Dedicated Translation Help Thread

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Re: Dedicated Translation Help Thread

Unread post by Kar'Tayl Ani » 07 Jul 2018 12:53

Thank you very much for your help! I like the idea of Tion' at the beginning as well.
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Unread post by Ruus » 16 Jul 2018 17:32

Both of those would work for me. I would definitely use tion at the beginning as well, for clarity.

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Unread post by Belandrie Meave » 07 Aug 2018 06:27

Hey, guys, do we have an extra-emphatic?
Like if you wanna say
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really fucking weird
(spoilers for coarse language) you can't use ori'ori', it sounds stupid.
Could I use 'laamori' or 'laam'esori', for instance? (up-very and top-very, respectively).
'Cause I want to tell someone his plan is
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really fucking weird
and ori'haamyc just isn't cutting it.
(Speaking of, does anybody, anybody at all, think 'unusual' is the same as 'weird'?)
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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 10 Aug 2018 17:09

dunno about the unusual question, but you could also maybe add suum for beyond. That could be an intensifier, and there's precedent from ori'suumyc about it being used emphatically.
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Re: Dedicated Translation Help Thread

Unread post by Tempest » 03 Nov 2018 01:25

It's been awhile, but I don't think I've asked this question before. Since I first got on here, I translated "Eternal glory? Doesn't matter. Always putting your comrades first? The most important." as "Darasuum kote? Wer'cuy. Kartaylir darasuum ner vode? Darasuum te ori'waadasla." in my sig but wondered if I did it right.

It's based on the use of "wer'cuy" from a phrase in one of the Republic Commando books, but I'm asking less "is this an accurate translation?" more "would I be able to say this without sounding like I was a child who hadn't learned Mando'a yet?"
Darasuum kote? Wer'cuy. Kartaylir darasuum ner vode? Darasuum te ori'waadasla.

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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 03 Nov 2018 18:41

the biggest change I'd make is make the last sentence something like "te jaon'ne", instead. Other than that, everything's more or less subjective as to how to say something, and I think it works okay.
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Unread post by Tempest » 03 Nov 2018 22:35

Out of curiosity, why would you change it to "te jaon'ne"?
Darasuum kote? Wer'cuy. Kartaylir darasuum ner vode? Darasuum te ori'waadasla.

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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 04 Nov 2018 19:01

more direct translation of "most important"
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Unread post by Outis Hawkwind » 15 Nov 2021 23:43

So my roleplaying group needs a term for an animal trainer. Since Boba was introduced in that nightmare that we know as the Holiday Special, it's been clear that Mandalorians are definitely keen on taming animals for use as mounts and probably also war beasts. The series The Mandalorian supports this as well.

So I started with the basic concepts. Uliik (beast) bajur (education) adat (person).
Where I'm falling apart is in the process of adding the appropriately extreme level of brevity and the application of the beten, if any.
Uliikbajuradat is WAY too complex a compound word for the Mandalorian tongue, I feel. It's probably even uncomfortable for a typical German!

What about Ulbajad?

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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 16 Nov 2021 06:55

I think ulbajad might be a bit more tightened than needed here, there isn't necessarily a reason to keep it one word. Maybe uliik bajad?
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Unread post by Outis Hawkwind » 16 Nov 2021 19:06

Overly compounded? Fair enough.
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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 18 Nov 2021 03:15

kih'parjai, burc'ya ;)
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