On Jul 23, 1:24 pm, Rick Harrison <nickn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <1185192526.274672.172...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>
> Jake <Jake.Pentl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Secondly, do you think that it is feasible- would there be a demand
> > for commissioned literature?
>
> I think there might be people willing to pay someone to learn and use
> their conlang. Not just to translate one lump of text into it, but to
> actually learn the language and point out any difficulties they had
> along the way. You would need to show a proven knack for learning
> languages before _I_ would hire you. Getting your first client might be
> tough, but once you established a reputation, someone could possibly
> make a living doing this.
>
> > Thirdly, would you be prepared to set up a website to do it, as I
> > don't know how to set up websites.
>
> Creating a very basic bare-bones website is not difficult. If you have
> sufficient brain-power to put these three characters at the beginning
> of every paragraph: <p> then you can probably make a webpage. There are
> places where you can put up a free page (although they are infested
> with ads, they are adequate for getting your feet wet). This is a very
> im****tant skill; if you are willing to learn it, see the tutorials
> linked below.
>
>
http://personalweb.about.com/library/howto/htbasic.htmhttp://www.pagetutor.com/html_tutor/index.html
Good, at least one person is interested now. You wrote the thread
about sona poetry didn't you? I would be willing to learn languages
for this purpose, primarily because I would like to do it, so I'll set
up a website and see what happens.
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