	Now	Credit
Balthazar	Afrikaans	die eerste Afrikaanse boek ooit verban	die eerste Afrikaanse boek wat ooit verban is	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	wat sy "..." genoem het	wat sy as "..." beskryf het	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	toe X gesê het [hoofsin-woordorde]	nadat X gesê het dat [werkwoord-finale bysin-orde]	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	na [outeur] (parafrase)	vry na [outeur] (parafrase)	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	mottos	motto's	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	X is geskryf deur Y	X is deur Y geskryf	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	enige mens / enige storie (as universele waarheid)	elke mens / elke storie	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	die teenoorgestelde	die teendeel	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	die kollig op iets plaas	die lig op iets rig	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	Daar is sulke boeke	Sulke boeke bestaan	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	na 'n voetnoot toe skuif	na 'n voetnoot skuif	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	die krag van sy lewe / sy lewe se krag gegee het	die beste van sy lewe gegee het	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	die hardste treur	die hardste huil	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	Maar dit is privaat	Dit is egter privaat	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	Dis juis hoekom	Dit is juis waarom	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	waar dit praat, gaan al die ander stemme stil	waar dit praat, word al die ander stemme stil	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	die laag is senior / die stem bly senior	die laag weeg die swaarste / die stem behou voorrang	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	teruggevoer na 'n bron	herlei tot 'n bron	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	die obituaries	die nekrologe	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	huldeblywe	huldeblyke	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	Maar [skade-/feit-sin]. Maar [versagting].	[sin] is egter … / Tog het ek …	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	Wat volg is die …	Wat volg, is die …	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
Balthazar	Afrikaans	sodat jy my aan hulle kan hou	sodat jy my daaraan kan hou	Balthazar Afrikaans panel (AJG-approved)
(catalogue-wide)	isiZulu	Sawubona — Sikhona	Sawubona — Ngikhona	Incomo (first-language flag, AJG-approved)
(catalogue-wide)	isiZulu	Sanibonani — Ngikhona	Sanibonani — Sikhona	Incomo (first-language flag, AJG-approved)

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