#translation exercise

So I will come up with some sort of more official way of presenting conlang stuff in the future, but for now I just am so excited to share this!!!

I was watching Biblaridion's syntax video and going through translating "The person sees the animal"

My basic grammar rules so far are SOV word order, verb-like adjectives, and the adjective always comes before the verb!

So the person sees the animal:

/amʒut blikɪ ʒənoʊ/

(romanized as) amjut bliki juhnoh

(person) (animal) (to see)

And the person sees the big animal:

/amʒut blikɪ nawu ʒənoʊ/

(romanized as) amjut bliki nawu juhnoh

(person) (animal) (to be big) (to see)

I am trying to find a better way to romanize ɪ as I don't want there to be too much confusion about the difference between i /i/ and i /ɪ/... Then again, I guess if I always provide the IPA symbols, there will be no confusion so maybe I don't have to? I don't know... I'll update on that if I find something that works better!!!

Also something that works better than uh and oh for /ə/ and /oʊ/...

The cause of my anguish, I dare not say

to anyone

For comfort, I cannot hope, beg

for the cause of my anguish, I dare not say

An orphan I will be,

forever without friends, a home

My fate is to fight, alone, the battles

of this life

The cause of my anguish, I dare not say

La fille a écrit une histoire. "Mais comme ce serait mieux si tu écrivais un roman", dit sa mère. La fille a construit une maison de poupée. “Mais c’est beaucoup trop mieux si c'était une vraie maison,” dit sa mère. La fille a fait un coussin pour son père. “Mais une courtepointe ne serait-elle pas plus pratique,” dit sa mère. La fille a creusé un petit trou dans le jardin. “Mais c’est trop mieux si le trou est plus grand,” dit sa mère. La fille a creusé un trou et a dormi dedans. “Mais c’est beaucoup trop mieux si tu dormais pour toujours,” dit sa mère.

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Original text in French: Mon petit cœur imbécile by Xavier-Laurent Petit, the synopsis.

My translation in English below:

Skating tour ‘REVOLUTION ON ICE’

Javier Fernández’s grand show in Pamplona kicks off on Saturday.

Pamplona. Next Saturday. 8:30pm at the Navarra Arena. A unique occasion to see the world’s best skaters in a show unparalleled, of incalculable value. One might even call it ‘priceless.’ 

“We bring my world and we bring it here so everyone can see what we feel when we’re on the ice,” summarized Javier Fernández, the father and driving force behind Revolution on Ice, a show that promises to be unforgettable.

The show’s first stop is in Pamplona. From there, the tour will continue in Málaga (November 17), Murcia (December 21), Las Palmas (December 26) and Madrid (29). A presentation (regarding the tour) was given at the Patio Isabelino de INAP, in which Maitena Ezkutari, the general director of Tourism and Commerce of the government of Navarra; Jesús Rodríguez, the director of Revolution on Ice, and Javier Fernández were in attendance.

The tour’s production is an impressive one. It is a show that has been built over the course of ten months, with 200 people on staff for each event. A show that with the music of Carlos Jean will gather skaters who have in total won 37 international medals at Worlds, the Olympic Games, and Europeans. Yuna Kim and Plushenko are some of the legends present.

What Revolution on Ice is all about, according to Fernández: “A fusion of skating, music, projections, and sound. It is an evolution of the sport for people of all ages to see.”

－イエス　（マルコ　２：２１）

漢字の読み方と意味：

真新しい・まあたらし　brand new

布切れ・ぬのぎれ　piece of cloth

古い・ふるい　old

着物・きもの　clothing

継ぎ・つぎ　patch, patching; join, joining <noun>

新しい・あたらし　new

継ぎ切れ・つぎぎれ　patch (for mending clothes, fabric, etc.)

引き裂く・ひきさく　to tear up, to tear off, to rip up

dwʒ wp-wʒwt m prt=f ḏt r nḥḥ

Praising Wepwawet in/during his perfect/wonderful procession, enduringly and repeatedly