rumham: (Huh?!)
rumham ([personal profile] rumham) wrote in [community profile] nexus_crossings2018-01-18 11:54 am
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Language LOL: Translator Malfunction

You know what's cool? Chatting with your pals. Reading the Internet. Navigating the roads because you can understand the Gods-damned street signs. You know what's not cool? Not being able to do any of that. By that metric, one might describe today in the Nexus decidedly uncool.

It's utterly without warning that the multiversal hub goes from automatic to manual translation. Shop signs, radio and television broadcasts, conversations on the streets between vendors and friends and businesspeople are suddenly a jarring cacophony of dissonant languages. Then there's the silence. Then there's the shouting. Turns out people get pissed off when nobody understands them!

Momentary chaos dies down as the average people of the Nexus come to grips with their new situation. Shopkeepers wait outside their stores and stands with expectant expressions, impatiently waiting for the translator to pull itself together and start working again.

Except...

It sort of doesn't.

No, it super doesn't.

Citizens of the Nexus, it would appear you're going to have to adjust...

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poetwarrior: (Headshot)

[personal profile] poetwarrior 2018-01-31 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Faris tilts his head, uncertain which part of this object she is referring to. He holds his forepaw above the photo and swipes it downward, indicating a flat surface. "Dhia'me?"
mudblood_andproud: (Taming the Shrew)

[personal profile] mudblood_andproud 2018-01-31 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
"No." Hermione shakes her head. Hopefully that translates.

She touches Faris' hand. "Friend."

And touches the photo again. "Friends."
poetwarrior: (In sync with host)

[personal profile] poetwarrior 2018-02-02 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
This is certainly a puzzle. She does not refer to the object she holds, but while the subjects of the image are humans, she must not be referring to her people if she includes him, patting his paw with hers.

The K'da tilts his head to the side, ears forward, and after a moment's hesitation he lifts a paw to tap at her chest before tapping his own. "Bhilianghen."
mudblood_andproud: (top hat)

[personal profile] mudblood_andproud 2018-02-02 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Bhilianghen." Hermione repeats. It will be interesting when this translation issue is over, so they can both find out if their guesses were correct.