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| ♦ Required ♦ | The word or phrase in the language, using the language site’s alphabet. | duus | ❌ | ||
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| Recommended | An explanation or definition, in English, of what the word/phrase means or how it is used. The translation can be literal or non-literal. | cat I have a cat. | ✅ | ||
| Recommended | A descriptive grouping related to the word or its meaning. The text you enter should match the name of a category on your language site. Learn more about adding and editing categories to your language site.
| Mammals Essential Phrases | ✅ | ||
| Recommended | The grammatical category that best describes the way the word is used in a sentence. The text you enter should match the name of a part of speech used on FirstVoices. Find the list here. This information is only relevant for words. It will not display for phrases. | Noun Transitive Verb | ❌ | ||
| Optional | Any notes about the word/phrase or its meaning beyond its definition. Can include notes about what the word/phrase does or does not convey, cultural information about usage, literal translations, or information about the history of the word/phrase. | This word is only used when talking to small children. Literal translation: “Something that makes noise” | ✅ | ||
| Optional | If the word/phrase is sourced from a dictionary, wordlist, or other reference, you can make a note of it here. It could be a citation, a link, or other information. You may also choose to include information about who was involved in contributing or compiling the word, instructions on reuse, or copyright. | Boas’s 1905 Dictionary, page 42 Compiled by Jane Doe, 1975 notes | ✅ | ||
| Optional | The pronunciation of a word in a linguistic or sound-it-out format that may not be a real spelling. | hi-tin-qis /speʔəθ/ | ✅ | ||
| Optional | Indicate more possible spellings of the word that people will be able to search. | xsi | ✅ |
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| ♦ Required ♦ | The name of the media file that will be uploaded. Must exactly match the name of one of the media files included in your batch submission. |
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| Recommended | Web-friendly title for the media. This title will be displayed when a visitor plays the audio/video or clicks on the image. If blank, then the | Elder saying “neko” (cat) Picture of Guarani traditional lands | ||||
| Optional | A longer, user-friendly description of how the recording or image came to be. Can include recording location, conditions, date etc. | A recording of the word “neko”, spoken by Jane Doe. Recorded at the FPCC office, May 2019. | ||||
| Recommended | The person speaking in an audio file. Visitors will be able to see the Speaker name before they play the file. Must exactly match the name of a Speaker on your language site.
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| Recommended | Information about where the media file has been sourced from. For images and videos, this field can be used to acknowledge the artist, photographer, or videographer who created it. For audio, you may wish to acknowledge people involved in recording or processing the file.
| Video by Peter Brown Photo sourced from Wikimedia Commons | ||||
| Optional | Is the media suitable for young children? If so, this media file will be displayed in the Kids’ Area. For “no”, write |
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| Optional | Is the media suitable to be used in FirstVoices Games? If so, this media file may be used in games. For “no”, write |
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| Optional | If you wish to link a video from Youtube or Vimeo to your dictionary entry, add the video URL in this column. This column is not related to any other video columns. |
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Are all the column headings spelled correctly? (i.e.
AUDIO_TITLE, notAUDIOTITLEorAUDIO TITLE)Does every row have
wordorphraselisted in theTYPEfield?Are all of the categories and speakers you reference in your spreadsheet spelled the same on your FirstVoices site, including their capitalization? (e.g. The category "Food" is not accidentally spelt "food" in your spreadsheet.)
Have you already created any new custom categories or speakers that you reference in your spreadsheet?
Are all of the parts of speech that you reference spelled the same as in the Parts of Speech list above?
Did you write the
.wavor.mp3extension after your filenames in theAUDIO_FILENAMEcolumn? (i.e.my-great-sound.mp3, not justmy-great-sound)Have you added information in the
AUDIO_SPEAKER,IMG_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, andVIDEO_ACKNOWLEDGEMENTcolumns, as needed?
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