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Translation interest?

Postby Karin on February 9th, 2016, 11:27 am


Hi all!

So, I have been thinking recently. Language is a bit of an issue in Miz, which can be quite amusing. However, when people from different cultures interact, sometimes it's hard to get what you want to say across. People who are able to speak multiple languages would surely be a benefit, especially for trade.

I'm thinking of developing translation as a skill/job, and so I was wondering if anyone else would be interested in this?

Thanks! :)
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Postby Yisanareysin on February 9th, 2016, 3:05 pm

That does sound cool! I'm bilingual IRL, so I could help some if you wanted.
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Postby Karin on February 9th, 2016, 5:21 pm

That would be awesome! :D
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Postby Alija on February 9th, 2016, 5:57 pm

I love this idea! Especially as a skill - I know quite well that translating isn't as easy as it seems. Obviously as a job too.
And I'm happy to help too, knowing several languages and with experience with translating, if you'll have me.
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Postby Karin on February 9th, 2016, 6:44 pm

Of course, that would be great!
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Postby Valerius Nitrozian on April 11th, 2016, 8:04 pm

I love your idea as well. I work as a translator IRL, so I could help you, if you want. :)
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Postby Millie on April 13th, 2016, 7:27 pm

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Postby Karin on April 13th, 2016, 7:28 pm

That would be amazing.

If any of you above are still interested, then shall we get this show on the road? I'm pretty busy at the moment, but I'm keen to get this off the ground. I'd suggest we develop it as a skill first, and then hopefully the job aspect would kind of follow on from that.

If so, an outline is required for skill writeups, so... I'll go away and think about it, and if either of you three would like to jump in and write something, then don't let me stop you! Haha xD

As a very basic beginning, I'm thinking
Synopsis
Words here, blah blah description of translation and it's function/use in Miz.
Overview
  • Overview
  • Prerequisites and Related Skills
  • Learning another language (I think there is already a process of learning a new language, so this might be a short description with a link to it.
  • The list of different languages
  • Difficulties/quirks associated with that language
  • How to actually do translation in spoken form
  • How to do translation in written form
  • How magic can help/hinder
  • Applications- so, day-to-day use, in a more formal setting like a job (say for merchant and customer interaction), in the past, how it could be used in the future
  • Translation as a job (going more in depth, possibly?)
  • Skill progression

This is obviously a very rough sketch, and there's probably a lot of stuff we'd need to think about before even thinking of submitting it for provisional approval. Let me know what you think. :)
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Postby Shimoje on April 27th, 2016, 1:27 am

This would seem like a very tough thing to tackle. I do have some input that I think might be helpful. As characters get more versed into their specific language rather it be conversational or poor, the language would have to a way to figure out how that specific character would be more versed into that language. Translation would require someone to be well versed in two distinct languages, right?

What if we set up a way so that when people use languages more often, then they can eventually make that other language well versed?
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Postby Karin on April 27th, 2016, 5:22 am

There is already a way to do that Shimoje. Here's the link!
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