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Post by lurkingkobold on Jun 3, 2015 14:33:50 GMT
Am curious of reason of word of person kinds.
Many of person kinds do of word of human, many of human kinds is of same, few of human kinds is of many of different, is reason of all of do of word of human?
Elf kinds, kobold kinds, not know if is of same; maybe do of tell of home kinds, do of listen of other kinds, do of think of reason of word, maybe reason of word same of reason of human kinds do of same of word.
Animalperson kinds, balt kinds, do of small of same, maybe do of big of same, do of different of word, maybe reason of different of word?
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Post by Mother Starlight on Jun 3, 2015 16:51:45 GMT
Translation is more of an art than a science. As a general rule, when naming a given kind of person in a given language, I try to guess what name would be used by native speakers of that language to refer to that kind of person. If a word turns out to be inappropriate, please let me know and I'll adjust the translation accordingly. (As I did with the word Slidar.)
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Post by lurkingkobold on Jun 3, 2015 17:19:39 GMT
Am not sure of understand? Do of magic of story, story is of home kind animalperson, animalperson see here person kind, animalperson maybe do of say of elf, maybe do of say of human, maybe do of say of balt, thing animalperson do of say, forum do of say?
Story animalperson reason of say of word - animalperson do of see, do of talk, do of live of near of place, do of live of tribe, do of trade, do of war?
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Post by Mother Starlight on Jun 3, 2015 17:58:56 GMT
There's not quite that much magic to it, I just try to make reasonable guesses. If a kind of person, or a kind of thing, seems similar to something you have a word for, I'll often use that word to try to help make things easier to understand.
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Post by Novelty on Jul 6, 2015 4:25:47 GMT
Aranea are called spiders because that's what you call the Little Sisters in your world.
I don't know where the word aranea comes from, it's just a word for people spiders.
I think maybe the word vashneesht comes from the swooshy sound when they move?
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Post by builder93720 on Oct 28, 2015 17:12:17 GMT
HIVERs are called HIVERs because we are thought to have been created by the Great Queen in time immemorial from primitive group-living insects who organized themselves in 'hives' by simple instinct.
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Post by Come Forth Winter on Oct 29, 2015 0:42:29 GMT
HIVERs are called HIVERs because we are thought to have been created by the Great Queen in time immemorial from primitive group-living insects who organized themselves in 'hives' by simple instinct. who or what created the queens? |
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Post by builder93720 on Oct 29, 2015 1:26:25 GMT
HIVERs are called HIVERs because we are thought to have been created by the Great Queen in time immemorial from primitive group-living insects who organized themselves in 'hives' by simple instinct. who or what created the queens? There are clear fossil records across many planets of an ancient civilization predating current times by approximately 900 million years. Nobody knows why they disappeared or where they went, but it is commonly believed that HIVERs were fashioned from insects by these precursors. |
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Post by Tama Eternal Stationmaster on Oct 30, 2015 15:13:20 GMT
Familiars are called that because the first "animals with human minds" that witches made had the souls of dead relatives, the standard ritual was changed¹ but the term was kept.
¹Because it is too cruel to subject a soul to the relevant re-registration forms.
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