WE NEED ALL YOUR PARTICIPATION HERE !!!

Radu Transylvanicus · 3rd May 2005, 09:04 AM

Seems like I need to do this again, since we have a new Forum!
INSCRIPTIONS, LANGUAGES & TRANSLATIONS ! To be honest with you I am not fully satisfied how many great threads are ending and I cannot stress enough the importance of our lingvistical skills .
Sorry to impose by capitalising my posting's title I don`t mean to patronise but I am trying to awaken awareness and pursue any member to let us know what can he SPEAK, READ,INTERPRET or TRANSLATE, so we can further know and promote those who we can turn to help in these matters when needed, because too many good postings end too soon and too incomplete. Besides English, YOU that feels like helping here is how you can help: what languages can you speak, read or interpret (do not be shy, YOU DON`T HAVE TO BE FLUENT! )or what non Latin-alphabets can you read. Mostly I feel we lack covering the area from Turkey to India, Persia to Sri Lanka as far as geography goes but everything is welcome (I for example speak no Asian language whatsoever). Phrases like ,, I don`t speak myself but my wife can read Sanskrit and I have a good friend that is fluent in Farsi'' work very well... At the end of the day thats what we are : a group of friends with a common bond !
So I`ll start my self this WHO`S WHO saga :

Radu Transylvanicus :

ROMANIAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, HUNGARIAN, GERMAN, LATIN.
I can also translate old GLAGOLITIC and CYRILLIC texts.

P.S. Please resume to just mention name and languages and QUICK NOTE: English, Canadian, Texan, Southern, Cockney slang, Aussie, Ebonic, Irish, Kiwi, Jamaican, BritSpeak, Scottish English, Pig Latin, Sign language, North Shore Pidgin, New Yoowk Eetalian, Espanglish, Creole, back talk, Valley Talk, Congress talk, medical talk, law talk, Sou`Afrikan , Oyster Bay and Sean Connery accents do not qualify so CHEERS, but WE GOT THEM COVERED !!! Moderators will act as executioners in case of misbahaving and deviations !

My deepest sympathy to all individuals willing to participate and help in this project !

Spunjer · 3rd May 2005, 11:14 AM

good one radu!

i'm fluent in hawaiian pidgin

. as for foreign language, i can speak two dialects in pilipino; tagalog and hiligaynon (ilonggo)...

Rich · 3rd May 2005, 11:42 AM

I can usually help with translating Japanese sword
inscriptions. I don't speak it or read it well, but
can usually get the swordsmith, location and date.
Also read (and speak) a little English :-)

Rich S

Naga Sasra · 3rd May 2005, 01:39 PM

I can help with Danish text if anybody needs it.

Rather · 3rd May 2005, 01:40 PM

German to English only, but I have decent knowledge of attribution of Ottoman coins. (might not be of too much help)

VVV · 3rd May 2005, 02:36 PM

I can translate Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.
Also some French and German, but I suspect that other members are more fluent in those languages.

Michael

Ann Feuerbach · 3rd May 2005, 03:51 PM

I do art and science fluenty, but I still have trouble with English as I am a native Long Islander. Have take 2nd year Russian five times and still can't say much more than ordering a beer! However, I do have contacts who can read Old Persian and some dead Central Asian languages. Speaking of which, they recently found the first Sogdian sword in Central Asia. How do they know? It has a Sogdian inscription!
I would also like to make the point that being able to read/speak a current language is not the same as being able to read old or specialized texts/inscriptions. So care must be taken.

Oh, and Hubby speaks Cockney rhyming slang.

wolviex · 3rd May 2005, 08:52 PM

Polish of course! I can handle some other languages too, but can't take responsibility for my skills

, so let's stay at Polish. If someone will need help, go on and ask me!

Jacob · 3rd May 2005, 10:09 PM

I'll take care of Russian and Eastern Slavic languages (Cyrillic based). Can also read arabic characters, but no language skills there.

Mark · 3rd May 2005, 11:50 PM

Italian, here. Weak French, Spanish and Latin, too.

Marc · 4th May 2005, 12:09 AM

Spanish and Catalan, from almost all times, and English.
In an emergency, I could make myself understood in French, Italian and Portugese, but not much beyond the always useful "Don't shoot please!". Have good friends native Italian and French speakers, though.

TVV · 4th May 2005, 12:27 AM

Bulgarian, which is a very rare language on ethnographic weapons, but it is the only one I feel comfortable enough reading and translating. Of course, I can read everything in Cyrillic, but Russian and Serbo-Croatian would be better left for someone else to translate and I can help only if there is nobody else around.

zamboanga · 4th May 2005, 04:44 AM

Languages: English, Filipino, Spanish.
Dialects: Chavacano, Tausug, Cebuano.

Battara · 4th May 2005, 09:49 PM

Some Spanish, German, French, classical Greek, Biblical Hebrew once, American Sign Language (not much used on sword inscriptions however - not sure why?

).

Conogre · 5th May 2005, 08:26 AM

I'm of no help personally, but due to the heavy Greek origins of the Tarpon Springs area I have many aquaintences who are usually happy to translate for me.
Mike

Alam Shah · 5th May 2005, 09:54 AM

Written and spoken mostly English, Malay and Bahasa Indonesia. May be able to translate (Quranic scripts), Arabic and Persian talismanic scripts...

If I can help, I would but I'm not an expert.

Dajak · 5th May 2005, 10:26 AM

Nederlands, Deutsch, English

tuancd · 12th May 2005, 07:28 PM

French Italian to English (with probably some small mistakes

)
My father can translate any japanese smith signature in romanji

Montino Bourbon · 13th May 2005, 03:27 AM

I'm fluent in Italian, French, and English and can translate from one to another at proofreading level. My Spanish is quite good, and German is just fair.

M.carter · 13th May 2005, 10:41 AM

Fluent in arabic, only if written in readable text.

Aqtai · 13th May 2005, 12:32 PM

I'm fluent in English (with a slight scouse accent

) and Arabic.

erlikhan · 13th May 2005, 01:32 PM

Turkish and some other Turkic dialects like Azeri and Uzbek. But I cant read Ottoman alphabet. I need somebody to convert the trancription . Then I can do the translation.

Aqtai · 13th May 2005, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erlikhan

Turkish and some other Turkic dialects like Azeri and Uzbek. But I cant read Ottoman alphabet. I need somebody to convert the trancription . Then I can do the translation.

The Ottomans used the Arabic alphabet, I can read Arabic, so that shouldn't be too much of a problem provided the inscription is reasonably clear.

Mark · 18th May 2005, 02:39 PM

Can anyone out there read Burmese, or know someone who does?

Andrew · 18th May 2005, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Bowditch

Can anyone out there read Burmese, or know someone who does?

Hear, hear!

eftihis · 22nd May 2005, 08:29 PM

Hi Radu,
I reply a little bit late, but i just wanted to say that you can cound on me and Yiannis for Greek.

Aurangzeb · 23rd May 2005, 03:41 AM

Hi Radu!

All I know is how to read and translate dates from the Islamic calender to the Gregorian/western calender and visa versa. Hopefully this can help some how, also my father speks very good german, and my grandfather speaks fluent Ukrainian. Finally I have a freind who can read Hebrew.

P.S.- I am still learning arabic as a second language.

Kiai Carita · 23rd May 2005, 11:33 AM

If it may be of use I speak, read and write Indonesian, English, and Javanese, including krama hinggil. I also understand Sundanese and Balinese with a little Maduranese. I can read Javanese script slowly and understand a some old Javanese / Kawi.

Salam.

3rd May 2005, 09:04 AM	#1
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	WE NEED ALL YOUR PARTICIPATION HERE !!! Seems like I need to do this again, since we have a new Forum! INSCRIPTIONS, LANGUAGES & TRANSLATIONS ! To be honest with you I am not fully satisfied how many great threads are ending and I cannot stress enough the importance of our lingvistical skills . Sorry to impose by capitalising my posting's title I don`t mean to patronise but I am trying to awaken awareness and pursue any member to let us know what can he SPEAK, READ,INTERPRET or TRANSLATE, so we can further know and promote those who we can turn to help in these matters when needed, because too many good postings end too soon and too incomplete. Besides English, YOU that feels like helping here is how you can help: what languages can you speak, read or interpret (do not be shy, YOU DON`T HAVE TO BE FLUENT! )or what non Latin-alphabets can you read. Mostly I feel we lack covering the area from Turkey to India, Persia to Sri Lanka as far as geography goes but everything is welcome (I for example speak no Asian language whatsoever). Phrases like ,, I don`t speak myself but my wife can read Sanskrit and I have a good friend that is fluent in Farsi'' work very well... At the end of the day thats what we are : a group of friends with a common bond ! So I`ll start my self this WHO`S WHO saga : Radu Transylvanicus : ROMANIAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, HUNGARIAN, GERMAN, LATIN. I can also translate old GLAGOLITIC and CYRILLIC texts. P.S. Please resume to just mention name and languages and QUICK NOTE: English, Canadian, Texan, Southern, Cockney slang, Aussie, Ebonic, Irish, Kiwi, Jamaican, BritSpeak, Scottish English, Pig Latin, Sign language, North Shore Pidgin, New Yoowk Eetalian, Espanglish, Creole, back talk, Valley Talk, Congress talk, medical talk, law talk, Sou`Afrikan , Oyster Bay and Sean Connery accents do not qualify so CHEERS, but WE GOT THEM COVERED !!! Moderators will act as executioners in case of misbahaving and deviations ! My deepest sympathy to all individuals willing to participate and help in this project ! Last edited by Radu Transylvanicus; 3rd May 2005 at 09:17 AM.

4th May 2005, 12:09 AM	#11
Marc Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Madrid / Barcelona Posts: 256	Spanish and Catalan, from almost all times, and English. In an emergency, I could make myself understood in French, Italian and Portugese, but not much beyond the always useful "Don't shoot please!". Have good friends native Italian and French speakers, though. Last edited by Marc; 4th May 2005 at 12:38 AM.

18th May 2005, 02:39 PM	#24
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	Burmese? Can anyone out there read Burmese, or know someone who does?

3rd May 2005, 11:14 AM	#2
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	good one radu! i'm fluent in hawaiian pidgin . as for foreign language, i can speak two dialects in pilipino; tagalog and hiligaynon (ilonggo)...

3rd May 2005, 11:42 AM	#3
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	I can usually help with translating Japanese sword inscriptions. I don't speak it or read it well, but can usually get the swordsmith, location and date. Also read (and speak) a little English :-) Rich S

3rd May 2005, 01:39 PM	#4
Naga Sasra Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boca Raton, Florida, USA Posts: 108	I can help with Danish text if anybody needs it.

3rd May 2005, 01:40 PM	#5
Rather Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 72	German to English only, but I have decent knowledge of attribution of Ottoman coins. (might not be of too much help)

3rd May 2005, 02:36 PM	#6
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	I can translate Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. Also some French and German, but I suspect that other members are more fluent in those languages. Michael

3rd May 2005, 03:51 PM	#7
Ann Feuerbach Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 133	I do art and science fluenty, but I still have trouble with English as I am a native Long Islander. Have take 2nd year Russian five times and still can't say much more than ordering a beer! However, I do have contacts who can read Old Persian and some dead Central Asian languages. Speaking of which, they recently found the first Sogdian sword in Central Asia. How do they know? It has a Sogdian inscription! I would also like to make the point that being able to read/speak a current language is not the same as being able to read old or specialized texts/inscriptions. So care must be taken. Oh, and Hubby speaks Cockney rhyming slang.

3rd May 2005, 08:52 PM	#8
wolviex Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Poland, Krakow Posts: 418	Polish of course! I can handle some other languages too, but can't take responsibility for my skills , so let's stay at Polish. If someone will need help, go on and ask me!

3rd May 2005, 10:09 PM	#9
Jacob Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 14	I'll take care of Russian and Eastern Slavic languages (Cyrillic based). Can also read arabic characters, but no language skills there.

3rd May 2005, 11:50 PM	#10
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	Italian, here. Weak French, Spanish and Latin, too.

4th May 2005, 12:27 AM	#12
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,619	Bulgarian, which is a very rare language on ethnographic weapons, but it is the only one I feel comfortable enough reading and translating. Of course, I can read everything in Cyrillic, but Russian and Serbo-Croatian would be better left for someone else to translate and I can help only if there is nobody else around.

4th May 2005, 04:44 AM	#13
zamboanga Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: zamboanga city, philippines Posts: 132	Languages: English, Filipino, Spanish. Dialects: Chavacano, Tausug, Cebuano.

4th May 2005, 09:49 PM	#14
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,217	Some Spanish, German, French, classical Greek, Biblical Hebrew once, American Sign Language (not much used on sword inscriptions however - not sure why? ).

5th May 2005, 08:26 AM	#15
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	I'm of no help personally, but due to the heavy Greek origins of the Tarpon Springs area I have many aquaintences who are usually happy to translate for me. Mike

5th May 2005, 09:54 AM	#16
Alam Shah Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,248	Written and spoken mostly English, Malay and Bahasa Indonesia. May be able to translate (Quranic scripts), Arabic and Persian talismanic scripts... If I can help, I would but I'm not an expert.

5th May 2005, 10:26 AM	#17
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Nederlands, Deutsch, English

12th May 2005, 07:28 PM	#18
tuancd Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Paris - Bruxelles Posts: 32	French Italian to English (with probably some small mistakes ) My father can translate any japanese smith signature in romanji

13th May 2005, 03:27 AM	#19
Montino Bourbon Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara, California Posts: 301	I'm fluent in Italian, French, and English and can translate from one to another at proofreading level. My Spanish is quite good, and German is just fair.

13th May 2005, 10:41 AM	#20
M.carter Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 176	Fluent in arabic, only if written in readable text.

13th May 2005, 12:32 PM	#21
Aqtai Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 222	I'm fluent in English (with a slight scouse accent ) and Arabic.

13th May 2005, 01:32 PM	#22
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	Turkish and some other Turkic dialects like Azeri and Uzbek. But I cant read Ottoman alphabet. I need somebody to convert the trancription . Then I can do the translation.

22nd May 2005, 08:29 PM	#26
eftihis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chania Crete Greece Posts: 507	Hi Radu, I reply a little bit late, but i just wanted to say that you can cound on me and Yiannis for Greek.

23rd May 2005, 03:41 AM	#27
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	Hi Radu! All I know is how to read and translate dates from the Islamic calender to the Gregorian/western calender and visa versa. Hopefully this can help some how, also my father speks very good german, and my grandfather speaks fluent Ukrainian. Finally I have a freind who can read Hebrew. P.S.- I am still learning arabic as a second language.

23rd May 2005, 11:33 AM	#28
Kiai Carita Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 91	If it may be of use I speak, read and write Indonesian, English, and Javanese, including krama hinggil. I also understand Sundanese and Balinese with a little Maduranese. I can read Javanese script slowly and understand a some old Javanese / Kawi. Salam.