Quotes in other languages - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

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

Althern · 03-30-2004, 02:45 AM

I searched for arabic dictionaries that took latin transliteration as input, but without success. I searched for transliteration guides so I could write in arabic to use the standard dictionaries, but without success. I also read a few 'teach yourself' arabic courses. But in the end, after failing linguistically, I rejected all of this knowledge, took another look at the sentence structure and guessed. Gandalf to Bilbo.

Quote:

"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it not?"

HerenIstarion · 03-30-2004, 04:14 AM

You judged wisely (what with my pidgin Arabic and all

). The answer is correct, so over to you

Althern · 03-30-2004, 05:03 AM

Your arabic, pidgin or not, made little difference. The only things I managed to translate were anna/ana = I, me; haza = this; sabaha/sabahi = morning. The rest was pure guesswork. Unfortunately, my quote is more Hungarian, because I don't have a Japanese dictionary handy.

Quote:

"Ma már kevés emlékeznek rájuk", dünnyögte ___, "de néhány még vándorolják, elfelejtett királyok fiai, egyedüllétben járnak, óvják a figyelmetlen embereket a gonosztól."

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-03-2004, 08:58 PM

This thread has stretched over the 10 page limit, so it's time it was closed.

Althern, please could you post the rules for the game and your latest question on a new thread.

Thanks.

03-30-2004, 04:14 AM	#4
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	You judged wisely (what with my pidgin Arabic and all ). The answer is correct, so over to you __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by HerenIstarion; 03-30-2004 at 04:17 AM. Reason: spelling, what else...

04-03-2004, 08:58 PM	#6
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Thread closed This thread has stretched over the 10 page limit, so it's time it was closed. Althern, please could you post the rules for the game and your latest question on a new thread. Thanks. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

03-23-2004, 06:43 AM	#1
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).