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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

The Sith Code Translated into Graedjoan Giantish

The Sith Code, translated into Graedjoan Giantish

English:

Peace is a lie. There is only Passion.
Through Passion I gain Strength.
Through Strength I gain Power.
Through Power I gain Victory.
Through Victory my chains are Broken.
The Force shall free me.

Gloss:

ABS.peace ? ABS.lie. ABS.passion only
1SG.ERG bind.NPST strength.ACC passion.INSTR
1SG.ERG bind.NPST power.ACC strength.INSTR
1SG.ERG bind.NPST victory.ACC power.INSTR
ABS.PL.chain GEN.1SG break.NPST victory.INSTR
force.ERG go.NPST free.NPST 1SG.ACC

Translation:

beviza? bedavyn. bezevole dzoin.
zo vold grulned zevolezurr.
zo vold deded grulnurr.
zo vold bolzoxed dedurr.
bevovoldwun cyzo vez bolzoxurr.
vorz bwav idrogax zoged.

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/.