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Language Translator Abkhaz (Аҧсуа Бызшәа) Каџьаиа М. Afenmai Language Translator Abkhaz (аҧсуа бызшәа) Каџьаиа М. Afenmai (Afemai) | Etsako Imisioluwa Adetula Albanian (Shqip) Gentrita Bajrami Alsatian Maurice Bolla Amharic Sergi Moles Arabic Fuad Kastali / JCI Syria Armenian Marc Herrando Verdaguer Asante Twi Emmanuel Asamoah Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Issa Hanna Basque (Euskara) BFT Bavarian (Bayrisch) Armin Müller / Markus Spiess Bavarian (Bayrisch) | Lower Bavaria (Niederbayrisch) Martina Bubl-Porro Belarusian (Belaruski) Marc Herrando Verdaguer Bengali Shaiful Azam Bosnian (Bosanski) Marko Ignjátić Breton Jacques Arnal Bulgarian (Balgarski) Ana Nikolova Burgenland Croatia ((Hrvatsko | Gradiščanskohrvatsko) Thomas Novoszel Busa (Mande) |Bokobaru Fatima Halliru Catalan (Català) Oscar Hijosa i Milà Chinese | Yue Teresa Poon T.P. Chinese | Yue Hai T.P. Chinese | Standard Cantonese T.P. Chinese | Weitou T.P. Chinese | Dongguan T.P. Chinese | Qingyuan T.P. Chinese | Zhaoqing T.P. Chinese | Luo Gang T.P. Chinese | Xiguan T.P. Chinese | Siyi (Sei-yup) T.P. Chinese | Wuhua T.P. Chinese | Qinlian T.P. Chinese | Enping T.P. Chinese | Jiangmen T.P. Chinese | Kaiping T.P. Chinese | Taishan T.P. Chinese | Xinhui T.P. Chinese | Gaoyang T.P. Chinese | Yongxun T.P. Chinese | Goulou T.P. Chinese | Maoming T.P. Chinese | Yangjiang T.P. Chinese | Guinan T.P. Chinese | Beihai T.P. Chinese | Wuzhou T.P. Chinese | Tanka Yue T.P. Chinese | Shiqi T.P. Chinese | Jiujiang T.P. Chinese | Nanning dialect T.P. Chinese | Yongning dialect T.P. Chinese | Guiping dialect T.P. Chinese | Chongzuo dialect T.P. Chinese | Ningmin dialect T.P. Chinese | Hengxian dialect T.P. Chinese | Baise dialect T.P. Chinese | Guangzhou dialect T.P. Chinese | Macau dialect T.P. Chinese | Nanhai dialect T.P. Chinese | Xiqiao dialect T.P. Chinese | Shunde dialect T.P. Chinese | Sanjiao dialect Chinese (中文版) Elisabeth Wong Chinese (中文版) - Beijing dialect (北京話) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Central Plains Mandarin L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Changchun dialect (長春話 / 长春话) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Gan (贛語/赣语) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Hakka L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Harbin dialect L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Jiaoliao Mandarin L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Ji–Lu Mandarin L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Jin (晋语 / 晉語) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Jinan dialect (濟南話) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Lanyin Mandarin L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Lower Yangtze Mandarin L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Min Dong( 闽东语) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Northern Min (閩北語) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Northern Yi (彝語/彝语) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Southern Min (閩南語 / 闽南语) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Southwestern Mandarin L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Xiang (湘語/湘语) L.L. Chinese (中文版) - Zhuang L.L. Chu-Qu Wu (吳語處衢片) L.L. Croation (Hrvatski) Marko Ignjátić Cypriot Greek Sotiroula Konikkou Czech (Cesky) Irena Jarošová Danish (Dansk) Eva Marianne Rosenbæk-Svane & Judith Houston Dutch (Nederlands) Robbert van Waart Dutch | Tweants (Nederlands | Twents) Nicole Löwik Edo Abel Edugie English James Parson Esperanto Albert Ferre Estonian (Eesti) Paal Aschjem Filipino Rucelito Rosales Campita Filipino Tagalog Mark Cabuloy Finnish (Suomi) Jonna Engblom French (Français) Reynold Dumalte Frisian Jozé Danen Gallo Jacques Arnal Georgian Nino Lortkipanidze German (Deutsch) Friedhelm Wachs German (Deutsch) | Badisch-Wilferdingerisch Martina Hauler German (Deutsch) | Berlin-Branderburgerisch Guido Noack German (Deutsch) | Frenkish (Fränkisch) Gabriele Erna Stauß German (Deutsch) | Hesian (Hessische) Marcus Gärtner German (Deutsch) | Kölsch (Colognian) Willi Lonien & Hans-Dieter Over German (Deutsch) | Lippisch Platt Sabine Schierholz German (Deutsch) | Low German (Plattdütsch Paderborn) Gertrud Remmert German (Deutsch) | Mainzerisch Klaus Heck & Tobias Schuhmacher German (Deutsch) | Münchnerisch Brigitta Rambeck German (Deutsch) | Frenkish (Fränkisch-Nürnbergerisch) Wolf Maser German (Deutsch) | Ruhrdeutsch Dr. Werner Beckmann German (Deutsch) | Saarländisch Holger Müller German (Deutsch) | Sauerländer Platt Dr. Werner Beckmann German (Deutsch) | Saxony (Sächsisch) Annekatrin Michler German (Deutsch) | Swabian (Schwäbisch) Elsbeth Rommel Greek (Ellinika') Penelope Varsou Gujarati Bhuvan Raval Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen) Rodny Darenard Hausa Benedicta Monday malau Hebrew (Ivrit) RAHEL SOLBERG High Alemannic (Liechtenstein) Carl Batliner Hindi (�हꅍद�) Ms. Komal Sapda Hmong Xavier Moles Hernandez Hungarian (Magyarul) Zsolt Feher Icelandic (íslenska) Heiða Dögg Jónsdóttir Igbo Justin Egwim Indonesian (Bahasa) Aki Pratomodono Irish (Gaeilge) Maggie Ní Scaithil & Deborah Mc Andrew IsiZulu Nqobile Makhoba Italian Davide Giorgi & Massimo Becagli Japanese (Nihongo) Teru Isobe Jersey (Jèrriais) Tony Scott Warren Kapampangan King Philip R. Calma Kinyarwanda Felix Kwihangana Konkani (क�कणी) Dipti Ashish Nagvenkar Korean (Hangugo 한국어) Chorong Vrticka Lee Kyrgyz Yaiza Roig Gutierrez Latgalien (Latviešu / Latgaliešu) Ruta Priede Latvian (Latviešu) Dainis Senbergs Lithuanian (Lietuviskai) Aurelija Muzaite Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbšćina) Franciska Albertowa Luxembourgish (Lëtzeburgesch) Phillipe Leroy Maastrichtian Eric Brouwer Macedonian Daniela Milosheska, Marko Ignjátić Malayalam Dhanya Shine Maltese (Malti) Catherine Galea Marathi Eeshan Usapkar Mongolian (Монгол ) Nara Namshir Montenegrin (Црногорски) Marko Ignjátić Nigerian Pidgin Oyakhire Ikhuemein Norderney Hans Dieter & Christa Wessels Northern Ndebele (siNdebele) Xolani Ndlovu Norwegian (Norsk) Ellen Olsen Norwegian (Nynorsk) Geir Høydalsvik, Elin Wilhelmsen Nupe Mahmud Salisu Provençal Reynold R. Dumalte Persian (Fârsi) Kamran Ehsani Polish (Polski) Monika Michasiewicz-Krzątała Polish / Podhale Dialect Agnieszka Gąsienica-Giewont Pontic Greek (ποντιακά, pontiaká) Χατζηελευθερίου Γ Portuguese Filipe Carrera Portuguese (Brazil) Günther Meyer & Adriana Nunes Machado Romanian (Româna) Irina Petris Romontsch (Sursilvan) Claudia Chinello Runyoro/Rutooro Kiiza Yunia Russian (Русский) Dmitry Afanasyev Sepedi Angel Kgokolo Serbian (Српски) Marko Ignjátić Setswana Tshiamo Oora-Motate Shanghainese (上海話 / 上海话) L.L. Shekgalagari Innocent Thukwi Shenyang Mandarin (瀋陽話 / 沈阳话) L.L. Shona French Melody Gambe Sicilian (siciliano) Davide Giorgi & Angelo Battaglia Slovak (Slovenský) Dana Lipkova Slovenian (Slovenščina) Ines Stupica Solothurner-Dütschi Sara Mosconi Somali Marc Andujar Gimenez Spanish (Castilian) Mariano Gómez Soria Spanish (Colombia) Sandra Ramirez Sudanese Albert Ferre Swedish (Svenska) Mikael Aminoff Swedish (Svenska) || Åländska Nina Danielsson Swiss German Rolf E. Thurnherr Swiss German | Schwyzerdütsch Bärndütsch Martin Reinmann Taizhou Wu L.L. Tajik Sergi Moles Tamil Naren Thiya Tamil 2 Shine Bhaskaran Telugu Sindhura Thadi Tiv Saa-Aondo Joseph Shawon Turkish (Türkçe) İlker Gündüz; Pelin Kadılar Ukrainian (Ukrayins'ka) Lyudmyla Vesper Uzbek (oʻzbekcha) Vera Rusanova Venetian (łéngoa vèneta) Bruno Lorenzato Viennese German Michael Müllner Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) Giang Tran Wenzhounese (溫州話 / 温州话) L.L. Wu Chinese Griffin Lu Wu Chinese (吳語) - Northern Wu (北部吳語) L.L. Wu Chinese (吳語) - Wuxi (無錫話) L.L. Wu Chinese (吳語) - Hangzhou (杭州話) L.L. Wu Chinese (吳語) - Jiaxing L.L. Wu Chinese (吳語) - Shaoxing L.L. Wu Chinese (吳語) - Xuanzhou Wu L.L. Wu Chinese (吳語)- Changzhou (常州话) L.L. Wu Chinese (吳語)- Ningbo (寧波閒話) L.L. Wu Chinese (吳語)- Suzhou (蘇州閒話 / 苏州闲话) L.L. Wuzhou Wu L.L. Yoruba Afelumo Damilola Zürich German (Züritüütsch) Claudia Chinello.
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