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Need help with Latin and French
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:00 am
by Drinnik Shoehorn
Does anyone here know Latin, or at least point me in the way of a decent translation site?
Also, could someone help me with the French translation of the following:
The National Museum of Dementlieu
The D'Honaire Gallery for Works of Art
The Guignol Museum for Natural History
Re: Need help with Latin and French
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:03 am
by Joël of the FoS
Drinnik Shoehorn wrote:Does anyone here know Latin, or at least point me in the way of a decent translation site?
Also, could someone help me with the French translation of the following:
The National Museum of Dementlieu
The D'Honaire Gallery for Works of Art
The Guignol Museum for Natural History
Can't help with latin, as my latin courses were taken 20+ years ago ...
Le musée national de Dementlieu
La gallerie d'art D'Honaire
Le musée Guignol d'histoire naturelle.
Joël
Re: Need help with Latin and French
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:18 am
by Drinnik Shoehorn
Joël of the Fraternity wrote:Drinnik Shoehorn wrote:Does anyone here know Latin, or at least point me in the way of a decent translation site?
Also, could someone help me with the French translation of the following:
The National Museum of Dementlieu
The D'Honaire Gallery for Works of Art
The Guignol Museum for Natural History
Can't help with latin, as my latin courses were taken 20+ years ago ...
Le musée national de Dementlieu
La gallerie d'art D'Honaire
Le musée Guignol d'histoire naturelle.
Joël
Thanks Joel.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:24 am
by Jonathan Winters
Hi all,
Sorry Joel... I just noticed.
It's "galerie", one L...
And I also write "Démentlieu'', I put the accent on the first e... I am a bit of a nit-picker for these things. (Dément means crazy, I don't think DEment means anything... No dictionnary close by.)
AND I would probably write "Le musée d'histoire naturelle Guignol'' just to keep things in the same order all around.
Patrick
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:43 am
by Joël of the FoS
Hey Patrick!
Ooops@galerie Indeed! I wrote it the English way
Good idea for the Démentlieu accent. It feels better. I used to put on the old Kargatane board.
Joël
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:51 am
by Jakob
I can help you with latin, if you wish.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:24 am
by Vorpal Dragon
Si auxilium desideras deinde iuvabo.....
... Well as far as I can, I would be happy to assist with the Latin.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:49 pm
by Dark Whisper
As for Latin, I might be able to assist, too.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:39 pm
by Drinnik Shoehorn
Thanks, DW, but Jakob and the Dragon have what I need.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:40 pm
by Shadow
I'm studying Latin right now, but I'm very much a beginner. I just started Latin this year.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:19 am
by Scipion_Emilien
I have perhaps another translation to ask:
The time of unparallel darkness
While i know the litteral translation: le temps de la noirceur sans parallèle
I don t feel this translation to be appropriate to express the doom that this great evenement should bring. Any idea how to translate it and keep the feel?
I have too the same probleme with the Donneur de loi (lawgiver) and others one that will probably come back to my mind later.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:39 am
by Faust
"The time of unparallel darknes"
Yhup an hard one to translate: le temps des ténèbres sans pareils. Sound not that bad. But probably sombody found a better term.
"Donneur de loi (lawgiver)"
I think its better to use his other name and translate it: le seigneur de fer sound quite good and mean.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:11 am
by Dark Whisper
Scipion_Emilien :
The time of unparallel darkness
You can patch together your favourite :
The time : Le temps
darkness : obscurité (f.), ombre (f.), ténèbres (f., pl.)
unparalleled : sans pareil, incomparable, sans comparaison, unique (which would change the meaning), nonparail
e.g.
Le temps d'obscurité sans pareil
Le temps d'ombre incomparable
Le temps des ténèbres sans comparaison
Le temps d'ombre nonparail
...
Donneur de loi (lawgiver)
Lawgiver : (literal translation) législateur (m)
Drinnik :
No prob & less work.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:24 am
by Gonzoron of the FoS
While we've got the Latin scholars' attention:
It's a bit late now, but back when I was starting my campaign, I intended to name my main bad guy with the latin translation of "tin man." (He's from Darkon, hence the latin, and he's a mechanical golem looking for a soul, thus the tin man reference.) I couldn't get any latin help from my latin-loving then-fiancee, now-wife because she is a player in the campaign. The best I came up with from the net was: Vir Stannum. I have no idea if it's grammatically correct or not.
It's too late to change the name, but since Vir's "big reveal" is coming up in a few weeks, I'd like to know if I got it right... (especially since my wife never noticed it, so I'm thinking I may have messed up.)
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:23 am
by Charney
In a little while I'll also be able to help with the latin
Till then: Lawgiver, I translate it with
L'Ordonnateur. I think it's better than a litteral translation.
For the Time of Unparalled Darkness, I also wouldn't go with a litteral translation. I'd go with something along the lines of:
Le temps de la noirceur infinie . Quelque chose avec un simple adjectif en fait.[/i]