1190: Time/Translator

2013-07-25T19:43:56Z

Equinox: added frames 2910 - 2924 (the ones containing text fromt the leader

Here's a list of all the blurry text from the translator, both with the original image and enhanced contrast.

A note about grammar:

* The punctuation appears to be borrowed from the translator's native language.
* The ring diacritic indicates a question mark.
* A single line above a letter is a full stop.
* A double line above a letter is an exclamation mark (or probably a comma).

This might help in determining the native language a bit better.

{| class="wikitable"
! Original
! Enhanced contrast
! Text
! Notes/corrections
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| [[File:translator-1.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-1.png]]
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"Somewhat"
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| [[File:translator-2.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-2.png]]
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"Whence have you traveled here"
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| [[File:translator-3.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-3.png]]
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"You arose here from the desert below? Nobody [unclear-1] there"
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Unclear-1: Survives?
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| [[File:translator-4.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-4.png]]
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"I am sorry. Your language is like those spoken by the [unclear-1] difficult [unclear-2] but I learned it."
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Unclear-1: ???

Unclear-2: ???
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| [[File:translator-5.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-5.png]]
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"Please be patient/have patience"
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| [[File:translator-6.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-6.png]]
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"They understand nothing[,] so they will tend to matters."
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| [[File:translator-7.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-7.png]]
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"Your bags"
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| [[File:translator-8.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-8.png]]
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"They are heavy."
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| [[File:translator-9.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-9.png]]
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"(You're) welcome"
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| [[File:translator-10.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-10.png]]
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"Tell me where your home is."
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| [[File:translator-11.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-11.png]]
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"What river?"
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| [[File:translator-12.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-12.png]]
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"How many people strong are you?"
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| [[File:translator-13.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-13.png]]
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"[unclear-1] forty? All my numbers are too small.

"Yes! Good."
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Unclear-1: "What is forty?"/"How much is forty?"/"What means forty?" possibly
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| [[File:translator-14.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-14.png]]
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"Do you carry these people with you?"
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Possibly meaning, "Did you bring any of those people with you?"
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| [[File:translator-15.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-15.png]]
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"Oh." [both times]
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| [[File:translator-16.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-16.png]]
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"You do not know. [Unclear-1]"
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| [[File:translator-17.png]]
| [[File:translator-contrast-17.png]]
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"Your sea does not stand alone, there is another sea [Unclear-1] beyond the shore. It has become [Unclear-2] to yours [Unclear-3] levels differ and thus water flows"
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Unclear-1: "next to it"?

Unclear-2: "tied"

Unclear-3: "because the"/"but their"
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| [[File:translator-contrast-18.png]]
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"In time even the hills change. When people first [Unclear-1] and first built [Unclear-2] cities the seas were joined. But there was a great [Unclear-3] and the passage was closed. Your sea [Unclear-4] with too few rivers. Under the sun it shrank and the water fell. Now the sea has found a way back in."
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Unclear-1: "walked" or "talked"?
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"Do you know where you are?"
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"I [Unclear-1] build you a map to understanding."
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"The fortress is here." - "This sea is yours." - "This sea is joining yours."
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"And this is our belief about the sea's new shore."
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"We learned it has happened before. When our r[Unclear-1]ts were le[Unclear-2]ng to walk upr[Unclear-3]t, the sea [Unclear-4]d and returned."
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Unclear-1: "parents" with vertical overlay "forefathers"/rabbits?

Unclear-2: learning?

Unclear-3: upright?

Unclear-4: fled?
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"N[Unclear-1]t is H[Unclear-2]ing again."
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Unclear-1: Now it?

Unclear-2: happening?
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"Yes."
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"This Castle/Fortress [Unclear-1] once [Unclear-2] island. We found it and have tried to rebuild it."
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Unclear-1: was?

Unclear-2: an?
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"[Unclear-1] I imagine/suppose/[Unclear-2] it will be an island again."
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Unclear-1: Now?

Unclear-2: guess?
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"We are learners/teachers/scholars. This fortress [Unclear-1] with [Unclear-2] and I am their teacher/leader."
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Unclear-1: shares?

Unclear-2: teachers/scholars/learners?
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"I am so sorry."
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"When we [Unclear-1] the sea was [Unclear-2] under the bank we tried to shore it up. We failed. We tried to remove everybody from the basin, but we did not know of your [Unclear-2]."
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Unclear-1: flowing/rising?

Unclear-2: tribe/group?
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"No."
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"[Unclear-1] the water flows, it widens the breach. The [Unclear-2] is giving way. The sea will push through in a G[Unclear-3]ent. The planets mightiest river will once again come thundering down the mountainside. The sea will fill - not in years - but in days."
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Unclear-1: No or As?

Unclear-2: serm or perm or berm?

Unclear-3: ?
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"The journey to your land is much too long. [Unclear-1] not send[Unclear-2] only [Unclear-3] se[Unclear-4] Encircled and drowned by the rising/rushing tide/water."
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Unclear-1: ?

Unclear-2: ?

Unclear-3: to?

Unclear-4: ?
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"The world you know is ending. But fortune/fate has [Unclear-1] you from the flood. You [Unclear-2] not intend to [Unclear-3]ve your home forever, but be thankful/grateful you left when you did."
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Unclear-1: delivered?

Unclear-2: did?

Unclear-3: leave or love or serve?
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"You must say your goodbyes from here. You cannot go back/return down into the abyss. For you have walked too far and now there is no more time to walk. The ocean/sea is coming/here."
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