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translations:stone_troll [2026/07/19 00:14] – [Translated with existing words] morgothtranslations:stone_troll [2026/07/22 20:44] (current) – [Translated with existing words] morgoth
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 ===== Translation into Nûrlâm ===== ===== Translation into Nûrlâm =====
-<WRAP center round todo 60%> +The was no hard attempt to keep the rhyme, syllable per line count or poetic meter exactly, as they were quite irregular in the original anyway. But generally, if one counts long syllables instead of stressed one, the iambic meter is preserved. The grammar in the translation is rather loose, but doesn't switch to [[:syntax_analytic|analytic style]]. The names Tom and Tim were left as is.
-<todo>complete the translation</todo> +
-</WRAP> +
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-The was no hard attempt to keep the rhyme, syllable per line count or poetic meter exactly, as they were quite irregular in the original anyway. But generally, if one counts long syllables instead of stressed one, the iambic meter is preserved. The grammar in the translation is rather loose, but doesn't switch to [[:syntax_analytic|analytic style]].+
  
 Once again, the silliest, most childish Tolkien's songs proved to be the hardest to translate.  A lot of words were missing in the dictionary before: Once again, the silliest, most childish Tolkien's songs proved to be the hardest to translate.  A lot of words were missing in the dictionary before:
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 | game (adj) | injured | rulaga((thus, passive participle)) | | game (adj) | injured | rulaga((thus, passive participle)) |
 | gone((in the sense of dying)) | pass away | bhan- | | gone((in the sense of dying)) | pass away | bhan- |
 +| grin | smile | borb- |
 | gum (v) | suck | zug- | | gum (v) | suck | zug- |
 | naught | nothing | narash | | naught | nothing | narash |
 | nuncle | uncle => father's brother | krankhonk | | nuncle | uncle => father's brother | krankhonk |
 +| on((in the sense of wearing cloth)) | put on | tupaga((thus, passive participle)) |
 +| pray | ask for, request | has- |
 | rover | rogue | fikhabauk | | rover | rogue | fikhabauk |
 | shank | stem, rod => penis((yeah, I took a lot of liberties here)) | ghru | | shank | stem, rod => penis((yeah, I took a lot of liberties here)) | ghru |
 | trover | looter | raunauk | | trover | looter | raunauk |
 +| -yard | room, chamber | amb((common clitic noun / suffix for places instead of direct translation ("thazd").)) |
 | yon | over there | zîginal | | yon | over there | zîginal |
  
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 ==== The Result ==== ==== The Result ====
 Finally, a Nûrlâm translation: Finally, a Nûrlâm translation:
 +<WRAP center round todo 60%>
 +<todo>complete the translation</todo>
 +</WRAP>
  
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