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[conclavevisualnovel]

📝 Delectatio Morosa: Translation Guide

As requested by many, it is now possible to translate Delectatio Morosa into any language! Read the guide, get started, and submit your translations in the form linked in the guide Happy translating everyone 💛!

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[smoochtheshef]

Understanding First Ones Writing

(Posting this because apparently linking to pages on my tumblr doesn’t work on mobile unless it’s a post....)

First Ones writing is read from right to left. The letters forming a word are joined by one long line that can connect segments (for ease of reference, I’ll be referring to this as the “center line”). These segments are usually divided into syllables but can be a single consonant or vowel. Sometimes all the syllables can even be joined with just one segment! The beginning and the end of one word is signified by a circle at both ends of the line. Usually shapes or line formations above the center line are decorative and may be used to connect one related word to another or used to form a sentence or phrase.

In my translations, I include the letters in gray for vowels as they guide pronunciation. Keep in mind that since First Ones writing is phonetic, there can be many ways to write a word. For instance, “the” can be written using TH and E or DH and E.

As for the letters themselves, this bit is directly lifted from the guide

With @me1och​‘s suggestion, the pronunciation part will now use a mix of IPA/enPR symbols

Sad -æ

All - ɔ

Say - ā

Pet -ɛ

Feet - ē

Lit - ɪ

I - aɪ

Good - o͝o

Too - o͞o

Go - ō

House - aʊ

Fun - ə

Boy - ɔɪ

Yes-j

Source: Dreamworks Translation Guide

[vangoghs-other-ear]

How I translate poems

Let’s look at à une damoyselle malade by Clément Marot. (x)

This poem is notoriously difficult to translate. The language is old fashioned, the rhyme scheme is tight, and each line is only three syllables. So where do you even begin?

First things first, you wanna be sure you actually understand the poem. Read through it and make note of any words you feel shakey on, so you can look them up. Here’s mine-

damoyselle- archaic spelling of damoiselle, which is an old fashioned way to say young lady. (like damsel in english).

embonpoint (m)- plumpness, stoutness

guérir- to heal

mander- to send for (old fashioned)

friande- type of pie (spelled friand these days)

doint- donner in the subjunctif

Okay, so now you’ve got your list, you’re going to want to map out a rhyme scheme.

Let’s look at the first six lines-

Ma Mignonne,   

Je vous donne 

Le bon jour.      

Le sejour,

C’est prison ;

Guérison.

I like to mark the rhyme scheme using letters of the alphabet like this-

Ma Mignonne, A

Je vous donne, A

Le bon jour. B

Le sejour, B

C’est prison ; C

Guérison. C

A literal translation won’t preserve the rhyme scheme. Check it out-

My cute one,

I bid you

good day

this stay

is prison

let’s get better.

Another element of the poem that gets lost when we translate literally is meter. In the French each line has three syllables with the stress always falling on the last. To translate this poem to English we have to make decisions.  How far do we bend the meaning to accommodate the rhyme? Do we risk sounding stilted with awkward phrasings to hold to the original poem’s meter? Do we use modern English or English from the time the poem was written? 

Here’s my best attempt at the same six lines-

Hi munchkin,

I’m askin’,

How’ve you been?

quarantine,

has me ruined

Get well soon;

 I used modern english and tried to retain the meter, the rhyme, and the meaning, but I made certain sacrifices with the tone and the rhyme. The french is more formal, and my rhymes are much slantier than the og french.

Here’s a translation by Douglas Hofstader that made different choices-

My small princess, I send you a warm hello. Your stay in bed has been like a term in prison.

He abandons rhyme and meter and opts for a prose translation. Because of this his meaning and tone match the french much more than my translation does.

That’s all for now, cause I think trying to translate the whole thing would give me a hernia lol.

[llas-news]

SIFAS Big Live (SBL) is on! Join a lobby of 20 people to clear the Live and its mission and get Medals!

UI translations:

(1) Main menu

(2) Live Lobby

(3) Exchange your Medals for materials

(4) Past event cards

For this SBL, there are three awards given out after each Live: highest Voltage, highest amount of SP skills activated, and highest amount of card skills activated. Each award will give extra Medals to the player who's won it and will be showcased after the Live.

The player who's done the best during the Live overall (across all three categories, even if they weren't first in any of them) will receive MVP of the Live, earning extra Medals!

Getting any kind of award will display you in the "notable players" of your next lobbies.

translation guide made by @kachagain on twitter!

[white-collar-lawmen-and-conmen]

Frimer - Translation Guide

Yo! There's a oneshot in my queue that, by nature of the prompt, demanded the use of foreign languages. I know the French is right because I did those on my own (I'm a French student) but I had to use Google Translate for the rest. I'm not entirely sure they're correct, but this way you know what they're supposed to mean.

I suggest keeping this open in another tab while reading "Frimer" so you can flip back and forth. You can just read them all before or after "Frimer," but I turned a prompt for little cute scenes into an entire oneshot of cute scenes, so the plot works better if you can see the escalation as you read.

Spanish

Sí, es cierto. Yeah, that’s right.

Por supuesto no. Cualquier cosa para ayudarte, mi corazón. Of course not. Anything to help you, my sweetheart.

Gracias. Thank you.

  Japanese

Kon’nichiwa. Watashi wa kōhī o motte kimashita. Good afternoon. I brought you coffee.

Watashi wa shitakatta. Daisukidesu. I wanted to. I like you a lot.

  Chinese

Zhè shi yī fēng qíngshū, qīn’ài de. It’s a love letter, darling.

Yīnwèi wŏ xiăng ràng nĭ dui wŏ tèbié. Wŏ xiăng yào tèbié gĕi nĭ. Because I want you to know you’re special to me. I want to be special to you.

  Italian

Sembri stupefacente, amore. You look stunning, love.

Continuo a farlo a te perché mi piace dire quanto ti amo e non preoccuparmi di come reagirai. I keep doing this to you because I like saying how much I adore you and not worrying about how you will react.

Non cambia mai, la mia preziosa. Don’t ever change, my precious one.

  French

Veux-tu aller au resto italien que tu aime? Seulement nous. Do you want to go to the Italian restaurant you like? Only us.

Très bien, ma belle mademoiselle! Veux-tu manger le diner avec moi? Very good, my beautiful lady! Do you want to have dinner with me?

[rosariaholmes]

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[tracigrburke]

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