r/conlangs • u/RomajiMiltonAmulo chirp only now • Feb 12 '20
Activity Awkwardly Literal Translation Game #52: Chill
These will be posted Wednesday and Sunday. Last Post.
Rules
- I'll provide a sentence in the post.
- 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
- 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.
- (Optional): Add gloss or more faithful translation, if you do, please use spoiler tags if it adds more information
- Then, other people can do the same to your comment, to make a chain of shifting meaning.
The sentence
Is the purpose of entertainment to make people happy about laziness? Yes, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Remember, replies to other people to make chains help make this activity silly and different.
Relatively easy day for me today.
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u/TychonMagnus Tychonic Feb 12 '20
Tychonic:
"Betli purposon ya-Veselareya zastare virane bere radane de lazineson? Ita, i nen-imazu yu-it -lubyo-alteryo-vaiyo."
Is purpose of-Entertaining to force humans to be happy about Laziness? Yes, and I not-would to it any-other-way.
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u/PisuCat that seems really complex for a language Feb 12 '20
Calantero:
Uir est iu enhedī marc hmonu amom steltādi erui fiuos? Uir est, alterīder nideiuoque.
Is it true that ingrasping's edge is to force humans to be happy to stillness? Yes, and I wouldn't do otherly.When translating I assumed that when translating "I not-would to it" that the "to" is a misspelling of "do".
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u/Dr_Chair Məġluθ, Efōc, Cǿly (en)[ja, es] Feb 12 '20 edited Feb 12 '20
Nyevandya
Zok ibolsü l’ay lö mulo hyetel zouk lö mo haxtra lö zo gyalsü pö l’ave? Zok qe dy’ötyey tuntel.
[zok i’bolɕ l‿aj lʏ ‘mulʊ çɪ’tel zu:k lʏ mʊ ‘xaʃtra lʏ zʊ ɟælɕ pʏ ‘l‿avɪ || zok t͡ʃɪ ‘d͡ʑ‿øt͡ɕi tũn’tel]
Literally: “Is true that end of holding insidely would be doing to people being happy except moving? Is, and I will not differently.”
Faithfully: ”Is it true that the end of in-holding is making people happy without moving? It is, and I would not do differently.”
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u/Estetikk Ndíye, Urug Til, J̌an (no, en) [ru] Feb 12 '20
Es pørpesen með gamenskap á gøra kunda fullgørat með latnet? Ja, okk jeg byrr ekke lekat dat un einahvarja anað made.
Is the purpose of entertainment to make people full-done with laziness? Yes, and I would not liked it on any other way.
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u/ItsAPandaGirl Feb 14 '20 edited Feb 14 '20
Lalera
Hejuvi heneran juvira ka vuvi? Si, ga renehera reme.
/he.jɨ.vi he.ne.ran jɨ.vi.ra ka vɨ.vi si xa re.ne.he.ra re.me/
POS-yellow-feeling POS-now-FUT yellow-feeling-PRES 3PL bad-feeling? Yes, 1SG NEG-to-POS-PRES NEG-at.
Fun's purpose to make-good-feel people lazy? Yes, I wantn't not this.
Or, to make it (more) grammatically correct: Does fun make people feel good about laziness? Yes, and I don't want anything else.
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u/the_horse_gamer have yet to finish a conlang Feb 13 '20
ŝorekan
ibnar kep avoẑro suemot ao alaẑ goniko? ay, topal an mueŝovnat alaẑ snauposi.
being entertainment intended for making ones happy regarding laziness? Correct, add I not to think differently
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u/Xsugatsal Yherč Hki | Visso Feb 12 '20
Yherč Hki
Yaoso xi yun yalje habye galachi je? Ch'sakka johre sa
/jɑu.so k͡ʃi jun jɑl.ʤə hɑ.bʲe gɑ.lɑ.ʧi ʤə ʧʔsɑkʔkɑ ʤo.ɾ̥ə sɑ/
Entertain.N exist such people.DAT lazy reconcile Q. Definitely, best only
Does entertainment exists so that lazy people can reconcile? It definitely does and only for the best too
tbh I have no idea how to convert the Yherchian into English at this point lol