Work with LeftLingo
Help build the stories people actually finish.
LeftLingo is a reading habit that happens to teach a language — original short stories and articles, written at two levels, in English, Italian, Spanish, French and German, with the translation one tap away and the story read aloud.
We're a small team, and the parts that make it good — accurate translations, well-made stories, a classroom that wants to use it — mostly come from people, not software. If that's you, we'd like to hear from you.
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Behind every story
From one English story to five languages.
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An original English story, written at two reading levels.
From LeftLingo or from you. Fiction, news, features.The marathon winner stopped twice for an espresso.EN · A1 and B1Editor approvesTranslate
The approved English becomes four languages.
Italian, Spanish, French, German.Translators check every sentence against the English, at both levels.Translator approvesProduce
We build everything a reader needs.
Audio · every sentence read aloudArt · an illustration for every storyWord breakdowns · meaning and grammar for every wordHandled by LeftLingoPublish
You choose who can read it.
Public · everyone reading LeftLingoPrivate pool On requestonly readers you authorise, like a school's own studentsLive for your readers
And it keeps getting better.Readers flag any sentence that reads wrong; it goes back to step 02 for review.
Ways to work with us.
Teachers
Classrooms · A1 and B1If you teach and want your students reading short stories at their level, in class or on their own, we'd like to know how you'd use it. Reach out for discount codes for your class and materials for your classroom.
Get in touch as a teacher › (Teachers)Translators
Italian · Spanish · French · GermanHelp us get every translation right. If you translate professionally between English and Italian, Spanish, French or German, you'd be the one reading each story closely enough to catch what's almost right and isn't.
Get in touch as a translator › (Translators)Authors
English · two reading levelsThe stories start in English, at two reading levels, before they go anywhere else. If you write or edit short fiction or features and can hold a level without it reading like it's been dumbed down, let's talk about how we can work together.
Get in touch as an author › (Authors)Publishers
Your content · your readersIf you publish — a magazine, a language school's own materials, anything in between — and are interested in using LeftLingo's platform, tell us what you have in mind.
Get in touch as a publisher › (Publishers)Get in touch.
Tell us a bit about you, and how you'd like to work together.