Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements March 9, 2011
To minimize wear and tear on the untershames, three requests: 1. Send time-sensitive notices well in advance. 2. Send material as plain text: no HTML, other coding, or attachments;and write MENDELE PERSONALS in the subject line. 3. Correspond directly with the person who or organization which has posted the notice, *not* with your ever-beleaguered untershames. __________________________________________________________________ From: [email protected] Subject: YIDDISH TRANSCRIPTION ASSISTANCE SOUGHT Received: Fri Feb 25 10:12:42 2011 I have in my possession a 52 min dvd recording of my late Grandfather documenting his amazing personal stories surviving/escaping from Poland during the Holocaust. He told me and my family many of the stories throughout our lives but this (Yiddish) recording is a gem as it captures his expressions, emotions, and perhaps even untold details. Over a year ago I decided to try to find help in an effort to have this translated to English and transcribed (ultimately to have English subtitles to his recorded video/voice). My hope was to complete the project and surprise my family (extended family of over 25 cousins who don't know his story very well) and ultimately provide them with copies of the video so that they can carry his stories and remember his incredible history. It's been very difficult to find someone who would consider modest charges for these services, despite the content and nature of the project and I simply haven't been able to afford it.I finally found a kind woman who hashelped with the translation for a reasonable price and found the dialect to be similar to her own.The next step:I'm hoping that I can find someone who could help with the transcription. I can pay for the service but am somewhat limited.I've contacted most major organizations, seeked out survivors that might be able to help, and graduate language programs with no success. If you or someone you know might be able to help I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to email me with any thoughts or suggestions. Thank you. Josh ___________________________________________________________________ Please do not use the "reply" key when writing to Mendele. Instead, direct your mail as follows: Material for Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements, i.e. announcements of events, commercial publications, requests to which responses should be sent exclusively to the request's author, etc., always in plain text (no HTML or the like) to: victor.bers at yale.edu (in the subject line write Mendele Personal) Material for postings to Mendele Yiddish literature and language,i.e.inquiries and comments of a non-commercial or publicity nature: mendele at mailman.yale.edu IMPORTANT: Please include your full name as you would like it to appear in your posting. No posting will appear without its author's name. Submissions to regular Mendele should not include personal email addresses, as responses will be posted for all to read. They must also include the author's name as you would like it to appear. In order to spare the shamosim time and effort, we request that contributors adhere, when applicable, as closely as possible to standard English punctuation, grammar, etc. and to the YIVO rules of transliteration into Latin letters. A guide to Romanization can be found at this site: http://www.yivoinstitute.org/about/index.php?tid=57&aid=275 All other messages should be sent to the shamosim at this address: mendele at mailman.yale.edu Mendele on the web: http://mendele.commons.yale.edu/ To join or leave the list: http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele _______________________________________________ Mendele mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele
