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[vollkornnutella]

I love you for this lovely write up! Well said and hilarious.

Also in the German version of the book and the show, Jaskier is equally needlessly renamed as "Rittersporn". While the rittersporn plant has a nice blueish color which corresponds well with Joey Batey´s gorgeous eyecolor, I always stumble upon it while reeding. His name is Jaskier goddamit!

Rittersporns direct translation in English would be something like knight´s pike so maybe they were going for sexual innuendo?

Anyways it´s maybe a tad better than Peeing-in-bed.

English Translators: "Jaskier" translates as "Buttercup", but we can't just let a manly man use "Buttercup" as his nickname! That's way too feminine, and our readers would be horrified! Let's call him "Dandelion" instead. Yes, much better... Mucho macho...

Netflix & Joey Batey: Yeah, no. We'll just call him Buttercup by keeping the original Polish name, i.e. Jaskier.

So, this is our very own Prince Buttercup. He's a damoiseau in distress that's regularly in need of being rescued, enjoys chatting with animals, and might randomly break into song.

He feels very comfortable asking a strong, stoic, muscular man to accompany him to the Royal Ball for protection, and will attempt to convince him by rubbing chamomile onto his lovely bottom, giving him a bath, washing his stupid hair, and dressing him up in stylish, fine clothing.

He tends to see the good in everyone, and will spontaneously attempt to become friends with things that want to eat him (both figuratively and literally).

However he can occasionally become pretty condescending with commoners, and treat those that fail to appreciate his talent as beneath him; often with a complete disregard for his personal safety, as if it doesn't seem to occur to him right away that they'd actually dare lay their filthy hands on him.

He cries very pretty (so pretty), and will look at you with gorgeous doe eyes when he feels sad, hurt, scared, or needs a favor.

He's very distrustful and afraid of power-hungry sexy witches coming at him from many different angles, until they stop being all predatory and menacing, and begin rescuing and protecting him instead.

He gets along very well with other princes/princesses, and will resent not being invited to one of the most important social events of the Continent, but not getting to spend more time with them.

And he never experienced what romantic love truly was until he finally got to meet his very own Prince.

Obviously, Prince Radovid fell in love with our Buttercup at first sight, and was willing to give up his Kingdom for a chance to be by his side.

And as far as Prince Buttercup is concerned, he sees himself as a

because that's simply who he is, and that's also what masculinity looks like.

So, unless Jaskier, in the books, is a very insecure man that constantly worries about being mistaken for a woman, I can't help but find it hilarious that the translators of the books, in English, got so worried over "Buttercup" sounding feminine...

...when the character himself likely wouldn't have been bothered by the way it sounds in the least, and would totally have rocked that nickname while making it work perfectly for a guy!

Hell! As a non-native English speaker, other than the fact that I've seen the movie "The Princess Bride", and the princess in it was named "Buttercup", my brain does not at all perceive "Buttercup" as inherently feminine, nor "Dandelion" as inherently masculine.

Perhaps because, in French, each word has its own gender, and "bouton d'or" (i.e. "buttercup", but the literal translation would be "button made of gold") is masculine.

Un bouton d'or (a buttercup) is masculine.

Un pissenlit (a dandelion) is masculine.

Une rose (a rose) is feminine.

Une tulippe (a tulip) is feminine.

Etc.

"Princess Buttercup" is thus named "Princesse Bouton d'or" (it's actually the title of the movie) in French.

But "Bouton d'or" (Buttercup) is, by itself, a masculine word.

The funny thing is that, where I'm from, I think the dandelion is literally the single most hated flower I can think of.

When I was a kid, my parents - and pretty much all our neighbors - spent countless hours trying to remove every single dandelion they could find on their lawn and in their garden while making sure to fully eliminate the whole root, because they tended to replace all the grass, and some of the other flowers and plants from their garden.

Some of our neighbors had their lawns treated with very harsh chemicals (many of which are thankfully illegal today) in a desperate effort to get rid of them.

Dandelion always makes allergy season a complete and utter nightmare, makes it harder to breathe outside (those floating bits clouding the air always get stuck in your nose, throat or even eyes), it also clogs the air filter of your car...

And, when you cut them at the stem, your hands wind up all sticky and smelling awful.

Unless they want to make a point that they'll be extremely annoying, unwanted, sticky, smelly, trying to get into every single exposed orifice of your body as soon as you're exposed to them, and hard to get rid of, why would anyone ever wish to nickname themselves "dandelion"?

I mean, "pissenlit", the French name for "dandelion", comes from "pisse-en-lit" and literally means "peeing-in-bed".

Because if you eat dandelion leaves, they will make you pee and wet your bed (they have a strong diuretic effect).

Yes, we hate the dandelion so much, that we've decided to name that freaking flower "peeing-in-bed".

So, if you go from the original Polish name to the English translation of the name, and then translate the English name back to French...

You've essentially replaced:

Jaskier - > Buttercup - > Button made of gold (Bouton d'or).

By

Jaskier - > Dandelion - > Peeing-in-bed (Pissenlit).

It's hilarious!

All because some English translator got scared "Buttercup" would sound "too feminine".

The good news is that we kept Jaskier's name as "Jaskier" in the French translation of the books and the games. Although Bouton d'or would have worked just fine.

But yeah, come on! Jaskier would have made a beautiful Buttercup!

#the art of creating some gender issue where there's none.

When in doubt, just ask the character...

Would Jaskier have had what it took to call himself a "Buttercup"?

You bet your lovely bottom and bloated biceps he would have!

Still can't wrap my mind around him being a peeing-in-bed flower in English... Just... Nope! Does not compute.

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[marshalhenri]

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[marryashley]

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[msmookiefortoddlers]

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[vampiretheory]

Hello. According to @funwithlanguages​ post you can understand a lot of a language by learning the ~300 most common words. I decided to translate the list into my native language, Danish. If anyone finds any mistakes, please let me know.

If you want someone to look over your Danish, feel free to message me also, if I have the time I’ll gladly help (I’m currently helping several people I know in real life learning danish also)

First Verbs

To be · At være

there is · Der er

Have · (At) have

Do · (At) gøre

Go · Gå

Want · Vil have

Can · Kan

Need · (At have) brug for

Think · Tænke

Know · Vide

Say · Sige

Like · (At) synes godt om

Speak · Tale

Learn · (At) lære

Understand · (At) forstå

Conjunctions

that (as in “the woman that…”) · der / som (Not applicable for “I think that…”)

And · Og

Or · Eller

But · Men

Because · Fordi

Though · Selvom / Dog (It depends on the context)

so (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”) · Derfor

If · Hvis

Prepositions

Of · Af

To · Til

From · Fra

In · I

at (a place) · Ved

at (a time) · Ved

This is very unusual in the danish language. “meet me at 10” would be “mød mig klokken 10” klokken meaning time in this case.

With · Med

About · Om

like (meaning “similar to”) · Som (similar to would be: svarende til)

for (warning, this one has several meanings that you need to take care of) · For

before (also as a conjunction) · Før

after (also as a conjunction) · Efter

During · Imens / Mens

Question Words

Extra comma rule! Whenever there’s a question word that starts with Hv there’s a comma before. Example: Ved du, hvem der gjorde det? Nej, men jeg ved, hvad der er sket.

Who · Hvem

What · Hvad

Where · Hvor

When · Hvornår

Why · Hvorfor

How · Hvordan

How much · Hvor meget

Which · Hvilken

Adverbs

a lot · Meget

a little · Lidt

Well · Godt

Badly · Dårligt

Only · Kun

Also · Også

Very · Meget

too (as in “too tall”) · For

too much · For meget

so (as in “so tall”) · Så

so much · Så meget

more (know how to say “more … than …”) · Mere

less (know how to say “less … than …”) · Mindre

as … as … (e.g. “as tall as”) · Så… som… (så høj som..)

Most · Mest

Least · Mindst

Better · Bedre

Best · Bedst

Worse · Værre

Worst · Værst

Now · Nu

Then · Dengang (meaning back then) / derefter (as in first this, then this.)

Here · Her

There · Der

Maybe · Måske

Always �� Altid

Usually · Som regel / for det meste

Often · Ofte / tit

Sometimes · Sommetider / Nogle gange

Never · Aldrig

Today · I dag

Yesterday · I går

Tomorrow · I morgen

Soon · Snart

Almost · Næsten

Already · Allerede

Still · Stadig

Even · Selvom

Enough · Nok

Adjectives

the, a (technically articles) · We don’t have “the” in danish. “A” is either en or et depending on the noun. Instead of the, we end the word in either -en or -et again depending on the noun. (The dog = Hunden. A dog = En hund.)

This · Dette / Det her / Denne / Den her (again depending on the noun)

That · Det der / Den der

Good · God / godt (dependant on the noun?)

Bad · Dårlig / dårligt (dependant on the noun?)

All · Alle

Some · Nogle

No · ingen

Any · Nogen

Many · Mange

Few · Få

Most · Flest / Mest

Other · Anden / Andet (denpendant on the noun)

Same · Samme

Different · Forskellig

Enough · Nok (there is enough = der er nok)

One · En

Two · To

a few · Nogle få

First · Først / Første

Next · Næste

last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday”) · Sidste

last (meaning “final”) · Sidste / Endelige

Easy · Nem

Hard · Svær

Early · Tidlig

Late · Sen

Important · Vigtig

Interesting · Interessant

Fun · Sjov

Boring · Kedelig

Beautiful · Smuk

Big · Stor

Small · Lille

Happy · Glad

Sad · Trist / Ked af det

Busy · Travl

Excited · Spændt

Tired · Træt

Ready · Klar

Favorite · Yndlings

New · Ny

right (meaning “correct”) · Rigtig

Wrong · Forkert

True · Sand / Sandt

Pronouns

Know them in the subject (“I”), direct object (“me”), indirect object (“to me”), and possessive (“my”) forms.

I · Jeg

You · Du

She · Hun

He · Han

It · Den / Det

We · Vi

you (plural) · I (Written in uppercase)

They · De

Nouns

Everything · Alt

Something · Noget

Nothing · Ingenting

Everyone · Alle / Alle sammen

Someone · Nogen

no one · Ingen

(name of the language you’re studying) · Dansk

English · Engelsk

Thing · Ting

Person · Person

Place · Sted

time (as in “a long time”) · Tid

time (as in “I did it 3 times”) · Gang(e) (Jeg gjorde det 3 gange)

Friend · Ven (male and female, used most often) / Veninde (female)

Woman · Kvinde

Man · Mand

Money · Penge

Country · Land

(name of your home country) · Danmark

City · By

Language · Sprog

Word · Ord

Food · Mad

House · Hus

Store · Butik / Forretning

Office · Kontor

Company · Firma

Manager · Manager

Coworker · Kollega

Job · Arbejde / Job

work (as in “I have a lot of work to do”) · Arbejde

Problem · Problem

Question · Spørgsmål

Idea · Idé

Life · Liv

World · Verden

Day · Dag

Year · År

Week · Uge

Month · Måned

Hour · Time

mother, father, parent · Mor, far, forælder (forældre in plural)

daughter, son, child · Datte, søn, barn

wife, husband · Kone, Mand

girlfriend, boyfriend · Kæreste (gender neutral)

More Verbs

work (as in a person working) · Arbejde

work (meaning “to function”, e.g. “the TV works”) · Virke

See · Se

Use · Bruge

Should · Burde

Believe · Tro

Practice · Øve sig

Seem · Synes (Context dependant)

Come · Komme

Leave · Gå / Forlade

Return · Vende tilbage / Tilbagevende

Give · Give

Take · Tage

Bring · Bringe

look for · Lede efter

Find · Finde

get (meaning “obtain”) · Få

Receive · Få

Buy · Købe

Try · Prøve

Start · Starte

stop (doing something) · (At) Stoppe / (Jeg) stopper

Finish · Færdiggøre

Continue · Forstætte

wake up · Vågne

get up · Stå op (get out of bed)

Eat · Spise

eat breakfast · Spise morgenmad (verb + noun)

eat lunch · Spise frokost (verb + noun)

eat dinner · Spise aftensmad (verb + noun)

Happen · Ske

Feel · Føle

create (aka “make”) · Lave

cause (aka “make”) · Forårsage / at være årsag til

meet (meeting someone for the first time) · Møde

meet (meaning “to bump into”) · Støde ind i / Møde

meet (an arranged meeting) · Møde

ask (a question) · Spørge

ask for (aka “request”) · Bede om

Wonder · Undre (sig)

Reply · Svare

Mean · Mene

Read · Læse

Write · Skrive

Listen · Lytte

Hear · Høre

Remember · Huske

Forget · Glemme

Choose · Vælge

Decide · Beslutte (sig)

be born · (Blive) Født

Die · Dø

Kill · Dræbe

Live · Leve

Stay · Blive

Change · Ændre

Help · Hjælpe

Send · Sende

Study · Studere

Improve · Forbedre

Hope · Håbe

Care · (At) Bekymre (sig om)

Phrases

Hello · Hej

Goodbye · Farvel

thank you · Tak

you’re welcome · Det var så lidt / Selv tak

excuse me (to get someone’s attention) · Undskyld mig

Sorry · Undskyld

it’s fine (response to an apology) · Det er okay

Please · We don’t have this. We would say “Vil du være sød at…” (Would you be so kind as to…) ending the sentence in “..., tak”

Yes · Ja

No · Nej

Okay · Okay

My name is · Mit navn er...

What’s your name? · Hvad er dit navn? (uncommon) / Hvad hedder du? (common)

Nice to meet you. · Godt at møde dig / Rart at møde dig

How are you? · Hvordan har du det?

I’m doing well, how about you? · Jeg har det godt, hvad med dig?

Sorry? / What? (if you didn’t hear something) · Undskyld? / Hvad?

How do you say ______? · Hvordan siger man ____?

What does ______ mean? · Hvad betyder ____?

I don’t understand. · Jeg forstår ikke (helt) / Det forstår jeg ikke (common) / Jeg forstår det ikke

Could you repeat that? · Kan du gentage det?

Could you speak more slowly, please? · Kan du snakke lidt langsomere?

Well (as in “well, I think…”) · Altså

Really? · Virkelig?

I guess that · Jeg tror at...

It’s hot. (talking about the weather) · Her er varmt / Det er varmt

It’s cold. (talking about the weather) · Her er koldt / Det er koldt

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[russenoire]

日本語で３百語の単語…第２部。

read part one of this series. @funwithlanguages’ original post.

conjunctions:

in japanese, conjunctions tend to carry a fair amount of emotional and contextual baggage. they’re seldom as simple as ‘and’ or ‘or’. they’re ‘and finally’ or ‘and this is another reason’ or ‘when this happened, this happened’…

and that’s if they can be isolated at all.

whole expressions/set phrases, particles or the conjunctive/continuative auxiliary verb suffix 〜[て・で] (te/de) — which tacks onto verb stems and connects to other verbs — handle many of the functions of these simple english words. there are dozens of ways to express most of them, and all carry a different emotional charge.

that　(as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”)　oh man. this one…doesn’t really exist in japanese. ‘that’ is usually inserted into translations to make them sound natural in english. 

the closest equivalent that comes to mind for ‘i think that…’ is 〜と思う (to omou), an expression used for describing one’s own thoughts and feelings. no part of it means ‘that’.

the ‘light nouns’ 事、こと (koto, intangible thing) and 者・物、もの (mono, animate or inanimate object) often appear in phrases that can be translated into english using ‘that’ in this sense. these are actually complete sentences in japanese, not dependent clauses like ‘that’ forms in english.

本当じゃないこと。 hontou ja nai koto. things that are not true.

忘れたい事は忘れられない事。 wasuretai koto wa wasurerarenai koto. the things that i want to forget are things that i can’t forget.

将来を見据えて学問に励む者。 shourai o misuete gakumon ni hagemu mono. people that work hard in their studies, keeping an eye on the future.

and

と (to), probably the most straightforward equivalent for ‘and’. it has a ton of unrelated uses.

し (shi), ‘and’ but also ‘but also’, ‘and this is a reason’ and…

そして (sosh’te), which means ‘and finally’,

及び (oyobi), formal?

and 〜[て・で] …but only sometimes.

or　又は (mata wa), も…も (mo…mo) both can mean ‘or’ or ‘either … or ��’ i am not familiar yet with the nuances around 又は。

but

でも (demo),

けど (kedo), which implies an unspoken conclusion at the end of a sentence;

然し (sh’kashi), semi-formal;

だって (datte), informal and kinda peevish/argumentative/petty/childish. bear with me here. だって is a combined particle with no meaning on its own, but it carries many implications. it refers to something someone said beforehand, but precedes additional, usually negative information related to the previous statement.

because　し, から (kara), which actually means ‘from’ in the sense of consequences being derived from a previous action or occurrence. this also fits for ‘so’. だって can be used here as well.

though　のに (no ni), usually used to indicate a consequence that is surprising, unfavorable, or both. many of the other words here fill this role too.

so (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”)　から, [だ・です]から (da/des’ kara), ので (no de, formal/polite).

if*

と, often indicates an ominous unspoken ‘then’ at the end of a sentence;

なら (nara), connects sentences and means ‘if this, then that will occur’,

〜たら (tara, for verbs)

〜けれ[ば] (-ba for verbs, -kereba for adjectives)…

just as with ‘but’, countless ways to say ‘if’ exist.

* whispers: ‘if’ is an adverb in english, actually…

[thelanguagecommunity]

Hey everyone! I took @funwithlanguages list of 300 words and made myself a printable for it, and I thought I would share it will all of you too

it’s focused on translating concepts rather than just words, and I added a notes section to jot down pronunciation tips or potential caveats for different situations. For example, if there is more than one translation for a concept (ser & estar both translate into “to be”) 

There are also pronoun tables for quick reference

and an optional appendix! of words that are in the swadesh list but not the previous 300 words

you can print it out or just make a copy and fill it out on google drive!

[renderella]

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