Showing posts with label Translation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Translation. Show all posts

George Psalmanazar: Lord's Prayer (invented languages)



Amy Pornio dan chin Ornio vicy, 
Gnayjorhe sai Lory, 
Eyfodere sai Bagalin, 
jorhe sai domion apo chin Ornio,
kay chin Badi eyen, 
Amy khatsada nadakchion toye ant nadayi, 
kay Radonaye ant amy Sochin, 
apo ant radonern amy Sochiakhin, 
bagne ant kau chin malaboski, 
ali abinaye ant tuen Broskacy, 
kens sai vie Bagalin, 
kay Fary, kay Barhaniaan chinania sendabey.
Amien


George Psalmanazar


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About George Psalmanazar: Orientalism as Performance Art




Homovisual translation - Barton fink (reloaded)




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Homovisual translation on Zswound: Deemer and Woo (Pyong Yang Too)

ZSW-M - A Zswound Project (published)




ZSW-M (Z45 to Z66 within the Zswound-Mania project) has been published as an ebook and is available at GAMMM. Many thanks to the GAMMM team for their work on this "document". ZSW-M is a collaborative work by Erik K. and Xavier S.

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Reminder.
Zswound-Mania was a project focused on the translation, modification and alteration of a single stimulus. In other words, all posts repeat more or less the same thing. All the boring outputs from this experiment are numbered:
**Z0 is the stimulus
**Z1 to Z44 are available on line on Zswound-Mania
**Z45 to Z66 are only available on PDF and are now hosted on GAMMM.
**Z67 to Z72 are generated with the Meaning Eater engine
**Z74 to Z80 are based on a wide range of automatic processes (text/image generator) as we have become very lazy over time.
This project is now more or less dormant.

Homovisual translation - Deemer and Woo: PyongYang TOO

Adapting Guy Delisle's comic book: PyongYang

Adapting a comic book is something quite obvious and quite remarkably done in many cases (for instance "Sin City"). We are not talking about adaptation here but a genuine reenactement of the original work on a new medium. In this case, Guy Delisle's comic (PyongYang) is here literally tanslated into photographic scenes which mimick the ones initially drawn by the author. What you can see in Deemer & Woo's work is exactly the same scenes with real characters. At times, when a human character was not available, D&W insert the comic version.

When Guy Delisle first went to North Korea (on a job assignment), his entire life was under control and supervision. He would not move without a translator and a so-called guide who were in charge, in his free time, of taking him to the official places (restaurants, sites, museums) and would make sure he would not take any initiatives of his own or escape the official routes and rhythms. And Guy would do so like ALL the visitors (mostly expatriates) to this country thus complying with the rigid local customs.

What Deemer and Woo are also doing (apart from having fun translating this static reality) is epitomising the iterative and never-ending journey of the foreigner in this frozen time/place. This is not about interpreting or describing a frightening life but demonstrating the constraint itself. D&W seem to have chosen to unveil the constraint at work: your body caught in a time and a space which does not belong to you but to the Other (the designer of the comic /of this kafkaian system); your mind and will are devoid of any initiative and brutally restricted to the structure (be it strips or official rules) and to pre-established actions.

Unsurprisingly, the characters in their pictures cannot talk, the words that come out of their mouths are the bublles taken from Guy's comic. Even when Guy had a chance to "escape" for a few hours, D&O have no way out but to stick to the original scenario.

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Deemer and Woo: PyongYang TOO, A Journey in North Korea is presented on Guy Delisle's website.

Polyglossia - The Name of the Rose (Salvatore)



"Penitenziagite! Watch out for the draco who cometh in futurum to gnaw on your anima! La mort e supremos! You contemplata me apocalypsum, eh? La bas! Nous avon il diabolo! Ugly cum Salvatore, eh? My little brother! Penitenziagite!" (Movie version)


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"Pénitenziagité ! Voye quand dracon venturus est pour la ronger ton âme ! La mortz est super nos ! Prie que vient le pape saint pour libérer nos a malo de todas les péchés ! Ah ah, vous plaît ista nécromancie de Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ! Et même jois m’es dols et plazer m’es dolors… Cave el diabolo ! Semper il me guette en quelque coin pour me planter les dents dans les talons. Mais Salvatore non est insipiens ! Bonum monasterium, et aqui on baffre et on prie dominum nostrum. Et el reste valet une queue de cerise. Et amen. No ?" (original version from Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose)

Frog - Compressed



PL(FR((P-int/O\ld-ND))G)P!



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See Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku
(Thirty-one Translations and One Commentary)

on Bureau of Public Secrets
"This is probably the most famous poem in Japan, and after three hundred and more years of repetition, it has, understandably, become a little stale for Japanese people. Thus as English readers, [...]"

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Original
Furu ike
yakawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto

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More about Frogs
Jean-Pierre Brisset: La grande nouvelle

Invented Languages - Merdogon

LEO'S CARAX - HYMN TO MERDE




Merdogon is an invented language created by Leos Carax. The way this language was constructed remains a mystery but it sounds beautiful especially through the mouth of Denis Lavant (the actor in the video) who is a sort of modern Antoine Artaud possessed by his repetitive imprecations and furious glossolalia.

Those who know Denis Lavant, one of the most intriguing and fascinating French actors will be thrilled to see his amazing performance in this new video clip. And those who don't, will discover his hectic body, his terrible groans and his angular face serving this incredible language of his: the language of "MERDE" (SHIT).

For some bizarre reason, Leos Carax called this language: MERDE; probably implying that the mouth is the anus of our soul, that our thoughts can deliver stinking messages, that our words are loaded with the most depraved meanings. Well maybe, or maybe not. Anyway, those who do not see the poetry in this song should probably move to another blog or see this other incredible performance of Denis Lavant in UNKLE's video, Rabbits in your headlight (feat. Thom Yorke).




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A clip by Leos Carax, inspired by his film "Merde" (part of the feature film "Tokyo!'), with Denis Lavant singing in Merdogon (the language invented for the film). **Music : Doctor L. **Lyrics : Lavant & Carax. **Featuring Alison Mosshart (VV from The Kills). **Images : Caroline Champetier. **Editing : Nelly Quettier

André Martel - Génémonte (+ translation)

Génémonte - Epope
By André Martel
(click on image to enlarge)

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Erroneous translation made in ZSWinland


HUMANEON
.................O
.................O
.................O
....ANTHROPICAL
......................I
......................I
......................I
..............MANIMAMAL
............................A
............................A
............................A
........................CRAWLEPTEROUS
..........................................T
..........................................T
..........................................T
......................................ARTHROPUDDING
........................................................U
........................................................U
........................................................U
.............................................MOLLUSCUM
.................................................................M
.................................................................M
.................................................................M
.................................................................AMOEABLE
.............................................................................A
.............................................................................A
.............................................................................A
.........................................................................GLASSIFOROUS
............................................................................................R
............................................................................................R
............................................................................................R
.............................................................................MUDITERRANEON

James Joyce - Thunderwords - POP translation

FW003 (thunder):
"bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk"

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baba
BA BA BA BA Barbara Ann, Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann, Take my hand

bad
BAD, You know I'm bad, I'm bad-you know it, (Bad bad-really, really bad)

algharaghta
I'LL GO I'LL GO I'LL GO RIGHT DOWN the road

kamminar
CAMINAR y caminar desde tus pies a tu cogote, como camina el trovador.

ronn
RUN, run, run, run, run, take a drag or two, run, run, run, run, run

konn
CONGO, deep down in the jungle, I started bangin' my first bongo

bronn
BROWN sugar how come you taste so good, (a-ha) brown sugar, just like a young girl

tonerron
THUNDER Road sit tight take hold, Thunder Road

tuonn
Sixteen TONS, whadaya get? Another older and deeper in debt

thunn
THUNDER, lightning - ooh, every time we touch. Thunder, lightning - I need it so much

trovarr
EXTRAVERT or introvert, Love is kind, and love hurts

houn
HOUNDS of love are hunting ; I've always been a coward

aw nsk awn
HER OWN SKY, she lives by the way she flies

toohoohoordenen
sucking TOO HARD ON YOUR lollipop Oh, love's gonna get you down

thurnuk
We all wear the same THORNY CROWN

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With a little help from my friends: The Beach Boys, Michael Jackson, Feist, Amaia Montero, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Manu Chao, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Merle Travis, Giant, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Bush, Krissie, Mika, Bob Dylan

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HomophoniK-Karaoke

Crystal Castles: Untrust us



Lack of Caïn -I know- has been appearin’ so solid
Lack of Caïn eyes is not gonna deform you

La coquine a noué ses bouées inaperçues sans salut
La coquine attise notre goût des foireux

La coca-cola no es buena para sus alumnos
La coca-cola es nostalgia fuera

(repeat)

Hidegard von Bingen - Lingua Ignota (Zswound revealed)

LINGUA IGNOTA:
"O orzchis Ecclesia, armis divinis praecincta, et hyacinto ornata, tu es caldemia stigmatum loifolum et urbs scienciarum. O, o tu es etiam crizanta in alto sono, et es chorzta gemma." (Hildegard von Bingen)

TRANSLATION:
"O orzchis Ecclesia, girded with divine arms, and adorned with hyacinth, you are the caldemia of the wounds of the loifol, and the city of sciences. O, o, you are the crizanta in high sound, and you are the chorzta gem "

REVELATION:
"O orZchis Ecclesia, girded with divine arms, and adorned with hyacinth, you are the caldemia of the wounds of the loifol, and the city of sciences. O, o, you are the crizanta in high sound, and you are the chorzta gem "

Trashlation Game



French President's abuses are becoming famous but giving a hard time to translators all around the world. Here are some attempts at trashlating Mr President's words, inspired by an article on Mediapart. So play this very democratic new game. Vote for your favourite insult.
















































Six Fillious (a Translational Project)


Six Fillious by bpNichol / Robert Filliou; Steve McCaffery / George Brecht;
Dick Higgins / Dieter Roth (Membrane Press, Milwaukee: 1978)




Readings by Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Charles Bernstein, Paul Dutton,
Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles and Steve McCaffery


The complete reading is at PENNSOUND.


Simon Le Bon - Unplugged



Somebody walked on a virgin land
Saut me bondit haut que don la verge en langue

Someone else saw their tracks
Salmonelles se sauvent vert de traque

And followed them, leaving a path
Affolées des âmes, levant la patte

It seemed as though i were looking down the hill when I first saw it,
Fuites si maso [aïe] où èrent, loup-iguane, ces haleines d’ailleurs stoïques

But, as I waled on, I realized I was going up.
Pute à l’oseille, de ton oeil verbalise l’ardoise grouillant glurp

Somebody whistled behind and turning round
Saut me bondit, ho-hisse, les deux biens dans des tourments ronds

They seemed far below
Sexy m’indiffère bile et eau

Then I came to where there had been a fire
Benzène m’écaille tôt, dare dare en débine, pas foiré

And was shaded from the sun by the trees
Angoisse chez dédé, faux rhum en stand by, c’est triste

Figure of eight. It's our year, it always was.
Fugueur d’oreille. Il te sourd d’hier, il t’alèse les os.

Credentials:
Créé dans ciel

Made of earth
Merde offerte

Drinks water
Trinque squatter

Breathes air
Brise désert

Makes fire
Ma queue si fière


LQR - Lingua Quintae Respublicae

"[...] La LQR évolue sous l'effet d'une sorte de darwinisme sémantique: les mots et les formules les plus efficaces prolifèrent et prennent la place des énoncés moins performants. [...] C'est une arme postmoderne, bien adaptée aux conditions 'démocratiques' où il ne s'agit plus de l'emporter dans la guerre civile mais d'escamoter le conflit, de le rendre invisible et inaudible. Et comme un prestidigitateur qui conclurait son numéro en disparaissant dans son propre chapeau, la LQR réussit à se répandre sans que personne ou presque ne semble en remarquer le progrès -sans même parler de le dénoncer"
Eric Hazan, LQR, la propagande du quotidien, Editions Raison d'Agir

LTI - Lingua Tertii Imperii

"Non, l'effet le plus puissant ne fut pas produit par des discours isolés, ni par des articles ou des tracts, ni par des affiches ou des drapeaux, il ne fut obtenu par rien de ce qu'on était forcé d'enregistrer par la pensée ou la perception. Le nazisme s'insinua dans la chair et le sang du grand nombre à travers des expressions isolées, des tournures, des formes syntaxiques qui s'imposaient à des millions d'exemplaires et qui furent adoptées de façon mécanique et inconsciente."
Victor Klemperer: LTI, la langue du IIIe Reich, carnets d'un philologue (Albin Michel)


"Nein, die stärkste Wirkung wurde nicht durch Einzelreden ausgeübt, auch nicht durch Artikel oder Flugblätter, durch Plakate oder Fahnen, sie wurde durch nichts erzielt, was man mit bewußtem Denken oder bewußtem Fühlen in sich aufnehmen mußte. Sondern der Nazismus glitt in Fleisch und Blut der Menge über durch die Einzelworte, die Redewendungen, die Satzformen, die er ihr in millionenfachen Wiederholungen aufzwang, und die mechanisch und unbewußt übernommen wurden. Man pflegt das Schiller-Distichon von der "gebildeten Sprache, die für dich dichtet und denkt", rein ästhetisch und sozusagen harmlos aufzufassen. Ein gelungener Vers in einer "gebildeten Sprache" beweist noch nichts für die dichterische Kraft seines Finders; es ist nicht allzu schwer, sich in einer hochkultivierten Sprache das Air eines Dichters und Denkers zu geben."
VICTOR KLEMPERER: LTI - Lingua Tertii Imperii, Sprache des "Dritten Reiches"



CipherJournal

About

CipherJournal: "Launched in 2003, CipherJournal aims to be something new in the domain of online literary journals. We believe in the place of translation to inspire stronger literature; without cross-fertilization, no growth can last. We aim to focus on literary translation in its broadest sense, cracking open this often-neglected field by melding the invisibility of the translator with the identity of the artist..."



Some very exciting works amongst which:
* Blind translations (homophonic translation)
* Spanglish Inserts (by Richard Kostelanetz)
* Multilingual experiments (in particular the superb "Viaje to the dream deux portes, n.2 & Pulvis 3" by Guido Monte)
* And many others

TranseFlation Contest

Ah cardiaque ablation , oser l’insalubre en ces temps raidis
Tout ranci veut se putzen le witch qui "hep hep" nos variqueux Mings
Dehli scheint in orgasme l'amplifié du ramadown
Un nippon se transe aux nazis, des faux gringos en fête
Foule aphone, foule filmée en live, glose absconse
Ma rage tarit zen en fromage intime, ce truculingus sandinista
Orgie befallen un pisse-miel anti placentaire:
Geronimo le son! Prick-nique, hausse ce son walkyrie
Wissenshaft en coulis vomit des vers rythmés buttock
Souriant jedenfals, oeuf torché de Bacchus
Assommer vos voûtes parentérales et hisser le pus seul
Orishas, Belzébuth se barbouillent, nez à nez
Rites sinistres alignant, fardées, Nos pucelles.


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Guess what the original text was .

Radio Londres -------------- Encrypted



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Percent bunker d'une lingual mondo-toon
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Le cheval blAu ~Reiter~ se pro[meander sur l’nho-reason
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Les gi’riffles ne portent paths de flaw skol
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Anthromax se perfusme allah lava anderes
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Le scar rots sonst coyottes
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Messy yoeurs fighting vox JE –fl--ux
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Ladder nier her ass au nez
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L'angue orale es spoils l’angst
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Clé men tiny petit se cure loss dentro’s
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L'inferno move kurz here
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Low gig hot ist
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Atheist weisst resting in extenso. Nous disons deux fois: Ass soliste heisst rôti in extasis.
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Nous disons zweimâle
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