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Forum: Quotable Quotes 04-22-2004, 04:51 AM |
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Althern
Spot on. Over to you.
As for Dinaan, I once...
Spot on. Over to you. As for Dinaan, I once read the phrase 'as dead as Dinaan's cat' in a book by Jack Vance. In context it meant something quite dead. According to Google (the final word in... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 04-22-2004, 04:13 AM |
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Well! I thought this thread was as dead as...
Well! I thought this thread was as dead as Dinaan's cat. I was actually thinking of trying to put the quote into French to generate some interest. Your guess is not too bad actually. It is from... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 04-05-2004, 12:19 AM |
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Althern
Quotes in other languages II
According to LePetitChox, the rules for this game are to find a quote and translate it literally into another language. That is, not just selecting a quote from, say, the German translation, but to... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-30-2004, 05:03 AM |
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Althern
Your arabic, pidgin or not, made little...
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,... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-30-2004, 02:45 AM |
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Althern
I searched for arabic dictionaries that took...
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,... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-23-2004, 06:43 AM |
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Althern
6 minutes! I see I am going to have to dust off...
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... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-23-2004, 06:32 AM |
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Althern
I'm still limited by what I can translate into,...
I'm still limited by what I can translate into, so more of the same unfortunately: Clues: talán = maybe, csizma = boot |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-23-2004, 06:03 AM |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-22-2004, 03:50 AM |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-22-2004, 03:35 AM |
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Views: 281,329
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Althern
This is the Georgian lexicon...
This is the Georgian lexicon (http://sisauri.tripod.com/lexicon/INDEX3.htm) that I found by following the links from yourDictionary.com As Hungarian and English are the only languages that I feel... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-22-2004, 02:09 AM |
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Althern
I think this is Gandalf again:
(I found an...
I think this is Gandalf again: (I found an online Georgian lexicon, and a description of the grammar, but it was the fonts that defeated me in the end. So, I had to guess.) From the grammar: ... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-18-2004, 01:12 PM |
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Althern
You are, of course, spot on. Excellent work. ...
You are, of course, spot on. Excellent work. The floor is yours. The dictionary is a problem. As you saw, it is of limited use unless you know the grammar enough to recognise the stems or get... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-18-2004, 10:27 AM |
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Althern
That's the default setting of the dictionary. At...
That's the default setting of the dictionary. At the top of the page is a little arrow that shows the direction of the translation. If you click on this, it will change direction, and you can... |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-18-2004, 10:08 AM |
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Althern
Yes, it is Hungarian. The quote is from RoTK...
Yes, it is Hungarian. The quote is from RoTK (and you can find an online dictionary here (http://dict.sztaki.hu/english-hungarian)). |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-18-2004, 01:48 AM |
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Views: 281,329
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Althern
Since I am new, I have chosen something...
Since I am new, I have chosen something ridiculously easy, but in a somewhat less well known language. |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-18-2004, 01:25 AM |
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Views: 281,329
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Althern
Beorn to Thorin's company:
(I needed the...
Beorn to Thorin's company: (I needed the clues though... I am far too LoTR-centric) |
Forum: Quotable Quotes 03-17-2004, 05:57 AM |
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Althern
I think I am in the same place as Guinevere; the...
I think I am in the same place as Guinevere; the translation was no problem, but trying to think of dialogue that relates to strongholds (plural?) in the north is proving somewhat troublesome. ... |
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