Looking for volunteers

[GoldenRivet]

An SH3 mod project needs volunteers to write "letters from home" so that they may be incorporated as a new feature into SH3 Commander.

Please make your posts here expressing your interest in joining as a volunteer.

more information will be revealed when I have compiled a list of volunteers.

thanks

~GR

[Sharkley]

Count me in 100%

Just provide me the frmat you want them written in the amount of historical content needed and it what languages.

:salute:

[GoldenRivet]

thank you sir!

I'll get you as much information as i can when this post has run its course over the next few days.

in the mean time i direct you, and all future volunteers here

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=150104

:up:

[Contact]

May I join in ? :O:(Blink blink)

[GoldenRivet]

Anyone who feels they can write a brief, and decent letter as a parent, friend, wife or girlfriend may contribute

[TheDudTorpedo]

Sign me up - I've already started 2 storyboards concurrently :up:

[Contact]

Anyone who feels they can write a brief, and decent letter as a parent, friend, wife or girlfriend may contribute

Was that a silent YES ? accidently ? :DL

[GoldenRivet]

it was a yes on purpose :haha:

if you wish to contribute i would love to have all the help i can get :up:

[Contact]

Congratulations! You just got another pair of hands for duty! :yep:

[AndyW]

In English or German?

Cheers,

[GoldenRivet]

right now, english.

This will have to be straightened out behind the scenes as i think it depends on how many German Writers we can get.

In the end this is going to amount to 500 - 700 letters from various sources.

if we only have 2 or 3 german writers then they will have A LOT of work to do when compared to 15 or 20 english writers.

[Sharkley]

Use babelfish to translate, may not be 100% perfect but woudl be a great start !!

[Chad]

This is a great and unique idea GR..

Maybe something else of interest for you that I'm using for my project is newspaper clippings along with letters from home :)

[Contact]

:haha: Wow, that's some sig you have Chad. Cool and informative :DL

[Chad]

Thanks!

My friend made it for me using a photograph from Siara's model thread.

It's going to be a logo for our "company" for our current project.

[GoldenRivet]

so Chad are you in :hmmm:

[Sailor Steve]

Dang, another useless immersion mod.




Can't wait to try it! Woo Hoo!!:rock:




Just sorry I'm too busy with my own projects to help with yours.

[FIREWALL]

I gave this some thought before I posted GR. :D

Can we include pictures with our letters ? :03:

[Chad]

Sure GR, I'll give it a go! :yeah:

[GoldenRivet]

I gave this some thought before I posted GR. :D

Can we include pictures with our letters ? :03:

Hmmm... that will be something to approach JScones about.

seems doable:hmmm:

[Contact]

I gave this some thought before I posted GR. :D

Can we include pictures with our letters ? :03:

Would you like them to smell female perfume also ? :haha:

[FIREWALL]

Would you like them to smell female perfume also ? :haha:


Now why didn't I think of that ? :haha: :up:

[GoldenRivet]

Well we have a kaluens picture on SH3 commander... so why not have a picture of the wife next to her letter, or a picture of the best friend next to his letter, or the mom and pop etc etc.

interesting idea.

[FIREWALL]

Well we have a kaluens picture on SH3 commander... so why not have a picture of the wife next to her letter, or a picture of the best friend next to his letter, or the mom and pop etc etc.

interesting idea.


I was thinking of a little more colorfull pics. :D

Of course within the rules of SubSim of course. :03:

[Contact]

I was thinking of a little more colorfull pics. :D

You woun't be hiding those pics under your bed are you ? :har:

[FIREWALL]

Not while I have a computer. :D :har:

[JScones]

right now, english.

This will have to be straightened out behind the scenes as i think it depends on how many German Writers we can get.

In the end this is going to amount to 500 - 700 letters from various sources.

if we only have 2 or 3 german writers then they will have A LOT of work to do when compared to 15 or 20 english writers.
I would recommend using English as the seed language - ie get all contributions written in English and finalise your storyboards in English first.

Then, as each storyboard is finalised, ask for the assistance of a number of French and German translators (this saves time and spreads effort).

Thus, you'll end up with three sets of identical scenarios, which makes maintenance much easier.

[JScones]

I gave this some thought before I posted GR. :D

Can we include pictures with our letters ? :03:
It's no problem to include images. But think laterally, images don't just have to be photos of the missus in (or not in) her lingerie; images could be of anything, including newspaper clippings of any event, either war related or even just Aunt Gertrude's entry in the local bake off, whatever.

[GoldenRivet]

Well our team has been selected! we are taking more volunteers if any are interested.

details can be found here at the official "Letters from home mod" thread

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1081752&posted=1#post1081752

further posts about this subject should be made there.

:salute:

[TorpedoMo]

Hi there!

Count me in too. I'm from germany. So I can also translate English letters if needed.

Greet

[AndyW]

Use babelfish to translate, may not be 100% perfect but woudl be a great start !!

Translated by babelfish this little sentence reads: "Benutzen Sie babelfish, um zu übersetzen, kann, nicht vollkommenes 100% sein aber würde ein großer Anfang! sein!" Quite rugged and involutarily funny.

Just to give you an idea: Now using the correct german translation and translating it with babelfish back to english, the result is:
"Use babelfish, in order to translate; if 100% may not be perfect, would however be a good beginning!"
From a immersion POV, the babelfish method might be OK for non-german writers (french girlfriends;)) writing a letter in German. Or little kids writing their Daddy at Sea.

Cheers,

[downunder]

I would be more than happy to help, what about censorship though? as you know a lot of letters were censored, do you want them to appear censored or just as is? When do you want them and how long do you want them? Do we just write a random selection, or from say parent to son, son to parent?

Ill look forward to this, sounds like a lot of fun.

[GoldenRivet]

If you are interested in volunteering please go here...Tonnage Wars - Index (http://www.themfc.com/index.php)

sign up, and look for the mod workshop section for additional instructions

thanks :yeah:

[PBV]

If you need my help, count me in :DL