Translate An English Memior Into Thai

[pa55i0n]

Hello- I am in the late stages of writing a memoir and looking for a skilled soul to help me translate form English to Thai. I will explain more later but my wife is Thai and I plan to convert the entire 55,000 word document into the Thai language. I suspect this will require an expert level of both Thai and English skills and based on my understanding of western Germanic languages there could be some inherent issues with a true translation into Thai. I am willing to pay a fee. Please advise on any relevant feedback. I have pasted a sample of the writings below to show level of complexity. Anyone able to help me?

Thank you, I have reached out to this community based on seeing countless great postings and many years of superior remarks.

All the best *missing Thailand*

Draft 09/09_______________________________________

This memoir is dedicated to the sheer awe-inspiring temperament, shameless distinguished moral potency, super physiological grounding-force, soothing, sweet and savvy charm of my existence; my beloved eternal life companion. All of God's natural elements have come together to create such an extraordinary human; the equivalent to an infestation of white blood cells, the capability of the body to heal even the deepest of wounds, the bolt of lightning I in no way saw coming but required the positive energy from, the roar of thunder that regularly reminds me of superior powers, the clean rain that stimulates growth while washing away worries, the hurricane of hope that only a horoscope could have fore-casted, the sunrise that gets me moving for the day to come, the sunshine that enlightens me; daily, the sunset that shows how important it is to unwind, the grain of sand that tilted the scale from ghastly to great and the persistent grains that fall only enforcing the exceptional livelihood you have blessed me with, the gust of fresh air that revived my prospective and provided a tail wind that pushes me forward, the smile that could melt even the coldest of hearts. The reliable lighthouse that sends a just-in-time life saving signal of direction, the chemical agent that causes love to vigorously flow through veins with chronic tingles all over the body as a side-effect, the prescribed change in chemical balance that corrects me, the last and flawlessly suited puzzle piece that completes me. The opposite end of the spectrum that provides the ideal level of balance, momentum and trust; my darling wife. You have helped to position me better than any GPS ever could. I had to travel half way around the planet to be so lucky to meet you and I would swim the Pacific just to be with you (hold me to that!). All of the gratifying moments and unwavering support you have contributed to me, the spurts of bliss coupled with the steady, blatant acts of endearment; clearly devoid of your startling presence, seductive encouragements and magnificent manners I would be unbelievably miserable, wandering aimlessly, worried always; I would still be lost.

From the first moment you graced my presence, for all the jubilation you have endowed to me and a future appreciation to everything good that I know you will bestow upon me. I find you to be alluring, affectionate, accountable and awesome; you score an AAAA rating. Unmistakably typical terminology lacks the capacity to suitably express myself so I will rely on actions to re-enforce these declarations. I adore everything about you and hope with each passing day I show you more and more of how genuine and lasting these expressions are. I hope I give you at least half the joy you bring to me, your immense impact is unmatchable. I love you Princess, forever plus nine years, I promise!!!

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[bkkjames]

My Mrs could help you. She is a skilled Eng / Thai translator. Do you have a fee in mind, timeline? PM if you want to discuss further.

[pa55i0n]

I got a couple of request to show more content so I have pasted it below. Thank you as I am very keen on making this right once it goes into Thai.

Draft 09/09_______________

Because I invoked the Lords name so regularly I want to briefly address my beliefs in an attempt to not deliberately offend anyone for my avowals but also not be bashful about them. Born into a Christian family and later baptized in a Presbyterian church, a current student of Catholicism, I practice my convictions with God Mano-a-mano, speaking with him directly through prayer and trying to constantly follow his righteous teachings on life, preaching his gospel to others and never losing faith. I sin like anyone else but daily try to live without sins. I don't follow the modern form of church attendance although I hold an immense admiration towards those that observe orthodox traditions and commune in God's name. I hold the highest level of pity for those who cloak themselves in religion for the reasons of being stylish, opportune or an excuse to sin followed by their attempt to "renew" themselves with each haphazard trip to their house of worship. Shameful!

"In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on" - Battle hymn of the Republic.

For those who choose not to follow organized theologians and proclaim being "nonreligious" (according to the Google-grapevine there are over 1.1 billion globally, although something tells me while you might not follow a God you likely follow a ruler, set of laws, specific sense of what social order means, or ideology; which makes you sort of religious):

My faith is the single most point of leverage to keep me disciplined, hopeful and courageous. We are ALL duty-bound to acquire those three traits and deploy them throughout life; it could be done by going to church, praying to rocks/wind/water, praying to and for yourself or even believing God does not exist. Faith, in any genuine form, should be standard issue for civilization and is key for someone to be a contributing member of mankind, have the interior fortitude to get through the inevitable curve balls of life or take a sincere and devoted position on helping others. To me faith means discipline, hope plus courage. If you choose to shun religious faith no problem, just please endeavor to be disciplined, hopeful and courageous.

For all faiths other than Christianity:

As declared by some brilliant minds I believe God is the palm of a hand and each of the 5 fingers represent the 5 main religions Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity and Hinduism (we are all God's family and as represented by the five fingers, all interlocked into the palm of God, a way of life). This is why I will often refer to our lord as God rather than Christ, Jesus, etc. unless I have to make a definite point. I refuse to include the plethora of whack job cults that think they are practicing something other than deception, disdain and indoctrination. Yeah I know about but decline to provide commentary on Chinese Traditionalist, Mormons or Primal Indigenous religious sects.

Each of these 5 religions have roots in one another and should work towards the future rather than dwell on the past, especially the constant reaction to dwell on what pulls us apart rather than what brings us together. Extremist, in any religion is like a rotten apple in a barrel of fresh bushel, when this fanaticism begins to spread we see how some of the most horrific atrocities have occurred in the name of "god". The world's religious communities need to band together and denounce EVERY act of terrorism perpetrated in the name of "god". Be relentless towards the misfits that perform these acts of mass homicide and always be watchful of the groups that work outside in the shadows under the cloak of "god". I hope the future will bring the worlds religious population together, becoming more cohesive rather than combative, more collaborative rather than centered only on their own specific doctrines. This, and only this, would lead to the absolute demise of terrorism in Gods name. Let's scorn these fringe groups, call them out and hold them accountable to Gods gospel. JFK said it best and I think it holds as true to securing a nation as it does to preventing the hijacking of religion in the name of God, "the only thing we have to fear is fear its self".

While I don't do it often when I open a book the first thing I read is the last page so please consider the following advice as if I could only write only a few words this is what I would enunciate:

Redefine what passion means to you then abandon the thought to just shoot for the stars; use those stars as your launching pad for what others deem unreachable. ANYTHING is NOT possible! BUT far MORE than you could ever imagine IS! Employ this as a rationale to absolutely by no means surrender to what you think might not be reachable, even if others don't deem it to plausible, if you truly desire it for logical / genuine reasons, then never give up until you can proclaim to have achieved your ambitions or moved on to others more worthy. It's acceptable to shift your strategy but make sure you are doing it for calculated reasons rather than bowing to defeat. Celebrate in your accomplishments and use your failures as practical trainings on how to succeed, failure and success are two mandatory life components, equally accustom yourself with both just NEVER get too comfortable with either (much easier said than done).

Most of the successful populace will become familiar with failure more times than they ever thought they would, then followed by the triumph they had always struggled for or knew they would eventually realize, they did not just fight until the 12th round, 9th inning or 4th quater, no, they fought until they won. Who knows when it comes, just never quit until it does and be ready for it. Dealing with success is much more complicated than dealing with failure. With each additional dollar, there will be a new issue to overcome. Failure is much more of a linear path. Success is to art what Failure is to science.

As any adversity soldier would confidently proclaim your only choice is to Fight Hard, Fight Smart and Fight Often. Life is hard, harder when stupid; live smart. The glass is half empty, however you're about to fill it up by never giving up.

Seize on to ALL your dreams and continuously exchange blows with EVERYTHING that keeps you from winning the prize fight. Do it with a smile, I learned early on if you spar with a grin you get more of the observers on your side, power in numbers is a legitimate premise, one you should (and I) invoke routinely. Don't show your anguish, anger, aggression or annoyance, shield those and show your attitude, altruist and aspirations!

We do not pick when, where and how we are born; we do not pick when, where and how we die although we have complete control over when, where and how we live our lives.

Kick down all barriers, disregard foot pain, realize it takes 10 or sometimes 100 "no's" to equal 1 "yes", repeatedly recalibrate your ambitions before they become rusty, sense of urgency does not bite unless you choose not to use it, press on with focus greater than Hubble's telescope. Even on your very worst days realize that every person who has ever died would give anything to just have been alive for those 24 miserable hours you just experienced. Even when it seems bad, it tends to be less destructive than our paranoid, confused or self-indulged minds would like us to believe; move on, move up.

Cultivate your way of life daily, pay no attention to diversions like noncontributing members of society as they are typically less benign than you first imagine, hold affectionate delight towards everything life puts you through while recognizing how wonderful it is to have a beating heart.

Inspire and nourish all the people around you, seek out those you can help most and demonstrate to them this world is full of extraordinary souls.

I pray each of you thrive and help others to prosper. A special thanks to all the American military service men and women throughout the last 200+ years! Your noble sacrifice has ensured to perpetuate the vision of our founding fathers and enabled the rest of us to chase our own dreams thus granting a wish that even a genie in a bottle would be envious of; Freedom. God bless you, God bless the world's children and may God bless the shining city upon the hill. /_______________________

[Geekfreaklover]

Are you looking at publication for commercial reasons i.e: do you want to market the memoir? Or are you looking at just translating it and keeping it within the family?

[Laithaispa]

Hello- I am in the late stages of writing a memoir and looking for a skilled soul to help me translate form English to Thai. I will explain more later but my wife is Thai and I plan to convert the entire 55,000 word document into the Thai language. I suspect this will require an expert level of both Thai and English skills and based on my understanding of western Germanic languages there could be some inherent issues with a true translation into Thai. I am willing to pay a fee. Please advise on any relevant feedback. I have pasted a sample of the writings below to show level of complexity. Anyone able to help me?

Thank you, I have reached out to this community based on seeing countless great postings and many years of superior remarks.

All the best *missing Thailand*

Draft 09/09_______________________________________

This memoir is dedicated to the sheer awe-inspiring temperament, shameless distinguished moral potency, super physiological grounding-force, soothing, sweet and savvy charm of my existence; my beloved eternal life companion. All of God's natural elements have come together to create such an extraordinary human; the equivalent to an infestation of white blood cells, the capability of the body to heal even the deepest of wounds, the bolt of lightning I in no way saw coming but required the positive energy from, the roar of thunder that regularly reminds me of superior powers, the clean rain that stimulates growth while washing away worries, the hurricane of hope that only a horoscope could have fore-casted, the sunrise that gets me moving for the day to come, the sunshine that enlightens me; daily, the sunset that shows how important it is to unwind, the grain of sand that tilted the scale from ghastly to great and the persistent grains that fall only enforcing the exceptional livelihood you have blessed me with, the gust of fresh air that revived my prospective and provided a tail wind that pushes me forward, the smile that could melt even the coldest of hearts. The reliable lighthouse that sends a just-in-time life saving signal of direction, the chemical agent that causes love to vigorously flow through veins with chronic tingles all over the body as a side-effect, the prescribed change in chemical balance that corrects me, the last and flawlessly suited puzzle piece that completes me. The opposite end of the spectrum that provides the ideal level of balance, momentum and trust; my darling wife. You have helped to position me better than any GPS ever could. I had to travel half way around the planet to be so lucky to meet you and I would swim the Pacific just to be with you (hold me to that!). All of the gratifying moments and unwavering support you have contributed to me, the spurts of bliss coupled with the steady, blatant acts of endearment; clearly devoid of your startling presence, seductive encouragements and magnificent manners I would be unbelievably miserable, wandering aimlessly, worried always; I would still be lost.

From the first moment you graced my presence, for all the jubilation you have endowed to me and a future appreciation to everything good that I know you will bestow upon me. I find you to be alluring, affectionate, accountable and awesome; you score an AAAA rating. Unmistakably typical terminology lacks the capacity to suitably express myself so I will rely on actions to re-enforce these declarations. I adore everything about you and hope with each passing day I show you more and more of how genuine and lasting these expressions are. I hope I give you at least half the joy you bring to me, your immense impact is unmatchable. I love you Princess, forever plus nine years, I promise!!!

____________________________________

Please contact Geroge at Bangkok Translation Office tel 076-234613

[pa55i0n]

Are you looking at publication for commercial reasons i.e: do you want to market the memoir? Or are you looking at just translating it and keeping it within the family?

The thai version would most likely be just a family thing although there could be a market if the translation was proper. The English version will be commerical, non-profit. Copywrites submitted. Would be happy to provide more details if you like. I have had interest by 2 "household publishers" although I am going organic. Straight from the book here is my true feelings on publishers:

draft 09/09____________

I wanted this document to be meaningful and lasting to me and all that may read it so one of my mentors told me to have an amateur ghostwriter amend my story; he told me at a minimum I needed an editor. Nobody has seen this document until its release, zero manipulation in this zany manuscript (unless you count my alter egos or my grandfather and God who have been looking over my shoulder the entire time). I know I am compromising quality of the content but I am not compromising on the organic nature of the content as there are no other influences to this story. Some of the top book publishers have pushed far too much garbage for far too long and maybe my writings are garbage, if this is the case I do not need a ghostwriter or editors glorifying my garbage. Real garbage is better than sugarcoated, glorified, overpriced garbage; go green, eat organic right? Consuming bad media is worse for your health than consuming real media. Sorry, I am just heated towards that crap that passes for a novel now-a-days. I sought to write in the unrefined form, seemed more fitting for me. Probably for the same reason I prefer documentaries over scripted movies, I seek out the raw truth rather than recreated tales. Nothing wrong with the latter but I am zealous towards the first.

It's me in the unrefined, egalitarian and non-pasteurized state. If this story was milk you would likely get sick from drinking it (or would it be reading it?). If this memoir was chicken it would be free range for half its life then living off scraps in an alley of a nice neighborhood for the other half, mechanically separated in the non-union slaughter house and partially, but not fully cooked, served with a smile for a fair price in a safe and sanitary setting (almost certainly e coli free). If nothing else I hope this has allowed you to express amusement, reminisce and/or reverie your own passions while focusing on the good not the bad, the present not the past, the dreams not the nightmares.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -Albert Einstein, I suppose this is my excuse or at least defense from not knowing what others might, to me, chasing is healthier than leading and having Imaginative Qualities overrides Intelligence Quotient. I am OK with being inferior to all the super smart people who I have been exposed to, I just need superiors to follow in order to feel right, in order to succeed, in order to leverage my creativity. The pairing of smart and creative people is highly under estimated while being one of the key ingredients to most known successful teams whether it's sports, business or social groups. With this lethal combination of creativity and my mentors knowledge, the goal line has always been within site. I have use imagination more than knowledge to pull off some of the miracles or solve some of the biggest problems in my life./_____________

Thank you for any help you can provide!!!