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  • Lost in Translation game

    OK, I just thought of something that could be a lot of fun.

    The rules are reposted there. If you want to play, go to the OT thread: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...hreadid=110639

    The game would be about using the combined resources of Apolytoners to start a chain of translations. What I mean, is that I will choose a few sentences long paragraph that will be written in English.

    Someone translates it to French. Then someone takes the French paragraph and turn it into German. From German to Italian, from Italian to Spanish, from Spanish to Chinese, etc.
    At last, someone will translate it back to English, and we'll see what the result is compared to the original paragraph.

    If this sounds like fun to you, post in this thread and specify what are the languages you feel like you know enough to put at use in the game.

    I will then prepare a chain of people and make it as long as possible. The first person in the chain will receive the sentence by PM, and when he's done with the work he'll send what he's done to the next person in the chain, and so forth- the point being, of course, that no one should know what the original sentence is.

    Your turn now!

    (I will crosspost this in the other games forum).
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    I know English.
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    • #3
      I know Chinese. The only thing is there's nobody else to translate Chinese back to English.
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      • #4
        On second thought, HongHu can do it.
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        • #5
          UR, if you don't mind would you post your reply in the OT thread, which is meant to be the 'official one'?

          BTW, doesn't Alinestra speak Chinese?
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          • #6
            I can translate the sentences in French.
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            • #7
              Is there a PC version?
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              • #8
                Originally posted by DaShi
                Is there a PC version?
                Stop spamming and tell me if you speak Japanese.
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                • #9
                  I thought you meant a game based on the movie, and that scared me.

                  Any way: Russian, and a little bit of English.
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                  • #10
                    I guess I will have to shut down my idea, due to lacking response.
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                    • #11
                      You are assuming that everyone would have to speak 3 languages, except for those to play first and last. That isn't going to be that likely. You'd have to know the language the paragraph was sent to you in, the language that you're sending it out in, and English, if you wanted to understand what the hell the game was all about.

                      Originally posted by vovan
                      I thought you meant a game based on the movie, and that scared me.
                      I'll start: vovan, you have to wear a bright pink wig, and I'll drink loads of scotch. This game is fun!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by duke o' york
                        You are assuming that everyone would have to speak 3 languages, except for those to play first and last. That isn't going to be that likely. You'd have to know the language the paragraph was sent to you in, the language that you're sending it out in, and English, if you wanted to understand what the hell the game was all about.
                        That only rules out the Americans and Anglo countries.
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                        • #13
                          No, that only means that the vocabulary and grammar has to be very, very simple for the dullards who aren't native speakers but claim to be able to translate to keep up!

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                          • #14
                            i can translate between French and Hebrew - that should be REALLY funny

                            Kinda like when i play telephone with POTM "daddy, did you even TRY to repeat it right???"
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                            • #15
                              I know finnish, german, bit of russia and the very basics of swedish.

                              EDIT: Sorry, just saw I have to join on the thread in OT forums.
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