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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Regarding "about... in a way", I'll PM Brian and ask him to answer what he meant.
Regarding "a strong term": To humor someone is to pretend to understand or accept what that person is saying, but not really agree. Duskrin is saying that "humor him" is an impolite choice of words; the intensity of the words' meaning is too strong.
I like the ideas for the additional sound effects. ![Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Marten and janaba1. ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) |
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, Bri and I are on a trip again.
Brian meant "about" as in "around." He meant that Phil was in the cavern, sort of. (Referring to his strange behavior and disappearing.) _________________ ~Moiety Jean
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:29 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the explanation, MJ! And hope your trip is going well. ![Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:04 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, Moiety Jean! Have fun! ![Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) |
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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Two translations done, two to go.
Someone had questions about two lines in the script. I'll repeat my answers here:
Quote: | Mr. Douglas Sharper, a man whose name would continue to pop up in conversation over that weekend |
"over that weekend" means during the weekend.
Quote: | Brian, are you checking on Douglas? |
By "checking on" the writer meant "monitoring" or "tracking progress", but not for correctness or control. _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:39 am Post subject: |
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Help !
Sorry, I have a question about a line in the script :
Quote: | but with all the silence and delays, and delays about silence |
What do you really mean by "delays about silence" ? _________________ Le bonheur fuit celui qui le cherche |
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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I must say that I didn't understand that line either, but I've just translated it as it is... Though it would be nice to know what was actually meant with the "delays about silence". |
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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My guess is that Brian accidentally reversed his words and meant "silence about delays."
silence: the DRC withheld information from explorers
delays: schedules slipped
silence about delays: the DRC did not inform explorers when the schedules slipped
If you can, translate with the error still in place. _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Erik and Marten ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) _________________ Le bonheur fuit celui qui le cherche |
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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Just so that this is public knowledge:
I spoke with Cycreim about whether we should correct the reversed phrase. We decided to leave the words as they originally appeared, even though the words are confusing. When the event actually happened, that is what Brian actually said.
If we change the words, we could be accused of revising history, of covering up mistakes, of hiding the truth...
... all the things we accused the DRC of doing. _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | ...but with all the silence and delays, and delays about silence... |
I think it's easy to leave it like that... I would translate it similar this way:
...but with all the silence and delays, and the loss of time by the silence...
in German for Tiella and Erik:
"...aber mit all der Verschwiegenheit (dem Stillschweigen) und den Verzögerungen,
und dem Zeitverlust durch die Verschwiegenheit (das Stillschweigen)..."
...something like that makes sense... ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) |
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:36 am Post subject: |
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janaba1 wrote: | ...something like that makes sense... ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) |
Yes, but as Marten said, we should just leave it confusing. So I think it's better to translate it literally, even if it doesn't make sense, because it doesn't even make sense in English. ![Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) |
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Exactly.
Three translations are in. Just waiting on the last one now. _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Tiella had many questions about the episode... I've asked permission to post her questions and my answers here. That might influence a few more changes in the translations. ![Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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