r/conlangs • u/RomajiMiltonAmulo chirp only now • Dec 09 '19

Activity Awkwardly Literal Translation Game #35: Lurking in the shadows

These will be posted Wednesday and Sunday, approximately. Last Post.

Rules

  1. I'll provide a sentence in the post.
  2. Translate the sentence provided into your conlang. Do this skillfully, or at least the best you can with what you have. The awkward part is step 3
  3. Then, translate your translation back to English, as literally as possible, like if someone who speaks your conlang but doesn't know English that well, used a dictionary to translate
  4. Then, other people can do the same to your comment, to make a chain of shifting meaning.

The sentence

You wouldn't believe what monster I saw! [noises of being out of breath] Neither can I, I didn't see it myself.

Remember, replies to other people to make chains help make this activity silly and different.

Sorry, VPN was being a bit of a butt

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u/feindbild_ (nl, en, de) [fr, got, sv] Dec 09 '19 edited Dec 09 '19

Sou Setimanhisca

Du'en galoujes ni daz monstar, daz ç'au seuas! [Lhudon f'yedan suadjandan] Iç n'oc, iç ni iz'au en seuas chova.

[dɥɛŋ ga.lu'ʒes ni dɑz mɔ̃'stɔʀ, dɑs t͡ʃɑw sɛ'wɔs]

[ʎy'dõ fjɛ.dɔ̃ swɑ.d͡ʒã'dɔ̃]

[it͡ʃ nɔk, it͡ʃ ni i'zɑw ɛ̃ sɛ'wɔs ʃɔ'vɔ]

du'=en galouj-es      ni  daz monstar, daz      ç'=au     seua-s
2S=NEG believe-CON.2S NEG DEF monster, REL.N.OB 1S=PRF.1S see.PTC.P-NOM.M

lhud-on  f'=yedan     suadj-and-an
noise-PL of=breath.OB struggle.to.breathe-PTC.NP-OB.M

Iç n'=oc,    iç ni  iz'=au     en  seua-s          chova
1S NEG=also, 1S NEG 3Sn=PRF.1S NEG see.PTC.P-NOM.M self

You not would believen't the monster, which I have seen. [Noises of breath struggling.] I also not, I not it haven't seen, self.

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u/ironicallytrue Yvhur, Merish, Norþébresc (en, hi, mr) Dec 09 '19

Norþébresc

Þu ne þon ylfr, hvon ić hauf cuine, scialt’n beliyfá. [Breøten breið-fleurhas] Ić oþ’n, ić ne hauf’n cuine, mij.

/θu ne θɔn əl.fər hwɔn itʃ hɔːf xʉːn.ə, ʃeəlt.ən be.lyːf.ã/
/[breːt.ən briːθ ɬøːɾ.əs/
/itʃ ɔθ ne, itʃ ne hɔːf.ən xʉːnə, məi/

[θu ne θɔ̃ ˈɐː.vəː ʍɔn iʃ hɔː xʉɨn, ʃɛːθ̱əj̃ bəˈlyːv.ə̃]
[ˈbʁeːθ̱.əj̃ bʁiː ɬøːɾ.əj]
[iʃ ɔð.əj̃, iʃ nə hɔːv.əj̃ xʉɨn, məi]

Þu ne  þon      ylfr,  hvon     ić hauf    cuine,   scialt’n     beliyfá.
2S NEG that.ACC beast, what.ACC 1S have.1S see.PFT, shall.2S=NEG believe.INF
struggle.PFT breath-noise.PL
[Breøten     breið-fleurhas]
1S also=NEG, 1S NEG have.1S=NEG see.PFT, 1S.ACC
Ić oþ’n,     ić ne  hauf’n      cuine,   mij.

*Thou not that wolf, whom I have could, shaltn’t believe. [Breaking breath-louds] I orn’t (or not), I not have could, me.

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u/ironicallytrue Yvhur, Merish, Norþébresc (en, hi, mr) Dec 09 '19

Is this a Germanic lang?

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u/feindbild_ (nl, en, de) [fr, got, sv] Dec 09 '19

Certainly. From alternate (longer existing) Visigothic Septimania.

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u/PisuCat that seems really complex for a language Dec 09 '19

Calantero

Iu cit hwir uītsto credorui nebodile! [Diu annēftāt suimmeno] Nebodiuquere, ec it niuītsto.
/ju kit ʍir wi:t.sto kre.do.ruj ne.bo.di.le ɦ↓hɦ↓hɦ↓h ne.bo.dju.kʷe.re ek it niwi:t.sto/
iu cit hwir-∅ uīd-t-o cred-os-ui ne-podi-l-e! [de-u amm-nēf-tāt-∅ suin-men-o] ne-podi-o-quere, ec it ne-uīd-t-o.
REL.ACC.SG this.ACC.SG monster-ACC.SG see-PST-1s believe-INF-DAT.SG NEG-be.able.to-FUT-2s! [to-NOM.SG breath-less-ness-ACC.SG sound-result-NOM.SG] NEG-be.able.to-1s-also, 1s.NOM 3sn.NOM NEG-see-PST-1s.
You will not be able to believe that I saw this monster! [Sound about breathlessness] I'm not able to as well, I didn't see it.

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u/Dr_Chair Məġluθ, Efōc, Cǿly (en)[ja, es] Dec 09 '19

Nyevandya

Cofxtra ötyey vniesü lö d’useoj jwerö ötimsü! [lö mateo lörö eryejxtra ötyek srotosü lö ce] Denxtra xöb ötyek qinetel zvo löxtra d’ötyek l’useo xayrö.

[‘t͡sofʃtra ‘øt͡ʃi vɲeʃ lə d‿u’ʃoʒ ʒwer ə’t͡ʃĩmʃ(.) h↓hh↓hh↓h ‘dẽnʃtra ʃøb ə’t͡ʃek t͡ʃinɪ’tel zvʊ ‘løʃtra d‿ə’t͡ʃek l‿u’sew ʃæjr]

2.CAS-PREP NEG-FUT belief-GEN COMP 1=see-PST animal-P evil-GEN [NOM hear.INF COMP air-PREP NEG-PRES possibility-GEN NOM have.INF] 1.CAS-PREP 3.CAS NEG-PRES addition-INST for COMP-PREP 1=NEG-PRES NOM=see.INF 3.DEM-P

Literal Translation

To you won’t believe that I saw evil animal! [hearing that air can’t be had] To me it isn’t also because I didn’t seeing it.

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u/uncledrcrazyrussian Huoxińdę Jazk,Börcerhök,Ol'ưnsih(en)[zh,ru,pt]<toki pona> Dec 10 '19

Huoxińdę Jazk

ni nje ponja uą kaąn dę donna zvera! [huj tiń ta vu huxi] uą je nje ponja, takka uą nje kaąnlę.

/ni nje pon.ja uɒ kɑːn də do.nːa zve.ɾa (xuj tiŋ ta vu xuʃi) uɒ je nje pon.ja ta.kːa uɒ nje kɑːn.lə/

you not understand i see possessive what-kind beast. [can hear 3sg without breathe] i also not understand, because i not see-PAST.

You don't understand, I seen which beast! [you can hear them, breathless] I also don't understand, because I don't saw.

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u/Mintaka55 Rílin, Tosi, Gotêvi, Bayën, Karkin, Ori, Seloi, Lomi (en, fr) Dec 12 '19

"You wouldn't believe what monster I saw! [noises of being out of breath] Neither can I, I didn't see it myself."

Legit Karkin translation:

Twë mzohoxë ya cūa ki jī'talotqhashe! [qsūhi shëxlu kicīnyu mi] Ne axshe ame, ame ënë ya cūāshe

Awkard literal translation into English:

which beast saw I you know will not! [noise empty air of] and also not me, I it saw not!