Tixi - bitte um Korrekturlesen

[joy]

Ich würde mich über eine Korrektur freuen.

TEXT:
There is an institution in central Switzerland where you can see tixi’s.
What is a tixi?
A tixi is a means of transport like a taxi which transports people.
The difference is that a tixi is only available for disabled people, e.g. people who are not able to take the bus or the train because of a handicap, an illness or due to old age – people at every age and background.
So they can maintain social contacts, do excursions, attend courses, go to the hairdresser’s or see the doctor’s or take part in therapies etc.
The tixi cars are bigger than taxis because they have to be suitable for wheelchairs.
The tixi organisation was founded for around 20 years by a woman who had been handicapped herself.
She started with one car and has grown to 15 cars up to now.
She did not only found this establishment; no she has been working hard.
She is organizing the drives, together with a few other women, and that is by no means easy to do.
There are 235 voluntary helpers and 135 helpers from civil defence.
All together it is driven more than 500’000 km a year.
This is a great thing, isn’t it?

English-hilfen: This is a great thing, too!
joy

[Duckduck (Contributor)]

Ich würde mich über eine Korrektur freuen.

Hi joy
Dass Du aus der Schweiz kommen könntest, habe ich schon mal vermutet wegen des hübschen Wortes "tönen".


TEXT:
There is an institution in central Switzerland where you can see "tixis". (Das Problem mit dem Apostroph... Er wird eigentlich nur verwendet im Genitiv und bei den Kurzformen von "is" oder "has" usw. Nicht aber im Plural, bitte.)
What is a tixi?
A tixi is a means of transport like a taxi which transports people (Dieser Teil ist eigentlich nicht nötig, finde ich).
The difference is that a tixi is only available for disabled people, e.g. (Hier nur ein allgemeiner kleiner Hinweis: e.g. steht für "zum Beispiel". i.e. steht für "das heißt".) people who are not able to take the bus or the train because of a handicap, an illness or due to old age – people of every age-group and background.
So they are able to keep up their social life, do excursions, attend courses, go to the hairdresser’s, or see the doctor’s or go to therapies etc.
The tixi cars are bigger than taxis because they have to be suitable for wheelchairs.
The tixi organisation was founded about 20 years ago by a woman who is handicapped herself.
She started with one car but the number of cars has grown to 15 to date.
She did not only found this establishment - no, she has been working hard in it as well.
She has been organizing the tours, together with a few other women, and that is by no means easy to do.
There are 235 voluntary helpers and 135 helpers from civil defence.
All in all, the tixis cover a distance of more than 500,000 kilometres a year.
This is a great thing, isn’t it?

English-hilfen: This is a great thing, too!
joy

Very great things (both of them) - and a really great text, too. Well done, joy!

Best wishes
Duckduck

[joy]

Ja, das Wort "tönen" ist richtig schweizerisch für das deutsche Wort "anhören". Das vergesse ich manchmal.

Den Fehler im folgenden Satz ist mir schon ein bisschen peinlich:
"The tixi organisation was founded for around 20 years". Das bedeutet ja, dass die Gründung schon seit zwanzig Jahren am Laufen ist. Oh waya!

Die Korrektur finde ich super und ich danke dir dafür.
Liebe Grüsse
joy