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Keep Hoping Machine Running ([personal profile] thefourthvine) wrote2008-03-22 12:36 pm

Help, friends list?

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.

[identity profile] denynothing1.livejournal.com 2008-03-22 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
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.