The Official Language Thread II - Page 15

***Jonathan*** · 04-05-2009, 06:09 AM

I too get stuck on words and phrasing. Google is a great help, you can do seaches with "citation marks" to see how many hits a certain phrase actually gets (and then determine whether that phrase is actually in use or just part of your imagination).

As for your sentence - The lake was now quite peaceful (or calm), not a stir could be seen on its (or the) surface. - I'd say no way of writing is more correct than another.

***Earniel*** · 04-05-2009, 06:24 AM

Or if you don't mind going for a less literal translation, you could write: "The lake was now quite peaceful, nothing stirred on its surface."

Grey_Wolf · 04-05-2009, 08:37 AM

Thanks both! Ill go with urs, Earn!

Kami · 04-19-2009, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elanor

Has anyone read Lord of the Rings in another language? I want to read the Dutch version but I can't afford it. If you've read one, what did you think of the translation?

That's an old post but, erm..

Oui, j'ai lu la version française du "Seigneur des Anneaux".. c'était bien traduit, je pense.

Grey_Wolf · 05-24-2009, 02:27 PM

"You must get down on all four(s?) and crawl since the passage is very tight."

***Jonathan*** · 05-24-2009, 03:03 PM

Did you try googling it?
On all fours should be a correct way to write it.

Grey_Wolf · 05-24-2009, 03:05 PM

Thanks - to think that one has to get stuck on minor details like that.

***Tessar*** · 07-22-2009, 12:16 AM

Does anyone know what the word 'e-meutes' means? I believe it's French.

I have to sing, "For when threatened with e-meutes, and your heart is in your boots there is nothing brings it round like the trumpet's martial sound," for Pirates of Pinzance and I cannot for the life of me figure out what the word means! I dunno if the director will even care if I know or not, but I'd like to know for my own benefit

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katya · 07-22-2009, 12:41 AM

I finished my first set of learn Russian CDs! I'm very proud of myself.

I think that my next step, besides finding more CDs, is to get a dictionary and a basic grammar book. I'm mostly really happy that I've actually been consistent with my studies. I can't help but think that if it weren't for Final Fantasy VII I would know Russian fluently by now. What I mean is, I learned Japanese instead. Does anyone speak Russian here?

***Earniel*** · 07-27-2009, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tessar

Does anyone know what the word 'e-meutes' means? I believe it's French.

I have to sing, "For when threatened with e-meutes, and your heart is in your boots there is nothing brings it round like the trumpet's martial sound," for Pirates of Pinzance and I cannot for the life of me figure out what the word means! I dunno if the director will even care if I know or not, but I'd like to know for my own benefit

.

According to my dictionary, the most likely possibility seems to be émeute meaning as much as uproar, uprising or rebellion. Since I do believe I remember you had a policeman as part, that could make some sense.

Aikanáro · 08-16-2009, 10:45 AM

I found something here that may amuse anyone who is interested in languages.

Be warned, it's addictive!

katya · 01-24-2010, 08:17 PM

I'm studying French now in school. Who's good at French here?

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-24-2010, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aikanáro

I found something here that may amuse anyone who is interested in languages.

Be warned, it's addictive!

That's something else. You can get striking results with just one word. "Rats" became "Infractions" by way of "Rapes" and "Breaches".

katya · 01-24-2010, 09:12 PM

I don't say you that I love you, the kiss or don't embrace you, causes, which I deceive with my bread roll. I am not I in the morning, which astonishes simply with my throw of the adhesive of the love.

**Mari** · 01-25-2010, 05:49 PM

If to the side of the conversion and the name and address of the language it thinks, as that, if must the considering, completely relative it is opened. If it executes, this is good.

This looks like a description from a manual on some electrical appliance... Guess what the original sentence was

When thinking about translating and language in general, one has to keep in mind that it is all relative in the first place. Do that and you will be fine.

katya · 01-25-2010, 09:15 PM

"Le chaton ronronne" is my new favorite phrase.

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-25-2010, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

the adhesive of the love.

Um...

**Mari** · 01-26-2010, 11:02 AM

That's right. Love is like glue. When you're in love you're all sticky

The last sane person · 01-26-2010, 04:51 PM

...or in the sack...

At any rate, I'm having fun. Teaching a friend of mine Farsi, and it's proving more challenging than I thought it would. He already speaks German, so it helps since he has an understanding of the KH sound, but his accent is getting the better of me. I don't know how to get around the Nasal higher tones he has somehow acquire! Arg!

***Jonathan*** · 01-27-2010, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The last sane person

Teaching a friend of mine Farsi, and it's proving more challenging than I thought it would.

Oh yeah, because you thought teaching someone Farsi would be just a walk in the park, right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

I'm studying French now in school. Who's good at French here?

Oh la la, une membre en plus pour notre société française ici en Entmoot! How far along have you come in your studies?

04-05-2009, 06:09 AM	#281
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I too get stuck on words and phrasing. Google is a great help, you can do seaches with "citation marks" to see how many hits a certain phrase actually gets (and then determine whether that phrase is actually in use or just part of your imagination). As for your sentence - The lake was now quite peaceful (or calm), not a stir could be seen on its (or the) surface. - I'd say no way of writing is more correct than another. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

04-05-2009, 06:24 AM	#282
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Or if you don't mind going for a less literal translation, you could write: "The lake was now quite peaceful, nothing stirred on its surface." __________________ We are not things.

05-24-2009, 03:03 PM	#286
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Did you try googling it? On all fours should be a correct way to write it. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

08-16-2009, 10:45 AM	#291
Aikanáro Chaotic Good Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva Posts: 827	I found something here that may amuse anyone who is interested in languages. Be warned, it's addictive! __________________ Vanima i metta nauva, nan anda ar sarda nauva i mallë.

01-26-2010, 11:02 AM	#298
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	That's right. Love is like glue. When you're in love you're all sticky __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

04-05-2009, 08:37 AM	#283
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Thanks both! Ill go with urs, Earn!

05-24-2009, 02:27 PM	#285
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	"You must get down on all four(s?) and crawl since the passage is very tight."

05-24-2009, 03:05 PM	#287
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Thanks - to think that one has to get stuck on minor details like that.

07-22-2009, 12:16 AM	#288
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Does anyone know what the word 'e-meutes' means? I believe it's French. I have to sing, "For when threatened with e-meutes, and your heart is in your boots there is nothing brings it round like the trumpet's martial sound," for Pirates of Pinzance and I cannot for the life of me figure out what the word means! I dunno if the director will even care if I know or not, but I'd like to know for my own benefit .

07-22-2009, 12:41 AM	#289
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I finished my first set of learn Russian CDs! I'm very proud of myself. I think that my next step, besides finding more CDs, is to get a dictionary and a basic grammar book. I'm mostly really happy that I've actually been consistent with my studies. I can't help but think that if it weren't for Final Fantasy VII I would know Russian fluently by now. What I mean is, I learned Japanese instead. Does anyone speak Russian here?

01-24-2010, 08:17 PM	#292
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I'm studying French now in school. Who's good at French here?

01-24-2010, 09:12 PM	#294
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I don't say you that I love you, the kiss or don't embrace you, causes, which I deceive with my bread roll. I am not I in the morning, which astonishes simply with my throw of the adhesive of the love.

01-25-2010, 09:15 PM	#296
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	"Le chaton ronronne" is my new favorite phrase.

01-26-2010, 04:51 PM	#299
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	...or in the sack... At any rate, I'm having fun. Teaching a friend of mine Farsi, and it's proving more challenging than I thought it would. He already speaks German, so it helps since he has an understanding of the KH sound, but his accent is getting the better of me. I don't know how to get around the Nasal higher tones he has somehow acquire! Arg! __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

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