miss-transliterations
Kroblexskij
11-03-2005, 22:45
i rather ironic miss-translation here (http://www.filmtracks.com/comments/titles/red_october/index.cgi?read=2) by a russian man
Skinny87
11-03-2005, 22:52
Ummm, I'm afraid I don't speak Russian, sorry. German, yes, French a little, but not Russian. What exactly did he say thats so ironic?
i rather ironic miss-translation here (http://www.filmtracks.com/comments/titles/red_october/index.cgi?read=2) by a russian man
For those of us who can't read Russian... What the hell is that saying?
I especially like the part where i can't read what the hell they're saying!
Yeah, that part got to me, but not so much as the part where
I COULDN'T TELL WHAT THE FUCK IT WAS SAYING!!
probably i am russian and you americans and english speaking people cant understand me
Sel Appa
11-03-2005, 23:34
It says:
"The guy who posted this is ignorant."
Justifidians
12-03-2005, 00:18
чудесные. настолько усмешливо. если я только знал русского...
Super-power
12-03-2005, 02:03
In Soviet Russia, vokda drinks you!
Hylian Peoples
12-03-2005, 02:14
It's a completely God-awful transliteration of the Hymn to Red October from Cyrillic into English. It's painful to read, actually. If you want, I'll translate it.
Gnomish Republics
12-03-2005, 03:26
It really is god awful. Dedi... Hehe. Okyabr- just bad... Basically, the first one is sort of like writing "som" instead of "son" and the second one is like writting "Ocober" instead of "October". And that's only two in the last stanza.
Hylian Peoples
12-03-2005, 03:28
It really is god awful. Dedi... Hehe. Okyabr- just bad... Basically, the first one is sort of like writing "som" instead of "son" and the second one is like writting "Ocober" instead of "October". And that's only two in the last stanza.
I assume the translator was doing everything by the way it sounds, rather than the Cyrillic letter's meaning in the Latin alphabet. No way is it that hard to transliterate.
Gnomish Republics
12-03-2005, 03:29
Oktyabr doesn't sound like Okyabr. It just doesn't.
Hylian Peoples
12-03-2005, 03:31
Oktyabr doesn't sound like Okyabr. It just doesn't.
I know. And for endings that are "iy" in Cyrillic, he's using ee I think. Like I said, it's painful to read. I mean, "Da svodonia" or some such? WTF?
Gnomish Republics
12-03-2005, 03:34
It's best to not transliterate Russian... I would know, seeing as my name's Cyril ;)
Hylian Peoples
12-03-2005, 03:46
It's best to not transliterate Russian... I would know, seeing as my name's Cyril ;)
lol, cool name. Menya zovut Nikolai. :D