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| Grammar (English ver.) | https://gitlab.com/eotplb/zokale/-/tree/master/machine_translation?ref_type=heads |
| Grammar (Japanese site) | https://eotplb.gitlab.io/do-zokale-wagone/ |
| Miscellaneous notes/Small talk (Japanese/Login required) | https://www.tumblr.com/zokale4talk |
JP:今日は衆議院選挙投票日です。投票は午前7時から午後8時までです。忘れず投票しましょう
EN:Today is election day for the House of Representatives. Voting hours are from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Don’t forget to vote!
G3:sunuko palibe ito eso taso palamete nugame. eta 7:00 eto 20:00 paloto kele. obu ino melupa palote!
G2:sunuki palibe ito eso tasi palamete nugame. eta 7:00 eto 20:00 palotui kele. obu ino melupa palote!
Z4:nugame osa eso tasi palamete ito sunuki palibe. palotui kele osa 7:00 eta 20:00 eto. obu paloten melupa ino!
Participles present a particular challenge when constructing conlangs. How would you express the following in your conlang?
JP: ジュディがジョンから食べさせられていたリンゴは今は生産されていない。
EN: The apple that Judy was being made to eat by John is no longer produced.
In Zokale Z4, this would be:
Z4: de Judii osu de Jon aga siwodai oda odo edu eka pawome osa nuyoto dohuzu ino eno.
Note: This example sentence has a high rate of mistranslation when machine translated.
In Japan, it’s titled “Yuki no Odori” (Snow Dance) with lyrics specifically tailored to Japanese themes of snow. However, the translation by Z4 uses the original Slovak folk song lyrics, which are unrelated to snow.
For me, computer music is something I enjoy despite being quite incompetent, so the technical skills are virtually nonexistent. And that won’t change anytime soon.
JP: 昨日は私の誕生日でしたが、誰からも祝ってもらえませんでした。
EN: Yesterday was my birthday, but no one celebrated it for me.
G3: wa imu lahilopalibe kahape inu eka igayumo ino yuhila wa iniba.
G2: wa imu lahilipalibe kahape inu eka igayumo ino yuhila wa.
Z4: kahape osa la^lahili:palibe inu iga:yumo lan yuhila ino eka.
JP: 私の友人は熱中症で倒れ、病院に救急搬送されました。
EN: My friend collapsed from heat stroke and was rushed to the hospital.
G3: eka yatuha iyu nezuse wo yusube ima eka lapido pudaka anu lumase sa.
G2: eka yatuhu iyu nezuse wo yusube ima eka lapido pudaku ado lumase.
Z4: lo yusube osa nezuse iyu yatuhu eka ima lumase ado lapido pudaku eka.
JP: この扇風機の設計寿命は6年です。これを超えて使用すると、経年劣化により、発火の恐れがあります。
G3: kuloso buwose to tuletine imu dezano lelinike. ihi kayuta ezo sa iniba ihe puweda kohatapila iyu ezokelo pasame sa.
G2: kulosi buwose to tuletine imu dezani lelinike. ihi kayutu ezo sa ihe puwedu kohatupilu iyu ezokeli pasame.
Z4: to tuletine imu dezani lelinike osa kulosi buwose. ihi sa ezo kayutu ihe ezo:keli pasame iyu kohatu:pilu>puwede.
*New words
lelinik‐: lifetime
pasam‐: deterioration, deteriorate
JP: 今日の日本は、一部の地域で最高気温が40℃に達すると予報されています。
EN: Today in Japan, temperatures are forecast to reach a maximum of 40 °C (104 °F) in some places.
G3: wanana bileda anu 40 °C ibo ikikokuko suhe ani belapo nohage nugame imu da Nihon.
G2: wananu biledu adi 40 °C ibo ikikokuki suhe adu belapi nohage nugame imu de nihon.
Z4: nugame imu de Nihon osa belapi nohage adu ini:koluki suhe osu 40 °C adi biledu isi wananu.
JP: 物価高騰で食費を削り、飢えに苦しむ事を、日本では「国内経済は堅調です」と言います。
G3: bataka siwodo gasute iyu halago koluke ima peniga iyu tigutome iniba otu “yukotone anibanuso talose.” ota sanola ani da Nihon iniba.
G2: bakata siwodi gasute iyu halagi koluke ima penigue iyu tigutome otu “yukotoniu anibanusi talose.” ota sanolu ani de nihon.
Z4: halagi koluke iyu siwodi gasuten bataka ima tigutome iyu peniguen de Nihon ani “ani:banusi talose osa yukotoni.” isu sanola.
JP: 体調不良のため、涼しい季節が来るまで開発活動時間を減らします。
EN: Due to poor health, I will be reducing my development activity time until the cooler season arrives.
G3: bakata bumuto ziwato kele iyu kino kulahe eto ola sapuna lamigo kize wa.
G2: bakata bumuti ziwati kele iyu kini kulahe eto ola sapunu lamigi kize.
Z4: kini kulahe iyu lamigi kize osu sapunu eto bumuti ziwati kelen bataka.
What is the best symbol to use for separating digits in numbers? Currently, I'm using a comma, but the dedicated character is hard to read when combined with numbers. The leading candidate is the apostrophe, but it might be confused with the symbol for elapsed time. I'm stuck.
