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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Thank you! And sorry for the crusty photo, aha. I'm not at home and only have access to my OCR notes and not my scans. I can swap the photo out for a more legible one later if needed. Definitely appears to be 天, though?
I've found some pretty bizarre and/or egregious translation differences between the old official one and mine over the course of this, and I'm really not sure what they were doing at times. This one in particular has been pretty confusing, so I appreciate the help!
No worries, it's clear enough for me to see >:3c
And it appears to be 夭! It's difficult to see, but the top line is actually slanted (夭 vs 天) which would make it "Liu Yaoding." TH's font doesn't help matters, but it should be easier to see if you C&P it and change the font ^^'
ktensai Oh my god KDHDJDJ, I owe you my life. thank you so much for the help!! I had no idea, and the katakana off to the side was really throwing me off, aha.
Lemonylulu ktensai May I add that for checking individual hanzi you can also head to Wiktionary
(For kanji there's also Jisho but y'all might know that site already)
My apologies, but a more traditionally formatted dictionary isn't the best way to look up characters digitally. I'd recommend something with a handwriting function like Yellow Bridge, though.
Either way, though, an online dictionary wouldn't have helped in this case. But thank you for your suggestion.
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but I'm actually looking for someone to "translate" some text into something more fantasy/old english sounding?
It's supposed to be a notice on a notice board in my dnd game about the death of the old king and the crowning of his son... but it doesn't sound very... official?
I don't want to clog up the thread with my nonsense though, so if anyone wants to take a stab at it, PM me maybe? Thanks!!!
Dez not quite either, just something a bit more formal sounding?
Here's the text:
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Citizens of Yvenfell, let it be known that on the thirtieth day of Laerune, our Good King Rorick Anselon II was slain in cold blood by his sixth child, Eiravel.
In his stead, young Braegen Aneselon will be crowned before the public on the fourteenth of Larethian.
Any and all information about the murderess Eiravel must be promptly reported to your local guard. A 2,000 platinum bounty has been issued for her head.
I'm just hoping to make it sound... idk, a little more like a royal decree and less like something I typed up in two minutes lol
Fehn For such a short amount of time, it already sounds pretty damn good to me ._. I'm not sure how to make it sound more formal, since it's not something I see often.
After doing a little bit of research I found something like this though. It's a literal announcement of the death of King George VI, so maybe you can get some inspiration from it. If not, I hope someone else can help you out. Sorry I can't be of much help here.
Edit: Forgot to mention that if you scroll down the page, you'll see a newspaper clipping of it, which is what I was referring to mostly.
I could help with English to German since I speak and write German fluent. Yeap. Native language. Just a dm and I'm on it.
Hello! This is such an interesting idea! + in this way, we can find people with the same native language too aha
I could help for French to English and English to French. It's my mother tongue. I also speak Korean quite fluently since my mom's korean aha ♥
Fehn Glad it helped! :) Good luck with it!
Freki Awesome! I'll be sure to add you!
Celexia :0 I never thought of it that way, but you're right. This could be a great place for others to find those who speak the same language. I'm sure for some it's very difficult to communicate, especially if they're not good at speaking English (Google Translate can help a lot, though). It's really cool that you speak so many languages! We don't have many Korean speakers listed, so the more the better! Thanks for volunteering!
Dez re! ahah-- Yeah, google translate can help, but it's not the easiest way for having actual friends aksk it's hard to talk spontaneously
Oh-- and i just saw that you pinged me, could you precise that i'm also a native speaker from France? >< (i told "mother tongue" in my previous message, isn't it the correct word? ;; ) thanks in advance ♡