[Discuss] what language is that?

[Anthony Cerqueira]

On 6/11/07, Jonathon Taylor <jonathon.its.never.enough at googlemail.com>
wrote:
>
> On 11/06/07, Robert Croson, Jr <robert at arcm.com> wrote:
>
> > On 11 Jun 2007 at 15:54, Jonathon Taylor wrote:
> >
> > > On 11/06/07, Gloria Santos <gloria.santos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Why are people in the East Continent using a language other than
> > English
> > > > and then writing a poor translation?  How does not using English and
> > using a
> > > > made up language make this a lightweight game?  I do not have the
> > time to,
> > > > first, figure out what language is that, and second, know what those
> > words
> > > > mean.
> > > > I am lost.
> >
> > > We're not meant to understand what they are saying, they're from what
> > seems
> > > to be BattleMasters Hell. Why would we be able to understand them?
> > >
> > > We don't need to understand what they are saying, the fact they are
> > undead
> > > means to me they need to be killed, that's all I need to know.
> > >
> > > I know how to translate it, but in no way should anyone know what is
> > being
> > > said IC unless they want to RP fumbling across some kind of tomb or
> > > something historic. Accept it as being mysterious, it's that simple.
> >
> > People are translating them, and posting the traslations. So obviously
> > quite a
> > few people know what this is, and where it comes from.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rob
> >
> > I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion
> > of ideas that could provoke such a question."
> > -- Charles Babbage
>
>

It aught to be OOC, it's that simple. I translated it, well, I found a
> website that had it already, word for word. It'd take alot of RP to justify
> being able to understand what's being said unless you we're undead your
> self.
>
> If some one doesn't justify why they can speak the tongue of BattleMasters
> equivalent of Hell, shun it, disregard it. It's meant to make diplomacy with
> the undead harder from what I can tell and to add some mystery to the whole
> invasion. We're not meant to understand word for word what's being said, I
> found out (with a little help) what it meant, and told people OOC in Old
> Rancagua what was said because, I as a player is curious.
>
> But i'm certainly not going to go and start talking to the undead, my
> character just wants them dead and that's how it most likely should be.
>
> I doubt so many people speak Enochian, clearly people are just using
> sources on the Internet to translate which as I said, is OOC means, for IC
> information.
>
> Now, to be honest, I don't have that big of a problem with it but I'm
> going to RP anyone who translates it word for word as insane and completely
> barking mad, why would they know what the undead are speaking?
>

Hard to explain the RP behind the translation,
unless you happen to have the single largest collection of books, both
ancient, and new, inquisition banned and sanctioned, on the entire
continent if not world.
That's the whole point of the AoK after all, knowledge.
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