Seiden Aw don't feel so bad. You're still learning, too! So far you seem to be doing well. And there are tons of English speakers out there to assist if you want some help :) I can't explain things grammatically very well (grammar is something most English speakers have issues with), but I could try to help if you have questions!
Hey! I'm not sure if this is the right spot to post this, but I think it'd be cool to have a place for bilingual people to translate some cool phrases or words for creations. Personally I'm looking to see if someone can correctly translate "You can't handle the truth" from English to Latin.
I'm not bilingual myself, unfortunately, but maybe others who want correct translations can build this post up and help each other.
So what kinds of things do you want translated for your creations and how do you use them? I like using phrases or words to create names or locations :)
Edit: Wow, this post blew up more than I originally thought it would! From now on, I'll try to list the languages and the users that speak said languages below to make it easier for others to find the proper person they need! If there's any problems at all with what's listed, please let me know and I'll change it ASAP. If there are languages that are together that the native speakers suggest be separated, please also let me know! I don't want to offend anyone and I don't know much about different languages (but I'm learning a lot from everyone). Thank you to everyone for your assistance!
If anyone wants to know anything specific to translate, please ping in the forum someone from the list under the correct language. There are many people with many skills who have offered their time to help :)
Please try to keep things PG13, as there may be minors present. Also if anyone in the list wishes to be removed from it for any reason, please let me know! I will do so with no questions asked.
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keito (Mandarin)
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Gaddang
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keito (medical Latin)
Meänkieli
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Classy-Cat (Brazilian Portuguese; native speaker; PT--> EN EN-->PT)
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Wenldy (native speaker; better at EN-->RU but can still do RU-->EN)
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Thai
Ledokol (native speaker of Central Thai)
Ukrainian
I can translate stuff to Dutch in case anyone would ever need it??? I know a few things of German, French, and Italian too but only a tiny but, like, a few words (but at least I know how to say "I'm a potato" in five different languages). I don't really have the dedication to really learn a new language, mostly because I don't have a lot of use for the languages that I would like to learn (currently: German, Finnish, and maybe Esperanto???)
and to add onto the other topic in this thread: I like to think my English is good but I'm not quite fluent (yet)
I don't know how much the demand for Thai language could be, but yep I'm a native Thai speaker. If the alien-looking Thai alphabet spooks you, just throw the phrase/word at me and I'll deal with it. X'D
But I gotta say Thai is super tricky when romanized/written with English alphabet cuz in that way there's no way to tell the intonations. And in Thai intonations determine the meaning of a word. A joke phrase that shows how hopeless it is when Thais faced with clueless non-intonation romanized Thai phrase is 'Kai kai kai kai' (ใครขายไข่ไก่ - who sells the chicken eggs, though it can be written as 'Krai khai khai kai' to make life easier). Try copying that Thai alphabet phrase, throw it in google translate then click for the pronunciation, you'll notice how none of them pronounces exactly the same. When helped with translation, most Thais would really prefer not to be given this 'karaoke Thai' (as we jokingly call the romanized phrases).
i can translate stuff from english to romanian hah -- i never use romanian when i describe my ocs or write them. idk if anyone would care to get their stuff translated in romanian
Ledokol Wow, I would have never guessed o.o Though I guess it makes a lot of sense. I have a friend that moved to Thailand and he loves it there. The language does look very intimidating, but it's also really beautiful! I've always wondered what different handwriting looks like in that kind of writing.
Also the "kai kai kai kai" reminds me of the famous English sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo," which is grammatically correct.
aquaticlava I love the idea of getting things translated to Romanian! Maybe I need to ask people to translate a specific sentence into their own language so we can all see a difference?
Could you translate my original post? Originally I wanted it to be in Latin but I I'd love to see everyone translate it to their own language.
The sentence I want translated is "You can't handle the truth."
It'd be great to see what it turns out to be :)
I second the romanian translation! I'm a native romanian and I like to think I can translate stuff fairly well from english wheezes
I can translate stuff into Czech and/or Slovak, two least known languages ever. Makes me feel very useful, haha. 😂
polkadot Ah that's really cool!! I'm glad to see more people willing to help others!
sharkimi Czech and Slovak? 😶That's impressive, I haven't heard those before! What would a greeting be in both of those languages? And do they have like formal and informal ways of speaking?
aquaticlava Oh that's cool! Thanks so much for translating! I might use that one :)
Dez Haha, I am not shocked. Those are languages only about 10 000 000 people speak. Both are slavik languages, I am Czech and Slovak people are so close to us that we are mostly capable of speaking both languages since childhood.
Yes, both have their formal and informal version. Slavik languages are actually pretty difficult and that's also maybe why they are not very popular to learn.
They are also similar in simple phrases. They start to differ in more complex sentence structures.
Czech greetings is: Dobrý den. (very formal) Ahoj! (friends) Zdravím. (semi-formal)
Slovak greetings are: Dobrý deň. (very formal) Ahoj! (friends)
//Also, thank you for asking, it made my day to see that someone is interested, haha. I hope you are having a great day!
idiot CrinkleBunny knows some Japanese (four classes in college) and somewhat studies it on the side. I've always wanted to learn it but have a horrible time learning languages 🤣
sharkimi Thanks for letting me know! I find languages very fascinating, so I'm interested to see just how different they are from each other. 😁 Thanks for sharing your language! How do you say "Thank you very much!" in Czech and Slovak?
And I'm a bit sick right now but I'm having a pretty good day overall. I hope your day is going good as well!