Quotes in other languages - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-17-2007, 02:05 PM

Well I think maybe the quote is not as well known... maybe you could go ahead and post something new yourself... because by the time I posted it it was the only quote I knew 100% sure from the English version (didn't have originals by myself back then), and it is not a familiar quote... I believe, not at all...

So maybe it will be better to drop it and start anew... this game looks too good to be lost.

Guinevere · 12-17-2007, 02:41 PM

Wether the quote is well known or not was not my problem: I am absolutely clueless about Greek, so I gave up and hoped for some of our more learned members to come along.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-17-2007, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guinevere

Wether the quote is well known or not was not my problem: I am absolutely clueless about Greek, so I gave up and hoped for some of our more learned members to come along.

That may be the other problem. Although it contains maybe one or two words that can be decipherable even without knowing the language, since it's quite unknown, it doesn't help (so that one would think about the others from context). I say let's let someone think about something else.

Aganzir · 12-18-2007, 06:03 AM

So, if you let me, I'll post a new one... I guess it's about time there was some Finnish again.

Quote:

"Siellä ne makaavat kaikki lammikoissa, kalpeat kasvot, syvällä syvällä tumman veden alla. Minä näin ne: synkät ja pahat kasvot ja jalot ja surulliset kasvot. Monia ylpeitä ja kauniita kasvoja, vesikasveja hopeahiuksissaan. Mutta kaikki saastaa, mätäneviä, kuolleita."

Out of curiosity, what's that quote of yours in English, Legate?

Aganzir · 12-21-2007, 09:33 AM

Kasvot = face(s)
Syvä = deep

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-21-2007, 09:50 AM

Oh yes, then it is:

They lie in all the pools, pale faces, deep deep under the dark water. I saw them: grim faces and evil, and noble faces and sad. Many faces proud and fair, and weeds in their silver hair. But all foul, all rotting, all dead. (Dead Marshes)

Hmm. The end was familiar. But otherwise, Finnish is too alien to me to analyse.

Mine was: But for long now he has plotted your ruin, wearing the mask of friendship, until he was ready. (Gandalf to Théoden about Saruman) Like I said, not a familiar quote in the slightest, but it was the only one I knew 100% in English AND was able to translate it easily.

Aganzir · 12-21-2007, 10:08 AM

Yes, that's it. Please continue.

12-17-2007, 02:05 PM	#1
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Well I think maybe the quote is not as well known... maybe you could go ahead and post something new yourself... because by the time I posted it it was the only quote I knew 100% sure from the English version (didn't have originals by myself back then), and it is not a familiar quote... I believe, not at all... So maybe it will be better to drop it and start anew... this game looks too good to be lost. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-17-2007, 02:41 PM	#2
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Wether the quote is well known or not was not my problem: I am absolutely clueless about Greek, so I gave up and hoped for some of our more learned members to come along. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-21-2007, 09:33 AM	#5
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	A hint Kasvot = face(s) Syvä = deep __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

12-21-2007, 09:50 AM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Oh yes, then it is: They lie in all the pools, pale faces, deep deep under the dark water. I saw them: grim faces and evil, and noble faces and sad. Many faces proud and fair, and weeds in their silver hair. But all foul, all rotting, all dead. (Dead Marshes) Hmm. The end was familiar. But otherwise, Finnish is too alien to me to analyse. Mine was: But for long now he has plotted your ruin, wearing the mask of friendship, until he was ready. (Gandalf to Théoden about Saruman) Like I said, not a familiar quote in the slightest, but it was the only one I knew 100% in English AND was able to translate it easily. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-21-2007, 10:08 AM	#7
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Yes, that's it. Please continue. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.