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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

The Jedi Code Translated Into Graedjoan Giantish

The Jedi Code, translated into Graedjoan Giantish.

There is no Emotion, there is Peace.
There is no Ignorance, there is Knowledge.
There is no Passion, there is Serenity.
There is no Chaos, there is Harmony.
There is no Death, there is the Force.

Gloss:

NEG ABS.emotion, ABS.peace
NEG NEG ABS.know.NMZ, ABS.know.NMZ
NEG ABS.passion, ABS.serenity
NEG ABS.chaos, ABS.harmony
NEG ABS.death, ABS.force

Translation:

gax bezevox, beviza
gax gax bebolox, bebelox
gax bezevole*, bevizalorr
gax bezgada, bewenind
gax begedzox, bevorz**

*The word for passion, “zevole”, is a combination of “zevo” and “vole”, meaning “emotion” and “blood”, respectively. Thus, passion could be translated more literally as “blood emotion.”

**The force is not translated here. Instead, the sounds were changed to fit the Giant phonology, with the /f/ becoming a /v/ and the /s/ becoming a /z/.

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