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invinciblerodent · 5 months

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one of my very stupid and very specific little issues (that I don't know if other multilingual people experience) is that sometimes, I can only think of a word that feels perfect for what I want to say, in a language that isn't the one in which i'm currently writing. and it's almost never a word for which I just don't have a translation, or it's not like one of those "untranslatable" expressions/cultural phenomena/whatever, they're just... words. that have a vibe their equivalent in another language doesn't have the same exact way I want it.

like right now, I'm trying to write something in English. I'm trying to describe a character saying something quietly, and tenderly, but my brain is being very helpful by supplying me with only the Spanish phrase "al oído". Which has the perfect feel to it: it's soft, it's round, it essentially means "to the ear" or "by the hearing", and to say something al oído is... kind of to whisper in confidence so softly, that it can barely be heard. The words are more breath than sound, and you're saying it in private, for that specific person's hearing only. But that's just so many words, compared to saying that he whispered his agreement al oído.

or I want to say that someone is "szabadkozik", which is Hungarian for... kind of to make flustered excuses? Not really in a way that's reluctant necessarily, but it is to... kind of faff, and play at reluctance in a manner that may be slightly embarrassed, or just politely playing at embarrassment, being coy? And I could circumscribe it like that, I could say that he's excusing himself coyly or something, but my brain just keeps going "no, that's wrong, he's szabadkozik, you should say that". It's frustrating.

I kind of want to write a piece where I just... let myself code switch as many times as I want to. Just to see what it feels like to let my brain do its thing without trying to contain it. It would be fucking incomprehensible.

#squirrel speaks #and i know this sounds pretentious. i do.#i really do #this is a very specific and very MINOR problem to have #but sometimes someone doesn't whisper something they susurrar #or they're saying something al oído #or sometimes they're not impish or mischievous or conspiratory but hamiskás and cinkos #or not awkward but félszeg #or not destitute but nincstelen; so lacking that they don't even have the concept of nothing #oh NOBODY is fucking understanding me right now lol #it MEANS the same but doesn't FEEL the same do you GET me #.... i had this idea once for an art piece type of a book #which is just a novel but certain chapters and paragraphs are simply written in different languages #and unless you speak the exact same mix the author does or the authors do; there are just parts of it that you don't understand #and it'd not be published in translation anywhere either- people would need to go to forums and stuff #and translate passages amongst themselves; piece the meaning together as a community #it'd be a nice project #fucking impossible ofc #but it would be nice

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csillagkep-stadt · 7 years

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Hungarian Disney

Kincses bolygó - Mi vár még rám? Treasure Planet - What waits for me? (Jim’s Theme)

Úgy várja tőlem a Világ From me the world is waiting for Létezésem kulcsszavát The keywords to my existence De a választ ma még nem tudom But today I don’t yet know the answer

világ - world

létezés - existence

kulcs - key

szava - password

válasz - answer

tud - to know, to be able to

Nincs már az a félszeg fura srác There is no longer that shy, strange guy Akit bennem ma is látsz You already see the one inside of me Gondolj bármit csak ne mondd, hogy egészen más legyek én Think anything, just don’t tell me that I (should) be quite different

félszeg - shy, awkward

fura - strange

srác - guy

gondol - to think

bármit - anything, whatever

más - different, other

Ne szólj! Ne is kérdezz! Nézz reám! Don’t speak! Don’t even ask! Look at me! Akit itt látsz férfi már The one who you see here is already a man Komoly ember a lét talaján A serious man on the ground of existence

szól - to speak

kérdez - to ask

néz - to look, to watch

férfi - man

ember - person, man, woman (depends on context)

lét - existence

talaj - ground, soil

És fáj, hogy te nem láthatsz belém And it hurts that you don’t see me Egyedül vagy, ahogy én You’re alone, just like me Mégis mondd el, mi vár még rám? Yet tell me, what waits for me?

fáj - to hurt

lát - to see

egyedül - alone

mégis - still, yet

vár - to wait

mond - to say, to tell

Ha én ezt a percet elkapnám If I could catch this moment Akkor végre tudhatnám Then finally I would know Azt hogy élek, hogy szép a világ That I live, that the world is beautiful Ha én mások arcán láthatnám If I could see others’ faces Mások révén tudhatnám Through others I could know Mitől félek, s mi vár még rám What I’m afraid of, and what awaits me

perc - minute

elkap - to catch

végre - finally

szép - pretty, beautiful

arc - face

fél - to be afraid, to fear

Hát nézzed, s amit most látsz vidd tovább Well look, and what you see now take further Vedd el tőlem, érezd át Take it from me, feel it Engedd hinnem, hogy nincs semmi baj Let me believe that there is nothing wrong

visz - to carry, to take

tovább - further, onwards

enged - to allow

hinni - to believe

semmi - nothing

baj - problem, trouble

Vagy várj! Annyi mindent tehetnék Or wait! There is so much I could do Kicsit élni szeretnék! Tudni mindent I want to live a little! To know everything Mit nem tudok magamról még That I don’t know about myself

annyi - so much

kicsit - a bit

él - to live

szeret - to like, to love

minden - everything

magam - myself

Sose féltem igazán I was never truly scared Aki másképpen lát One who sees differently Ki csak alszik az honnan is tudná, hogy álmodni jó? From where could one who only sleeps know that it’s good to dream? A sok suttogott hazugság között csak elvesz a szó… Among the many whispering lies the words are just lost...

igazán - truly, really

másképp - otherwise, differently

alszik - to sleep

almod - to dream

suttogott - whispering (adjective)

hazugság - lie

között - between

elvesz - to lose

szó - word

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I’m starting off with this one because it’s one of my favorites in both English and Hungarian. Feel free to send me requests for other songs, and please send me corrections if you notice any mistakes!

#hungarian disney #hungarian #language #langblr #disney

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