Calling all Spanish translators: Help me make multi-lingual instructions to help the homeless learn to use Steemit!
The other day I made an article about helping the homeless. One of the commenters, currently homeless, told me that he had no use for the sort of short-term help that my ideas entailed.
What he wanted was opportunity. What better opportunity do you know of than Steemit? Even most homeless still have phones, usually new enough that they can access the internet. If not, there's internet access in libraries.
Already, a homeless man made enough money on Steemit to purchase an RV. Steemit has proven its power to elevate people out of poverty, as it connects those with authentic human experiences who are suffering with an audience which craves reading about those experiences and is eager to help.
However, what do you do when there is a language barrier? The number one problem I run into when trying to tell the homeless I encounter about Steemit (after giving them a burger and some money so they'll be more willing to listen to some stranger blab to them about an unfamiliar website) is that many do not speak English well enough to understand what's being described. Almost always it's Spanish that they speak, which makes sense given the demographics of homelessness in the US.
Once they actually learn to use Steemit, it's less of a problem as there will naturally be some percentage of users who also speak Spanish or whatever other language who can read and upvote their posts. The problem is communicating to them what Steemit is, why they should take it seriously, and how to get started. Below is my first stab at those instructions.
"Steemit is a social media site like Reddit, where you can post writing, photography, artwork or anything other people might find interesting. The main difference is that on Steemit, when people upvote what you have shared, you are paid. You receive cryptocurrency called "STEEM", a sort of digital token which can then be exchanged for US dollars and deposited right into your bank account. If you have heard of Bitcoin, it's very similar to that.
To get started, first go to www.steemit.com and register there. It requires that you have an existing Reddit or Facebook account to confirm your identity. Once your account has been made, you can make an introductory post. These are very important! It's your debut on this site. Make sure to include a photo of yourself holding a sign that says "hi Steemit!" so they know you are who you claim to be.
This is as simple as taking a selfie with your phone, then uploading it to a site like https://ipfs.pics/ and then posting the web address of the image it gives you right into the body of text where you're writing your post. If you did it right, the picture will appear in the preview under your post as you're writing it. That's how it will look after you submit.
But, don't forget tags! Right under the body of text, there is a "Tag bar" which says in faint grey text "Tag (up to 5 tags), the first tag is your main category". This is where you put in words related to what you are posting so it is more easily searchable, and more people will see it. Because this is an introductory post, be sure to include "introduceyourself" without quotes as the first tag.
Besides the photo, include a written description of who you are, all about your life and how you wound up in your current situation. Talk about what you hope to accomplish here, what you plan to post in the future, that sort of thing. It's important it be a good amount of writing, but not excessive.
You can post up to 4 articles per day. Between mid day and 6pm is a good time to post. Do not be discouraged if you don't make money right away! Often it takes many weeks to see your first significant return. Be persistent! Once you get noticed and accumulate a large following, Steemit becomes very financially rewarding for relatively little work, compared to what you would have to do for the same amount of money in a conventional job.
Even just posting one thing per day is enough. That's fine, if posting more would interfere with your other efforts to secure employment, housing and so on. It's fine to regard this as a gamble, as it sort of is. But if you do invest a little time each day into posting interesting, worthwhile writings (always with a photo! That helps visibility of your article) then you may soon bring in enough money from Steemit alone to live on.
This is for real. It is not a scam, as it costs nothing to participate. You therefore cannot lose money this way, only make it. It's just a question of how much you will make, and at what rate. Once you have accumulated a good amount of money in your Steemit account and wish to withdraw some, you will need a Coinbase account (https://www.coinbase.com). Ask around for a tutorial in Spanish for converting your STEEM into US Dollars.
This should be enough to get started. I urge you to take it seriously as a potential way to make money, as a great deal of people are already making a living from it. It's real money, it can improve your life, you just have to take a chance on it and devote a little bit of time to it each day."
This text, once translated, can be printed out and distributed along with a mcdonalds burger and $5. Just something to convince them you mean well, that they get something out of it whether they read the card or not, and to make it stick out in their memory.
I could just plug this into Google translate but I was hoping for something more polished and readable for someone who only speaks/reads Spanish at a high level. It will also be more persuasive if it's well written, not the mangled result that computer translation usually produces.
I will be happy to pay $50 to whoever produces a translation of this text and can prove they have a background in Spanish translation (as I don't speak or write it I will be unable to judge the quality myself). I am also open to any tips for improving the clarity of the instructions and/or making them more concise.
EDIT: I've found a translator! Thanks for the attention though. I will post the translated message when it's done.
I loved it I will follow your work. [I have included you on my Top5 series magazine](steemit. https://steemit.com/life/@skapaneas/steemit-s-top-5-daily-honorable-mentions-3) of honorable mentions.
I have faith in your work! welcome to
you have my support.
you are a noble man, don't let anybody discourage you
Only to whatever degree I am effective at this. "It's the thought that counts" is a nice sentiment, but I want to get results.
I hope this Helps to you my man, share this link without restrictions, let me know anything that you have in mind for the Spanish Community, I live in Melbourne Australia but I am originally from Mexico, I am very excited to see the end line of this plan.
Blessings
It's a video and I wanted text, but it's helpful, I will still shoot some Steem your way. :)
I've actually had a friend come forward who is bilingual, she's gonna do the text for me. I didn't even think to ask.
use the text and use the video link is quite well explained, but I advice you to prepare another text, to reply the million dollars question, what is steem, what is steem power and what is steem dollars, were the money comes from and all that questions that people who is not familiar with blockchain technology ask,Let me know how you go at any Spanish projects that you potentially have, I have some good projects too so keep in touch and please have a look my music videos and random post! I have been involved with Crypto since 2009 wen BTC did his debut, so I am very familiar with Blockchain tech projects. Steem actually could be the Blockchain Killer app!!!!! we will see!
Thanks for your generosity shooting some Steem my way! it will help for my future projects, this is all about in the Steem economy and the Steem world, helping each other to make this world a better place to live.
Blessings.
@ozzy-vega que tal? de que parte de mexico, y como es que esta en australia? si usa steem.chat estoy ahi tambien como streetstyle
full $teem ahead!
@streetstyle
No uso el Steem chat solo vengo de vez en cuando aqui, aqui estamos en Melbourne!
Good idea, that you offer 50 is great.
I am interested in helping also.
Look at my approach please:
https://steemit.com/donate/@shla-rafia/help-a-man
https://steemit.com/charity/@shla-rafia/community-action-a-poor-man-in-germany-needs-help
you are steeling all my votes... well #supportthetranslators I twited as well ... good lu
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Here is the translation Alex:
"Steemit es una red social como Reddit, donde puedes postear tus escritos, fotografias, arte o cualquier otra cosa que la gente pueda encontrar interesante. La principal diferencia es que en Steemit, cuando la gente te pone "me gusta" en lo que compartiste, tu cobras dinero. Recibes una criptomoneda llamada "STEEM", una moneda digital que puedes cambiar por dolares y depositar en tu cuenta bancaria. Si has oido de Bitcoin, es muy similar.
Para comenzar, primero ve a www.steemit.com y registrate. El sitio requiere que tengas una cuenta de Reddit o Facebook para confirmar tu identidad. Una vez que tu cuenta ha sido creada, puedes hacer un post introductorio. Esto es muy importante! Es tu debut en el sitio. Asegurate de incluir una foto de ti sosteniendo un cartelito que diga "Hola Steemit" para que vean
que eres quien dices ser.
Esto es tan simple como tomarte una selfie con tu telefono, y luego subirla a un sitio como https://ipfs.pics y luego pegar la direccion de la imagen en el texto de tu post. Si lo haces correctamente, la imagen aparecera en la vista preliminar debajo de tu post. Lo que ves en la vista preliminar es como tu post se vera una vez publicado.
Pero, no te olvides de los tags! Justo debajo del texto de tu post hay una "barra de tags" que dice en texto gris "Tag (up to 5 tags), the first tag is your main category". Ahi es donde tu pones palabras relacionadas a lo que estas posteando para que sea mas facil para la gente encontrarlo y para que lo vea mas gente. Como tu primer post es un post introductorio, asegurate de incluir "introduceyourself" sin las comillas como primer tag.
Ademas de la foto, incluye una descripcion escrita de quien eres, y acerca de tu vida y como terminaste en tu presente situacion. Habla acerca de que esperas lograr en el sitio, que planeas postear en el futuro, ese tipo de cosas. Es importante que sea un texto mediano, ni 5 lineas, ni 2 paginas.
Puedes postear hasta 4 articulos por dia. Entre el mediodia y las
6 de la tarde es un buen momento para postear. No te desilusiones si no haces dinero inmediatamente!! A menudo toma varias semanas para ver tus primeros frutos significantes. Se persistente! Una vez que la gente te note y acumules seguidores, Steemit se torna muy fructifero financieramente con relativamente poco esfuerzo, comparado con lo que tendrias que tendrias que hacer en un trabajo normal para obtener la misma cantidad de dinero.
Incluso solo posteando una cosa por dia puede ser suficiente.
Eso esta bien si postear mas cosas interfiere con tus otras actividades diarias. esta bien considerar esto una apuesta, porque de alguna manera lo es. Pero si inviertes un poco de tiempo cada dia en postear escritos interesantes (siempre con una foto! porque ayuda a atraer gente a tu articulo) entonces pronto podrias estar haciendo suficiente dinero en Steemit como para vivir solo de esto.
Esto es real. No es una estafa, y no cuesta nada participar. Asi que no puedes perder dinero con esto, solo puedes hacer dinero. Es solo una cuestion de cuanto ganaras y a que velocidad. Una vez que hayas acumulado una buena cantidad de dinero en tu cuenta de Steemit y quieras retirarlo, necesitaras una cuenta de Coinbase (https://coinbase.com). Pregunta en Steemit por un tutorial en español para convertir tus STEEM a dolares, alguien te orientara.
Esto deberia ser suficiente para que comiences. Te pido que lo tomes seriamente como una manera de hacer dinero, ya que una gran cantidad de personas estan viviendo de esto. Es dinero real, puede mejorar tu vida, solo tienes que darle una oportunidad y dedicarle un poco de tiempo cada dia"
Hello @alexbeyman Excellent post! Two things, I have been thinking about doing something similar with helping the needy for the last week or so, glad to see others out there thinking the same. And secondly, looks like downtown LA? Are you in LA? I am in dtla.
full $t33m ahead!
@streetstyle
you are so full of shit alex.... so full of shit
No you're not gonna come after me, you're smarter than that.
What are you gonna do? hack a hacker?
Come to Argentina and ring my bell?
In any case you will loose badly.
Just shut the fuck up will ya?
If you don't leave Laura alone, I'm going to come after you.
Really? I dont think so.
You wont do anything