1190: Time/Translator
Here's a list of all the blurry text from the translator, both with the original image and enhanced contrast.
A note about grammar:
- The punctuation appears to be borrowed from the translator's native language.
- The ring diacritic indicates a question mark.
- A single line above a letter is a full stop.
- A double line above a letter is an exclamation mark (or probably a comma).
This might help in determining the native language a bit better.
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"Somewhat" |
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"Whence have you traveled here" |
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"You arose here from the desert below? Nobody [unclear-1] there" |
Unclear-1: Survives? |
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"I am sorry. Your language is like those spoken by the [unclear-1] difficult [unclear-2] but I learned it." |
Unclear-1: ??? Unclear-2: ??? |
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"Please be patient/have patience" |
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"They understand nothing[,] so they will tend to matters." |
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"Your bags" |
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"They are heavy." |
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"(You're) welcome" |
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"Tell me where your home is." |
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"What river?" |
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"How many people strong are you?" |
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"[unclear-1] forty? All my numbers are too small. "Yes! Good." |
Unclear-1: "What is forty?"/"How much is forty?"/"What means forty?" possibly |
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"Do you carry these people with you?" |
Possibly meaning, "Did you bring any of those people with you?" |
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"Oh." [both times] |
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"You do not know. [Unclear-1]" |
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"Your sea does not stand alone, there is another sea [Unclear-1] beyond the shore. It has become [Unclear-2] to yours [Unclear-3] levels differ and thus water flows" |
Unclear-1: "next to it"? Unclear-2: "tied" Unclear-3: "because the"/"but their" |
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"In time even the hills change. When people first [Unclear-1] and first built [Unclear-2] cities the seas were joined. But there was a great [Unclear-3] and the passage was closed. Your sea [Unclear-4] with too few rivers. Under the sun it shrank and the water fell. Now the sea has found a way back in." |
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"Do you know where you are?" |
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"I [Unclear-1] build you a map to understanding." |
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"The fortress is here." - "This sea is yours." - "This sea is joining yours." |
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"And this is our belief about the sea's new shore." |
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"We learned it has happened before. When our r[Unclear-1]ts were le[Unclear-2]ng to walk upr[Unclear-3]t, the sea [Unclear-4]d and returned." |
Unclear-1: rabbits? Unclear-2: learning? Unclear-3: upright? Unclear-4: fled? |
