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eastbound2021-07-13 10:48 pm
sergeant_slick) wrote in eastbound2021-07-13 10:48 pm
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un: what a load of pollocks | audio
So these quartz things--they're useful, but they're not forever. They could get broken or lost, and that kind of thing never happens when it's convenient for anybody. And given that it's our only translation device, that could get somebody killed if things go wrong enough.
We need to start trading basic, emergency vocabulary. So that if somebody loses their quartz, we'll still have a few words we can throw your way to keep you alive. And I mean really basic--think of the simplest, most idiot-proof way somebody could get across an idea, no matter how terrible their accent is. Bonus points if the words can't be easily confused for each other if things are hectic.
I'm not a translator so I don't know the proper way to go about this, but there's some places I can think to start: words for yes and no, friend and enemy, directions and distance, run, stop, ways to ask if somebody's alright, or say somebody's hurt, ah... [He stops, running a hand through his hair.]
Could go on, but that's a set to start with. Not sure if we can actually share this stuff over the quartz, so we might just have to swap words in-person.
We need to start trading basic, emergency vocabulary. So that if somebody loses their quartz, we'll still have a few words we can throw your way to keep you alive. And I mean really basic--think of the simplest, most idiot-proof way somebody could get across an idea, no matter how terrible their accent is. Bonus points if the words can't be easily confused for each other if things are hectic.
I'm not a translator so I don't know the proper way to go about this, but there's some places I can think to start: words for yes and no, friend and enemy, directions and distance, run, stop, ways to ask if somebody's alright, or say somebody's hurt, ah... [He stops, running a hand through his hair.]
Could go on, but that's a set to start with. Not sure if we can actually share this stuff over the quartz, so we might just have to swap words in-person.
un: dappled pearl of the parted seas [voice]
aw hell, apologies: PhD ate me for a couple weeks there.
And that does happen. [Now he gets to find out if he's going to be believed this time.] We got trained up with Galactic Standard Basic, pretty much everywhere in the Republic speaks it. Archeval's speaking another dialect. [A weird one. He still wasn't sold on the rest of Archeval's story, but the language they could agree on at least.]
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