Quotes in other languages - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HerenIstarion · 03-22-2004, 04:56 AM

Well, I don't know Dutch to be sure, but with 'honing' on the 'tong' and 'Luister naar me, Heer' it was not hard to work out even without online dictionary

It may not be the case for the insiders, but for outsiders (that is, those with native tongue not of Indo-European family) all European languages (again, that is, apart from Magyarul above and Finnish, o'course) look very much alike after several hard glances at

)

so, the next one will be Russian:

Quote:

proshu proschenia, no ia nikak ne dumal, chto vi vse eche v dele

Althern · 03-23-2004, 06:03 AM

Time for a guess: Bilbo to Gandalf

Quote:

I beg your pardon, but I had no idea you were still in business.

HerenIstarion · 03-23-2004, 06:26 AM

That's your guy. And another one too. Go on

Althern · 03-23-2004, 06:32 AM

I'm still limited by what I can translate into, so more of the same unfortunately:

Quote:

"Talán", mondta a tünde, "de lehet, hogy itt még egy nehéz csizma sem hagyna nyomot; suru a gyep és rugalmas."

Clues: talán = maybe, csizma = boot

HerenIstarion · 03-23-2004, 06:38 AM

Legolas, considering possibilities of tracking kidnapped Pippin and Merry

Quote:

Maybe,' said the Elf; 'but a heavy boot might leave no print here: the grass is deep and springy

so, elf is tünde, is it?

Althern · 03-23-2004, 06:43 AM

6 minutes! I see I am going to have to dust off some very rusty Japanese or think of some serious agglutination to stay interesting. You are right of course, on both counts. Tünde is elf (with very strong overtones of fairy, törpe is dwarf, with strong overtones of smurf).

HerenIstarion · 03-23-2004, 07:03 AM

smurf? You mean, all of the Hungarian dwarves are in money-loundering business

?

Quote:

Ma sha'i tu'rid anta? Hal anta turid li anna as-sabaha-l khair, av anta tufaqqir sabahi haza al-khair, duna ta'rif maza ufaqqir ana?

It is Arabic (or at least, I prefer to believe so) It has to be short, since I do not have my dictionary with me. Next time I guess, it will be something really long and hard, he-he (teach you right and proper for frightening me with Japanese

)

As for clues, I reckon you all figured out my Hobbit-centrism with quotes in foreign

03-23-2004, 06:26 AM	#3
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03-23-2004, 06:43 AM	#6
Althern Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: A twin city divided by a great river... must be Osgiliath Posts: 50	6 minutes! I see I am going to have to dust off some very rusty Japanese or think of some serious agglutination to stay interesting. You are right of course, on both counts. Tünde is elf (with very strong overtones of fairy, törpe is dwarf, with strong overtones of smurf).