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Translational Faux Pas (2014-02-09 03:11:22) :
There is a famous (sadly, apocryphal) example of early automated translation from English to Russian:
Original: The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
Should be: дух бодр, плоть же немощна
Came out as: спирт, конечно, готов, но мясо протухло (The vodka is good, but the meat is rotten)
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-02-09 03:11:22.
NSFW Pictures (2014-02-09 03:04:38) :
Actually, I found the auto-translated auto-transcribed subtitles were about 40-50% comprehensible. (It is impressive!)
But it's not just forklifts that do stupid lifting tricks:
[image:http://i.imgur.com/WbaQv.jpg|width: 500px]
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-02-09 03:04:38.
Universe and Language Management: Planning (2014-02-09 02:12:06) :
Rolled out the Lablog-style Recursive Wiki Pages, which bring edit previews, edit history, file attachments, discussion, and child pages. Still some rough edges—they don't respect floatpics, making floatpics totally useless. (Not sure if a chapter can even find its floatpic without knowing its group?)
Also added Lects/Languages and Language Families. No more shoe-horning everything into wikis/chapters!
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-02-09 02:12:06.
Universe and Language Management: Planning :
This is a big topic, so I want to lay out a big long thread here and get input for what people think will be useful and what should be prioritized.
This post will hold the overall plan.
[h2]Glossary[/h2]
* a [i]template[/i] is a type of page on the site. A forum post is one type of page; they use a template called "Linear Post". Blog comments are another type, dictionary words are a third, user profiles are a fourth, and so on.
* Many of the site's special pages are [i]...
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-02-09 02:10:16.
Speak in Your Premodern Conlang Thread (2014-02-09 00:53:05) :
[gb][g greater nymph-[sc]nom[/sc]][g ealrof-∅]Ealrof[/g][/g] [g caring-[sc]superl-nom[/sc]][g nelḥūs-mīw-∅]nelḥūsmīu[/g][/g] [g Ḱāiŋoðe-[sc]nom[/sc]][g Ḱāiŋoðe-∅]Ḱāiŋoðe.[/g][/g] [g wear[sc]-aor-3p.stat[/sc]][g stēuls-oḥ-æxn]stēulsoḥæxn[/g][/g] [g down.leather-[sc]all[/sc]][g melḥogēa-on]melḥogēawon[/g][/g] [g thick-[sc]all[/sc]][g ketou-on]ketouon…[/g][/g] [g imagine-[sc]impfv-1sg.act[/sc]][g auweiyei-∅-ču]auweiyeiču[/g][/g] [g [sc]either[/sc]-Ḱāiŋoðe-[sc]acc[/sc]][g šēi-Kāiŋoðe-ax]šēiKāiŋoðeya...
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-02-09 00:53:05.
Forumworld (2014-02-08 23:24:59) :
Yay starting with altgreece <which is much easier to type than pseudo-pelopponesos, or peloponnesos, or pelopponnessoss :P>
Okay, let's get this ball rolling. I hereby decree that there exists a city called umam in this place.
[image:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19348113/umam.png]
there shall be purple walls. its gonna be awesome.
owned by Torco, last edited 2014-02-08 23:27:51.
Speak in Your Premodern Conlang Thread (2014-02-08 18:03:16) :
[gb][g hear-[sc]pfv-2sg.act[/sc]][g fōulḱ-tē-xa]Fōulḱtēxa[/g][/g] [g neg.when][g tāuḥwe]tāuḥwe[/g][/g] [g Ḱāiŋoðe-[sc]gen[/sc]][g Ḱāiŋoðe-utou]Ḱāiŋoðeutou[/g][/g] [g or][g krā]KRĀ[/g][/g] [g Erĕl-[sc]gen[/sc]][g Eræli-utou]Eræliutou!?[/g][/g] [g can-[sc]aor-1sg.act[/sc]][g lḥūm-oḥ-ču]Lḥūmoḥču[/g][/g] [g believe-[sc]aor-1sg.act[/sc]][g ðlēita-oḥ-ču]ðlēitaoḥču[/g][/g] [g towards][g iwiðe]iwiðe[/g][/g] [g slight-[sc]acc-adv[/sc]][g moulri-ax-u]moulriaxu[/g][/g] [g be.true-[sc]aor-3.stat[/sc]][g oka...
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-02-08 18:04:17.
Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-02-08 15:37:10) :
[b]Λατῐνα ῦεμνωκωνιδτάναι ῐρεζη και, εκλά![/b]
[b]Latína wemnokonidtanai írezé kai, ekla![/b]
[g latin-SG.F.NOM]la'ti:na[/g] [g epic_literature-element-PL.F.ACC]wɛmno:ko:nɪ'ɾaːnaɪ[/g] [g have-3.SG.AOR]'i:ɹɛze:[/g] [g GNO]kaɪ,[/g] [g however]ɛ'kla![/g]
Latin has its moments of greatness, though!
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-02-08 15:42:34.
Forumworld (2014-02-08 13:20:34) :
Are we allowed to get excited?
*gets excited anyways*
...
*looks around*
*stays excited*
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-02-08 13:20:34.
NSFW Pictures (2014-02-08 13:18:45) :
That doesn't matter. I know it by the title alone, and it does not need translation to be gut-busting.
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-02-08 13:18:45.
NSFW Pictures (2014-02-08 12:17:41) :
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_9LbBiOxTo|Staplerfahrer Klaus], a 90s classic of work-related humor. It's in German, though.
owned by Jipí, last edited 2014-02-08 12:18:10.
Forumworld (2014-02-08 11:37:10) :
Yes, and let's start with pseudo-Peleponnesos to keep the segregatory effect totally under control.
N.B.—I've started work on language families; they're not ready for use yet though. Don't panic when you see the universe edit interface.
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-02-08 11:37:10.
NSFW Pictures :
In this thread we share not-safe-for-work pictures.
I'll start:
[image:http://i.imgur.com/oplvnZn.jpg]
[image:http://i.imgur.com/RocTfPJ.jpg]
owned by Yaali Annar, last edited 2014-02-08 09:13:30.
Forumworld (2014-02-08 08:52:00) :
That seems good to me. Should we pick these two places and expand to more only if and when the need arises?
owned by Hurq, last edited 2014-02-08 08:52:00.
Forumworld (2014-02-08 07:04:44) :
[image:http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/253/1/4/profile_picture_by_lukenoplz-d49fqvo.jpg]
owned by Torco, last edited 2014-02-08 07:04:44.
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