Hey, peeps! Just what it says. I was thinking, in addition to us coming here to translate things, we could ask each other for translations.
Maybe you want that poem translated into Spanish. Maybe you have a character with a Korean background, who speaks English most of the time but needs to speak to her grandfather in Korean.
And naturally I had this idea because...I need a translation.
The "I Need a Translation" Thread
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What to include in your request
- the language you want your writing translated to
- the word or phrase you want translated
- if it's an entire literary work (i.e. poem), word/line count
- if the language in question has its own alphabet (i.e. Cyrillic), be sure to specify if you want a translation in that alphabet, the Latin alphabet, or both! -
And now, here I am for *my* request.
Translating into: Arabic
All right, I've got two things here.
The Really, Really Short OneSpoiler
This one isn't actually in the story, but I have an illustration in mind for this sign over a shop. The owner is Palestinian, and he lives in Detroit now, so the sign is in Arabic and then has English at the bottom as an afterthought.
For this one, I'd like a translation in Arabic lettering AND Latin lettering.
The sign says, Amir al-Masri, Carpet-Enchanter, although since carpet-enchanter (as in, he makes flying carpets) isn't a real occupation, there's some flexibility with the term "carpet-enchanter." What I've got so far is
امير ال-ماسري
which may or may not be the correct way to write "Amir al-Masri." (Please let me know.)
The Short-But-Not-Really-Really-Short OneSpoiler
The other one will actually be IN the story, so I only need it in the Latin alphabet.
Amir says this to some friends he's entertaining when Methodius (a wizard who's known him for a long time) shows up to ask for his help. If it helps, Amir's an old man (~80ish) and relaxed/cheerful at this moment.
"Excuse me, my friends. You see I am in such demand that even wizards seek me out."
All righty, let's try this out. Because we know that Google Translate has limited accuracy. -
This one isn't actually in the story, but I have an illustration in mind for this sign over a shop. The owner is Palestinian, and he lives in Detroit now, so the sign is in Arabic and then has English at the bottom as an afterthought.
For this one, I'd like a translation in Arabic lettering AND Latin lettering.
Pretty sure that Amir al-Masri is امير المصري in Arabic script (al-Masri surname is supposed to refer to some kind of Egyptian descent since Misr means Egypt)... AND Latin lettering.
What do you mean? I'm a bit confused here, do you want the transliteration of the name in Latin letters or do you want it with the diaereses in place and all?The other one will actually be IN the story, so I only need it in the Latin alphabet.
Amir says this to some friends he's entertaining when Methodius (a wizard who's known him for a long time) shows up to ask for his help. If it helps, Amir's an old man (~80ish) and relaxed/cheerful at this moment.
"Excuse me, my friends. You see I am in such demand that even wizards seek me out."
Regarding this and the appropriate translation for "carpet-enchanter" or something equivalent to it, I'll try to ask a native Arabic speaker and see if they can help you out with it.
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re: Latin lettering in that translation, I just meant the "carpet-enchanter" part, like obviously the name in the Latin alphabet is just "Amir al-Masri," but "carpet-enchanter" can't just be "carpet-enchanter" because...that's English, not Arabic. So the Arabic wording of something like "carpet-enchanter," but in Arabic & Latin writing so I can see what it says in letters that I can recognize as letters, if that makes sense?
(re: Egyptian, yeah, all the lists of surnames I found for Palestine showed country-of-origin surnames! So I chose "Egyptian," but I also saw al-Lubnani and al-Sidawi and things like that that all imply different origins. That was kind of fascinating!)
Thanks for the name! That looks like *one* version I found by Googling, so that clears that bit up for me. -
I’m stuck on German dates. Like numbers. I seriously have no clue and I don’t want to risk google translate. Could someone explain German numbers to me? I just started learning German and I’m trying to do numbers and dates and times and things. And I can’t figure it out. So could someone explain German number stuff to me? Danke in advance.
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I think @zaminami knew a bit of German.
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Ja, I do. You want me to PM you, or do you want to make a thread @WritingPrincess?
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Could you PM me?
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