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TAC 2014 - Rare Languages Team Thread | ||
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| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 5851 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 105 of 223 22 March 2014 at 8:19pm | IP Logged |
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This is not as original as I would have liked, but here goes:
الأعور في وسط العميان ملك Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king. N.B.: the same in Portuguese: em terra de cegos, quem tem olho é rei. إنك تضرب في حديد بارد To strike cold iron. N.B.: the same in Portuguese: malhar em ferro frio. باب النجار مخَلَّع The carpenter's door is loose. N.B.: equivalent in Portuguese: casa de ferreiro, espeto de pau. البعيد عن العين بعيد عن القلب Those who are far from the eye are far from the heart. N.B.: the same in Portuguese: longe da vista, longe do coração. الحب أعمى Love is blind. N.B. the same in Portuguese: o amor é cego. Actually, I think this one is universal. For Sanskrit my task was both easier and tougher. It's a language that has inspired a lot of literature and philosophy but most of it has a deep religious meaning, which I believe to be too heavy in this context. I settled for the following one: विषादप्यमृतं ग्राह्यं अमेध्यादपि काञ्चनम्। अमित्रादपि सद्वृत्तं स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि॥ Accept elixir of life from poison, a piece of gold from an impure source. Learn a good conduct from an enemy, accept a good lady from a bad community. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4148 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 106 of 223 23 March 2014 at 11:35am | IP Logged |
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רחוק מהעין - רחוק מהלב
Out of sight - out of mind Ματάκια που δεν βλέπονται, γρήγορα λησμονιούνται. (Eyes not seen are quickly forgotten). ------- סוף מעשה במחשבה תחילה Think before you act Όποιος βιάζεται σκοντάφτει. (The one who hurries stumbles). ------- אם מילה שוות שקל אחד, שתיקה שווה שני If a word is worth one shekel, silence is worth two Τα λίγα λόγια ζάχαρη, και τα καθόλου μέλι. (Few words are sugar and no words are honey). Note: It was less easy as one may think to find hebrew proverbs online. You keep getting the biblical book of proverbs. Edited by renaissancemedi on 24 March 2014 at 10:09pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6260 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 107 of 223 24 March 2014 at 8:48pm | IP Logged |
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It would be good to get direct translations of these as well. I quite liked the Greek
one you posted "Όποιος βιάζεται σκοντάφτει" (The one who hurries stumbles) I tried to find some Indonesian sayings that don't have direct translations that I know of: 1. Kepala boleh panas, tetapi hati harus tetap dingin. The head may be hot, but the heart must remain cold. = Stay calm in anger 2. Tak bisa menari dikatakan lantai yang berjungkit. (The one who) cannot dance will say that the floor is uneven. = If you're a bad language learner, you'll blame your materials for your lack of progress. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Lakeseayesno Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico thepolyglotist.com Joined 4124 days ago 280 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Japanese, Italian Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 108 of 223 26 March 2014 at 8:23pm | IP Logged |
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Hello!
I know we're almost in April so it's (more than) a bit late to ask, but I'd like to be admitted to Team Rare's roster for TAC 2014. I've made learning Nahuatl (taking it from A0 to A2) my goal for this year; Luso read my log and suggested I ask if it's okay to join, so you could say he endorses my petition too. I know from experience that studying alone can be detrimental to one's motivation, which is why I'd like to be part of your team too. Also, I really like the idea of participating in the monthly challenges. Anyway, I'll leave this to the team's consideration. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4956 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 109 of 223 26 March 2014 at 9:22pm | IP Logged |
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It's ok with me. Welcome Lakeseayesno!
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| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4148 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 110 of 223 27 March 2014 at 8:28am | IP Logged |
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Yes, welcome!
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| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4441 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 111 of 223 27 March 2014 at 9:02am | IP Logged |
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I don't think I'll be able to contribute anything for this month's challenge. I'm swamped with other stuff :(
I loved Luso's proverbs, though, and will use them for learning new words! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lakeseayesno Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico thepolyglotist.com Joined 4124 days ago 280 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Japanese, Italian Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 112 of 223 29 March 2014 at 8:55am | IP Logged |
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Thanks, Expugnator and renaissancemedi!
I'm still gathering resources while learning basic vocabulary at the same time (right now I'm focusing on numbers--I'm starting to grasp the logic behind them, but they're so long it's a tongue twister every time!). However, I think that by now I have enough material to keep myself busy while I'm not studying with my tutor. Speaking of off-class time, I'm currently on the warpath, so to speak. I use Lang-8 VERY often to practice languages, but I'd never noticed it's missing a lot of the so called "minor languages". After trying to get in touch with the staff with no results, I ended up starting a group on-site called "I want my language in Lang-8!", aimed at all those whose native language or language of study is not listed in Lang-8. I'd like to know what their criteria is for adding languages; for example, while I was trying to find out what the criteria was, I noticed that they do have Lojban (a conlang) listed and it has all of two speakers signed up, but they don't have Gilbertese listed in spite of having a LOT of members from Kiribati that want to learn English. I'm not completely sure this will bear any results, but I really want to try and open some more spaces in the internet for Nahuatl. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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