The 'Lost in Translation' official game

[mindseye]

Originally posted by ADG

And whenever someone has done the translation, the text should be sent to two persons: The next translator and the GM

We need a thread manager keeping a running record in case something happens - and to keep things moving when someone dallies. Also makes publishing the final product easier (aside from problems displaying non-english characters).

[germanos]

I would like to join a second attempt

I can translate to and from Dutch, English and German (although my spelling might suck at the latter).
I can give a shot at translating FROM French.

[lord of the mark]

And PLEASE determine for sure where youre going to put the thread.

In my own defense, I mentioned participating in a thread posted to Other Games. I have been spending less time in OTF lately, and quite frankly essentially missed this thread. When the thread ceased to be active in OG, i basically forgot about it. Az PMed me just before I spent a period away from Poly altogether - also I DONT always check my Poly PM's. Az tracked me down in another OG thread, and reminded me I had an email. I posted a response IN THAT THREAD, to which he never responded, and I heard nothing more about this in PM's or elsewhere till I saw this thread pop up again.

Frankly this is one reason I avoid forum games in OG. Im not on Poly consistently enough to make a commitment here.

So I will simply ask to not be included in future Lost in Transl games.

[Az]

Read it. Don't have the message.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Azazel
Read it. Don't have the message.

Ok, i sent it on.

It was way too long, way to complex, and no nekudot - not that the latter would have helped much. I thought this was going to be short relatively simple sentences. My ivrit really isnt good enough for this.

Spoiler:

when i found a hebrew word i didnt now (at least 80% of them) i either used a similar sounding Hebrew word i did know, used a similar sounding english word, made something up, or left it out completely. Its now total gibberish. Was that the intent here?

[Guest]

Sent it to Boris...

[Adagio]

Originally posted by mindseye
We need a thread manager keeping a running record in case something happens - and to keep things moving when someone dallies. Also makes publishing the final product easier (aside from problems displaying non-english characters).

Ok, I'll be the GM for the next game... will create a thread soon (and put a link here)

[Adagio]

'Lost in Translation' 2 signup thread has been created

[Fake Boris]

Received the French text. The Spanish translation will probably be ready Sunday, jsut before the Montreal-Tampa game.

So yes, it looks like it will finally come to an end.

[Fake Boris]

Sent the Spanish text to Boshko. When Boshko is done, this game is over.

Here is how I would like to proceed. I will start a new thread called Lost in Translation 1 results.

Everyone who played in the game should post in the result thread what is the text they got and the text they translated to.

As entries are added, I will gradually fill in the blanks between the original sentence and the final one (in the opening post).

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Azazel
WTF is LOTM?

lord of the mark

[Bosh]

OK, my Spanish is rusty but I think that the bit of writing I recieved was at least as surreal as what I translated it into:

The icon left and lead the abolition. Mister Ryan led a blessing when it came.

She was useful to my dying breath. Dreaming with these shots in front of them. Cheese, these hobbits in front of them. A machine is very good to drive the daylight with a flood of live cats of realization and clothing in a moment.

The boys here read for the light. The happyness, it sees its light and is born. Dominating these voters, a death improves, it helps them. Literally, this place is the philosophy of nihilism. Much more, the excellence of cats' eyes allow them to see the restaurant.

[Adagio]

Did you translate it to that?

[vovan]

The only word I recognize from the English original I received is "nihilism".

Everything else has pretty much been lost in translation.

[Fake Boris]

there's a thread for the results