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[thefourthvine]

I need translations (in any language - I will totally welcome things like Elvish and Klingon, too) for the following five words:

Welcome

Read

Listen

Create

Explore

Any bilingual/multilingual people out there who like to help me out? You'll get - okay. You'll just get thanks. But they will be very sincere thanks.

Comments

[reginagiraffe]

Can I be amused by the fact that you got Finnish, Irish and Norwegian before you got *Spanish*?

[elizabeth perry (from livejournal.com)]

I was shocked I got in at all, to tell the truth.

[acari.livejournal.com]

You want singular imperative, right? I will be back with Swahili and Bahasa Indonesia. It's been a while, must double-check!

Swahili

[acari.livejournal.com]

Welcome - Karibu

first = general, second = polite
if the imperatives have an specific object, like "read this", the final A becomes E

Read: soma - usome
Listen: sikia - usikie
Create: [oy, can of worms] umba - umbe (as in 'make, shape, or form' with as little spiritual subtext as possible)
Explore: fumbua - ufumbue (discover); vumbua - uvumbue (examine, uncover); zumbua - uzumbue (mostly like vumbua, not enough difference for me as non-native to pick up on)

I'm not here to add anything useful

[oddmonster.livejournal.com]

except to say that this is officially one of my favorite lj threads ever.

[ziplockeddaze.livejournal.com]

Frisian

Welcome = Wolkom
Read = lese
Listen = lúster
Create = meitsje
Explore = ferkenne

[(Anonymous)]

I usually lurk but I thought you might like a little variety, so here´s the Icelandic:

Velkomin
Lesaðu(*)
Hlutaðu
Skapaðu
Kannaðu

* That funny 'd' is actually an ð (or Ð), which is pronounced like the 'th' in the word 'think'. If you don´t want to bother with crazy Icelandic letters dropping the 'ðu' will give you the infinitive tense (to read, to create, etc).

[sarka.livejournal.com]

Okay, was exploring to see if you had Icelandic already and have to correct;

The correct imperative of read is Lestu
I'm assuming the second is a typo; listen is supposed to be hlustaðu.

[wicked-socks.livejournal.com]

Hungarian

Welcome:
Isten Hozott
örömmel fogadjuk (if you want the secular, 'we gladly welcome you')

Read:
Olvas

Listen:
Halgat

Create:
Teremt

Explore:
Kutat

this is just basic dictionary verb form, if you want if formal 'you read' etc, just let me know

[hetrez.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, my memory's not what it used to be. All I have for Swahili is

Welcome -- Karibu
Listen -- zikia (to listen is kuzikia, you are listening is anazikia)

[vonnie-k.livejournal.com]

Korean: (You'll need global IME installed to see these, I think.)

Welcome: 환영합니다 (환영 is the noun)
Read: 읽다 (infinitive), 읽으십시요 (formal imperative, singular or plural)
Listen: 듣다 (infinitive), 들으십시요 (formal imperative)
Create: 창조하다 (infinitive; 창조 is "creation")
Explore: 탐구하다 (infinitive) 탐구하십시요 (formal imperative)

[taylorkate.livejournal.com]

Arabic: I'll use the Arabic letters and then transliterate them to the best of my ability for speaking purposes (there's no standardization anywhere). YMMV, as I'm working with three years of experience, not as native/secondary speaker, and imperative is something I know book-wise.

Welcome: اهلا و سهلا
(Ah-lan wa Sah-lan; or just Ah-lan. Stress on the first syllable. This is what you would say in greeting to someone.)

Read:اقرأ
(i-kra-a - this is masculine, feminine would be akra'ee, Plus a trilled "r".)

Listen: استمع
(is-te-mia'- stress on the middle syllable. Think Goa'uld on the pronunciation of the 'ayn or hamza - that's the last letter on the left there, the tail hanging off the end - which is the apostrophe symbol.)

Create: إخلق
ikh-laq;the "kh" sound is the same sound you'd find in Chankukkah, or the similar Klingon letter - you know Klingon right? :))

Explore:إستكشف
Ist-ak-shaf; stress on the first syllable

[taylorkate.livejournal.com]

my bad, last one should be : istakshif - but the arabic letters don't change - silly abjads!

Translations: Elvish and Redneck

[jcbdragon.livejournal.com]

Translations into Elvish:

Welcome
Aiya "Hail," as greeting
Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo, "a star shines upon the hour of our meeting"

Read
Cenda

Listen
Lasta

Create
Onta

Explore
Saca, "pursue, look for, search"



And just because I couldn't resist it...

Translations into Redneck: ::g, d, rlh::

Welcome
Howdy. also "Hey, y'all"

Read
This is a difficult term to translate into Redneck, as the concept does not get applied much. The closest translation I could come up with was along the lines of, "Whuzzat say?"

Listen
Pay uh-tenshun

Create
Whip up

Explore
Look over yonder-ways

Re: Translations: Elvish and Redneck

[teresa-c.livejournal.com]

LOL!

/end delurk

Anglo-Saxon/Old English

[jessikast]

Welcome wilcume

Read árǽd

Listen heorc

Create cenne (in the sense "to beget")/ gearwe ("to make")

Explore infinde (discover)/ áfande (find out, experience)/ gefricge (find out by enquiry, learn) / cépa (seek)


All in singular imperative, pretty much - grammar corrections welcome, since I'm rusty!

[denynothing1.livejournal.com]

I saw this post earlier in the day and had nothing useful to add. I'm back a bit later -- 98 comments later, to be precise -- and I *still* have nothing useful to add. However! This post and the comments to it have made my day. What a great, organic exercise in seeing differences and commonality in language. I love the unexpected (to me) similarities and the unexpected difficulties for the translators because of context. Language is thrilling.

[frostfire-17.livejournal.com]

So I doubt that you actually *need* any of these (you mentioned in another thread that this is for work?) but if you're ready to welcome Elvish and Klingon, then I'm going for it:

Sumerian:

Welcome (or, well, greet): silim dug
Read: gu ta-de
Listen: neshtug sum
Create: dim
Explore (well, "seek" was what I could find): ki kin

Old Persian:

Couldn't find "welcome"--probably not attested
Read: pati-parsa (imperative w/final vowel long)
Listen: a-khshnau, imperative akhshnaudiy (yeah, I know. It's actually really fun to say. Really work that velar fricative!)
Create: root kar, imperative kunaudiy
Explore (closest I could get was "look"): root vaina, imperative didiy

And finally, Akkadian:

Welcome: shullumum, sg. imperative (masc) shullim, (fem) shullimi
Read: amarum, sg. imperative (masc) amur, (fem) amri
Listen: shemum, sg. imperative (masc) sheme, (fem) shemi
Create: banum, sg. imperative bini (masc, last vowel is short; fem, long)
Explore: hiatum (with--okay, the h is sort of back-of-the-throat, almost kh, and the t is kind of...uh, special. The tongue's a little further toward the back of the mouth, basically.) sg. imperative (masc) hit (long i--heet), (fem) hiti

Yay?

[teresa-c.livejournal.com]

OMG, yay.

[gilduin.livejournal.com]

Czech

(from the other comments, I figured you want either singular imperative or infinitive, so here they are)

Welcome: Vítej (sg. imper.); Vítat (inf.)

Read: Čti; Číst

Listen: Poslouchej; Poslouchat

Create: Tvoř; Tvořit

Explore: Zkoumej; Zkoumat

Bulgarian

[kangeiko]

I don't have cyrillic script on my computer, so it's gonna be the phonetic (spelling in cyrillic relatively similar to the russian already posted), singular, imperative (if I remember correctly...).

Welcome - dobre doshla (f) / dobre doshul (m) (literally, 'well arrived' or 'good arrival')
Read - cheti
Listen - slushay
Create - suzdavay
Explore - izsledovay

for plural, add -te (e.g. chetite, slushayte) to all except welcome, which becomes 'dobre doshli'.

[ileliberte.livejournal.com]

I used the words as you would use them in saying it to someone else.

Hindi:

Welcome: Swagat
Read: Padhiye (to read: padhna. dh=hard r)
Listen: Suniye (to read: sunna)
Create: Banaiye (to create: banana (yes, really))
Explore: Khojiye (word similar for explore and find. to explore: khojna)

Bengali, very similar to Hindi with mainly more rounded sounds:

Welcome: Swagoto
Read: Poro (to read: porano)
Listen: Shono (to read: shonano)
Create: Banao (to create: banano)
Explore: Khojo (word similar for explore and find. to explore: khoja)

ETA: edited to clean up things that I left when I clicked submit by mistake :/

[lizzy-someone.livejournal.com]

(Hi, sorry, I realize that it is weird to be commenting on this two years later, but I am a linguistics major, okay, I CANNOT HELP IT, might you be so kind as to put an end to my uncomprehending misery? Because I am extremely intrigued by what "more rounded sounds" means in this context. I do see more O's in the Bengali, which certainly are rounded sounds, but I cannot help but suspect that that is not what you meant and I am missing something fascinating!)

Ukrainian

[angharadd.livejournal.com]

Welcome: вітаю (vitAyu)

Read: читати (chytAty)

Listen: слухати (slUkhaty)

Create: створювати (stvOryuvaty)

Explore: досліджувати (doslIdzhuvaty)

[macey-muse.livejournal.com]

You've probably already got these, but I'm too lazy to go digging ^.^'

French: Bienvenue, lire, écouter, créer, explorer

I'd do German, but I'm not tooooo confident in my German skills these days, so. poke me if no one else has given you it (but I'm sure they will have)

[teresa-c.livejournal.com]

You have the most awesome f-list!

[unen2gemismasin.livejournal.com]

Estonian:

Welcome - tere tulemast
Read - loe
Listen - kuula (when listening to music, speech, etc.); kuulata (as in, 'prick your ears up', to be alert to all sorts of sounds and noises in the vicinity)
Create - loo
Discover - avasta (in the sense of 'discover'); uuri (something similar to 'do research, study, look at in depth)

Pig Latin!

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

*is helpful!*

elcomeway

eadray

istenlay

eatecray

exploray

Re: Pig Latin!

[norah.livejournal.com]

I thought that would be "exploryay" - doesn't the suffix become "yay" when the initial letter is a vowel?

[randomeliza.livejournal.com]

I assume infinitive is fine...

Portuguese:
Welcome = Bemvindo
Read = Ler
Listen = Escutar
Create = Criar
Explore = Explorar

Turkish:
Welcome = hoş geldiniz
Read = okumak
Listen = dinlemek
Create = yaratmak
Explore = keşfetmek

Doing this has made me realise just how ass my Turkish has become. *sigh*

Tools :)

[pakka.livejournal.com]

I'm not any Lingual, but I do good Search. :)

Rihannsu Laguage Tool 1.0 (Romulan)
Welcome - aefvadh (Be Welcome)
Read - faerla
Listen - shiefvu
Create - daehp
Explore - (didn't find translation)

http://www.google.com/intl/xx-klingon/
will change your google page to Klingon if you want :)

http://www.google.com/language_tools
Under Tools....
Available:

English to Dutch
English to Italian
English to Russian
English to Arabic
English to French
English to Japanese
English to Spanish
English to Chinese (simplified)
English to Chinese (Traditional)
English to German
English to Korean
English to Greek
English to Portuguese

Eastern Bontoc

[sociofemme.livejournal.com]

This is a language in the mountain region of the Philippines. I am shitty, shitty at it, but I think these are right. (And if not, well, there are only 4,000 speakers of it worldwide, so you're probably okay.)

Welcome: chawat-on
Read: fiasa-ona
Listen: maqifiaka-k
Create: p-om-amma
Explore: qanap-on [lit. to look for]

Source is A Discourse-Oriented Grammar of Eastern Bontoc.</a. (http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED426594&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED426594)

[kheha.livejournal.com]

American Sign Language as used at Michigan State University!

Links, because I don't want to steal their bandwidth so overtly:

Welcome (http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/W/W4447.htm)
Read (http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/R/W3211.htm)
Listen (http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/L/W2121.htm)
Create (http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/C/W0807.htm)
Explore (http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/E/W1171.htm)