Translating Peole

[x_equals_speed]

Does anyone know what she's saying?

Google translate detects as romanian but translates one word in twenty so it's probably just coincidence. Possibly it's words from ten languages used at random to generate a new one? Anyone read enough languages to make sense of it like that?

I showed it to a linguist who claims to be able to identify most languages in the Roman alphabet and came away with "Well either it's one of the few I know nothing about, like Latvian or a random combination or a made up language."

If it is made up I'd be interested to know if it's gibberish or if we can work it out. It seems like there's enough consistency in the text that it's not entirely someone hammering a keyboard at random.

Perhaps taking the known translations and applying them to short sentences will let us figure out more words from context and boostrap our way to a full translation of the language. I've started to transcribe some of her conversations and might have a go at it later.

If anyone else wants to take a shot here's what I've got. Where one speaker and the TV is English it should be obvious who is who. When she's talking to the man (Is Ramaz his name? Or a place or something else?) I've indicated who speaks first and used a line break to indicate when the speaker changes.

[Newspaper on fridge]

Zmeriss
fo mkiugt

[Phone Conversation]

Sunu? MU, MU, MU! Mu pi eni, t zew.
X pu loidu... Wepi, wepi, ve ni seu

Tu is goi ve mu toyu lisamparu
nez, ni zaam sunu déeru am ispe
seze.

Za... pu kolu. Antuzabpi mu wupv e
enel. Erauz.

[TV Show]

You're a disappointment, Michael. I didn't expect this from you...
Well, what a surprise. Isn't there anyone in this family that hasn't disappointed you, mom?
Don't talk to your mother like that! Do I have to give you a spanking, like I used to when you were a boy?

“Spanking...”? Eeeh... Ah! Essupis! Le
pi we e rel: “essupis”!

Everyone in the family wants to leave the farm.

“The farm”, “the farm”! Iuz ispám
ebéroéru pe “dléke”!

Poor me! I'm going to be left all alone in Autumn Place!
And all because you want to go off with the Browns' shameless daughter.
Mom! Please don't talk about Amanda that way. She's the woman I love.
And what about me. Michael, who loves me? What about me, who loves me?!
I love you too, mom, but please understand that I can't stay here forever.

“I love you?”, “I love you” … Pi
goau? Eu, zis: “Pi goau”!

[Man interrupting. Man talks first]

Tu boamu, ve ispez waamru pe
nare ise ri Autumn Place?

Ribaez ispel ebekéru, kur! E w za
slëz goi pez zespolez x tedé
zupez!
Wepi, wepi. Esebu ip setípopu v
wuv...

Wenuz. Peole. Nelsjéru goi is doau!
[She goes and changes outfit, man speaks when she returns]
Kur, tope, nare! Tu goi ebekis, kur.
Peole!
Ni esebu piwépel, jnéu... Rékeni
ep namuz goi

[TV Show]

Is something bothering you Amanda? You seem colder, like you've lost...
Hope? I know, Michael. I'm worried about our future, you know?

“Tezao”... Mu tusotis t ip zopolu,
isjepi tezao! “Hope”!

Amanda, I just want one passionate kiss from you, and then another, and...

Uh... Zis “tisu etezaoeru”, gossá?
Za, ribi z “passionate kiss”.

Of course I'll be able to! I'll take some cattle and we'll sell them in Greenville...

“Cattle”? Hmm... Cattle? “Spittas”
nare nare “spittas”!

Then we'll start fresh with the proceeds.
Michael, do you love me?
Sure! Of course I love you.
And I'll shout it from the rooftops: I love you!

[Man interrupting, woman talks first]

Uvi, goi ev ebeké nov rolu v juv...

Ma rolu ma pisjis! E w za slëz goi
is zesap amsel spaampis! Autumn
Place!

[Woman gets changed, talks first]

E ebekel, kur...

Ve ispez pelréru. Wenuz, wenuz!!
Goi MU kur, goi mu muz pu turinuz
tnapal!

Ni esebu ri piwépel, jnéu

[Phone call]

Jupe nene, goi pepe Peole? Zuv mei
Peole. Za, jesi om tel ri raez t pu
namuz.

Vu penbaam isjeru ri namuz. Vu?
tois... baam baam. Waamru
Autumn Place ri moiwu.
Mu, pentusu su goi is spittas. Is
om junb muwau... Usoteru.

Uvi, goi pep pe sipuz? Paamis ve
gumbirtz

Ej, damaep, damaep. Isju ri namuz
texel t ip sentu.

Za, zaint ni je doz'peru wamdésse
pe mepolepisse, ve pu zebis.

Wepi nene, om essupis, kekekeke...

Vu penbaam pi goau. Soare.

[Watching TV]

Oh, Samantha...Make me yours!

Gterzi, “make me yours”, rasi.
Xdolu goi is “jessni povu”!

Shhh, keep your voice down, Gabriel! My husband will hear you!
Forget about that jackass, woman... Surrender to the pleasure!

Tois za goi mu ispá mupéru ise
“pleasure”. Ribi zis “zariparer”
zotodu.

Oh, Gabriel.. What are we doing?
Come on, honey. Let's give that idiot husband of yours a reason to be jealous...

Ej, za... Ezí goi pi weaz e rel sipuz
mu? “Jealous”! Deka sun: “Sipuz”!

What's all this about my husband, Gabriel?
You're a bit of a sourpuss... Has something happened?

Oh. lisamparu! “Sourpuss” eku pi
weaz e rel sun “lisamparu”!

[Man interrupts, man speaks first]

Peole! Wamde ve, ni ispáz néru ip
tipu!
E ebekel, kur!

Isv nov sézere, Ramaz... Masisa
ramel naz tamzenaamz v...

Ma ramel ma uz'paez! Mu wez e
pam mere goi ramel tgoi!

[Woman gets changed, speaks first]

Zoa e wpi, Ramaz, tu goae jes
suzez goi vu

Tu za tex ip sues ri om spaam
ispe pelri!
Goi vu...

[Watching TV]

Michael, you should have taken better care of the livestock! One is missing!

“Livestock”... Ribi zis pi weaz e rel
“déeru”, xdolu!

What... No way! Which one's missing?
The steer with the coffee coloured marking has disappeared. That animal was my favorite!

Ip “steer” ribi z ise delu, delu
“muwau” kuwam!

I searched the entire pasture and couldn't find him.
Damn, he was so dear to me...
Where could he be?

Hmm... Goi ze “dear”? Goasse xe
antuzabpi? Zis: “antuzabpi.”

There's only one possible explanation. Those cattle rustlers the Browns stole him.
The Browns again...
Something has to be done, Michael.
Our revenge will be sweet!

Wamdésse! Luz bozselám
“revenge”! Delu, delu: “wamdáésse”.

[Man interrupting, man speaks first]

Kur, tope, nare! Tu goi ebekis,
Peole!

Ni esebu ri piwépel, jnéu... Rékeni
ep manuz goi... Autumn Place?

Mu ame am ise sebissupe úpap
pve, ij? E sollel!

Wenuz, nelsjéru goi is doau!

Ahh...Wepi. Esebu ip setípopu v
wuv...

Ribaez ispel ebekéru, kur!

[Phone]

Sunu?! Wamde ve! Tu za suc vu pe
goi ebeke! Om 10% nez, tu pamrlez
selerole!

Pi urau, pi urau, pi urau!

Za, pu x. Ve, ve. Pu zaam. Ve x goi
po mu is ip aminadu.

Wepi, ispe ea. E so ihe ri essupis,
wrer? V goi sei e? Vu momse ni
esoru.

Za... goi zo pam, risri poidu.

Wepi. Za... vu penbaam pi goau.
Erauz.

[TV]

Everyone listen, any member of the Brown family is our enemy now.
Our mortal enemy!
“Enemy”? Umh... “Aminadu”, am ip
Isperau spelu!

But... What about Amanda? I love that woman, Mom.
I won't give her up!
Amanda is the Browns' eldest daughter, Michael, You have to forget her!
Forget her? Never! I'd sooner die!
Did you hear me, Mom? I'd sooner die!
You bring shame on this family... You are dead to us.
Get out of our house and you can drop dead for all I care!

Ah! Sno “drop dead” Jes ome
rispelesaóm sno, so epdoaam:
“disvania”!

[Man interrupting, man speaks first]

Goi, is sunuru moisu zao, Peole?
Tois erawe GOAAM SUKOIS amsu ep
spaam lasu goi tedu?

Tele z koz'puz, jnéu, ep zep pe goi
jesi ip ebeku zosau...

Eza goi istebape v jess po tel, kur!

[Woman gets changed, man speaks first]

Tu za tex ip sues ri om spaam
ispe pelri!

Isv nov sézere, Ramaz...

E ebekel, kur!

[Watching TV]

Amanda, Amanda! I've left my home and my family
And I did it all for you. Now, please, make me yours forever!

Jessni povu, v ip uu laso. “Make me yours”, zis sum “jessni povu.”

But Michael... our families despise one another!
I think you should save your affection and find some other woman to be your dear one.

“Dear”! Za, “antuzabpi.”

But, what are you saying, Amanda? It's you I love! Please don't leave
Let it go, Michael. Sell your share of the farm and leave this place.

Stroll “farm” … Eku pi weaz ip
dléke. Ip zissi “dléke”.

No, please! Amanda, I love you!
Don't leave me...

Oooh, bou. Pi goau! “Te quiero!”
Am ip Isperau “pi goau”, mu!

[Man interrupting, man speaks first]

Ue vss, Peole!? Tu za tex ip sues ri
om spaam ispe pelri!

Zoa e wpi, Ramaz, tu goae jes
suzez goi vu...

Goi po jelez za goais xdoal
wawaamru beku om to sju, kur!

[Woman gets changed, man speaks first]

Wamde ve, ni ispáz néru ip tipu.

Isv nov sézere, Ramaz...

Ma ramel ma uz'paez! Mu wez e
pam mere goi ramel!

[Player phones her]

Jupe, goaam is? Nez wepi goi xe epdu antpé

Eh... Sorry, wha

(SIGH) Sdu sdu je siperu? Jade, jade sdu?
Eez, mei Peole. Vu pamdu omez dpez nov isaspez so ip ebeku.
(SIGH) Sdu sdu je siperu? Jade, jade sdu? [Not sure if this is an error]
Sunu? Goi za pamdu om aminadu? Nale, mu x goaam is, tu mu ribaez nip am pe ware ri puz rinez.
Emogoi za goi is sa goi jev.

[HATRED]

See.... Lisamparu.

Za, ispe spelu goi ispe lisamparu tgoi e pe nik ri puz ruz soéru espoebenuz ee am moisu teaz ri
adam, v eje goi mu turinuz déelmuz pe ware ri pe nazne zne, ni opapasse tele déelx pe ware.

Nepra jaku ri... pi urau, pi urau, pi urau! Pu goi relae t issetel ri ispe neprape zapoesao. Ri wrer, ve mu x goi jes?

So... Wamdésse

Weve.po slëz...? Tu, tu... is na jnéu! Mu ra goi my pu jeve tamzeru épis, tu mu su goi xe setess ri jespu. Erinez, is nosju zo goi vu, x goi mu turlae epséssel pe wamdésse eomgoi goazae. Boamu, goasse.

Goasse za goi jeve epdu goi toye jes. Za, goasse is pu goi jes! Nosjazanez dlesaez! Wupwez e zeb ri na za ru zepi baam. Risieni zo.

[Epilogue] Enrse rupamsae, éznapare tlsatepnam t ip psenbau ri zepawe, is
enere supugoaepnam pe amznyer rip tisu etezaoeru, u amznyer
rip zariparer. Pu sa is goi zo SUEDAI PENBAÉM tlurosalx ep bib rip
naznu wezu u ri pe nazne bue.

[COWS]

See... Muwau!

(SIGH) Sdu sdu je siperu? Jade, jade sdu?

Well... Dléke?
Dléke? Iste, iste... is nosje susaramsae goi om rissousaru ni eni v ni rade “dléke” ez ip zoamvu goi pamaru ispe mus. Goi sukois goais? E goé zíez so?

So... Spittas.

Za, za... Ve ampaamru e pu goi zais. Vu penbaém pu jebíe tamzeru. Ip zopolu ispá am pez lisis, wrer?

Suntlez lisis, epanampez pez lisis, wamris pez lisis náz selez, isi lö.

Uvi, vu iwu om paintu ráupi eoippez, tu po... T goé nupispelíez am enelni rasaéuni is?

[Did not result in ending card. Have some really odd notes that implied I transcribed “COWS” twice with slightly different dialogue each time]

[LOVE]

Well... Tezao!

Pe tazao? Hmm... za. Za toyi goi pamdez lesso! Pe tezao! Ispotare ri na, isv egoa, zupe, traamru ip
paintu, v ip naamez nolaarux ri zlau am pe sei.

Az,pi ri na, sunu mu turaru wpu épis! Nosjazanez dlesaez, enebpi rissousaru. Mu pamdu nosju goi uzs, tu na... “suntenyu” paami boamuz suesz, gossá toye amsel epdu pisé. Ri moiwu, nosjez dlesaez!

[Epilogue] Enrse rupamsae, éznapare tlsatepnam t ip psenbau ri zepawe, is
enere supugoaepnam pe amznyer rip tisu etezaoeru, u amznyer
rip zariparer. Pu sa is goi zo SUEDAI PENBAÉM tlurosalx ep bib rip
naznu wezu u ri pe nazne bue. [Ending card for LOVE identical to HATE]

[SEX]

See... Tisu etezaoeru?

Ispe? Uvi nale, mu x goaam is ma e goi zais, tu isu goi esebez ri risal is nov tu goi nov lelu. Goi is pu goi goais ihespenam?

Rani e goi zais ihespenam, ére. Goé goais ri na?

Well... Essupis.

Ej, wepi, Eje intissenuz e jebpel na araune. Eez, vu pamdu omez dpez nov isaspez so ip ebeku. Pe tlane is goi ZAINT is am seze rip spaar.

V t oppanu... Goi pelaze risiez? Pe ri $50 spovi is patuz ri pepadu v rus spezis ri istuzez, naamez goi pe ri $50... Wepi?

Erm...Jessni povu!

Ijn, wepi. Ni pu ne sunu goi goias pe xdoe pelaze. Tois mere, suku pez suzez v wuv tele eá. Itele, tgoi wé e rel puz essupis ri po ware!
[Epilogue] Enrse rupamsae, éznapare tlsatepnam t ip psenbau ri zepawe, is
enere supugoaepnam pe amznyer rip tisu etezaoeru, u amznyer
rip zariparer. Pu sa is goi zo SUEDAI PENBAÉM tlurosalx ep bib rip
naznu wezu u ri pe nazne bue. [Ending card for SEX identical to LOVE and HATE]

Known translations

dieke = farm
spittas = cattle
muwav = steer
deeru = livestock

essupis = spanking
tisu etezaoreu = passionate kiss
jessni pavu = make me yours
zariparer = pleasure

wamdésse = revenge
disvania! = drop dead!
lisamparu = sourpuss
aminadu = enemy

pi goau = I love you
tezao = hope
antuzabpi = dear
spiuz = jealous

ë é í á ú ó

[x_equals_speed]

Huh, yeah I find some line by line translations that sorta work but not quite. It could be a line by line amalgomation but limtiations of autotranslation get in the way?

If it's essentially a transcribed accent in a foreign language we're toast, I can't think of any way to deal with that short of getting a native speaker for whatever langauge(s) they used involved.

[Axel]

I think that we would need to happen upon somone that notice the pattern that is used for transkribed it or what obscure launguge they have used.

I also think that we would need to check the line by line translations with somone that know that laungue like I said the translation for swedish(and other nordic languge) is absolutly and absordly wrong and I suspect that allot of the other translations are simularly wrong.

If one of the line by line translations are even close to correct we might have found the right laungage famely.

[x_equals_speed]

To add to our corpus of text: When you end the scenario by saying "love love love" a new job appears:



ETEPIER RI NAMRADUZ

Ebeku goi sozaz'pi tlsatepnam am esuntenel e om namradu v telpal tepuz ep lis ri iuz tele goyelx so zoz suzez. Po suntamze ritamri ri pe separer ri tepuz telparuz

Key skills: Om tepu baam dru

(esuntenel has a curly accent over the second n, separer has a regular accent over the first e)



On completing this job a picture of an old man with a long white beard appears with the comment (given high food and sleep):

Weve, my je isperu nep! Nuz epasseru telpanuz u goi? Vu ni goya ip sella v po toyis wamr ispe tpole epadoe, pep, ispe, waike.

(epadoe has an accent over the first e)

[Aoi Blue]

The phonetics do seem Baltic, but it seems closer to a fictitious language combining word structure from various Eastern and North-Eastern European languages.

This makes the language just beyond the grasp for most people who have heard bits and pieces of various eastern block languages. I think this is very much intentional, so you can gist a tiny bit of what they are saying, but not enough to make full sense of it.

p.s. Sorry for the necro-posting. I thought considering the amount of input on the conversation thus far, it would be better to continue on the thread than post a new one.

[Pixel Peeper]

I wish you could keep exploring the language beyond the scope of the cage investigation.

Right now I have no idea who the bearded old man is or what the new job offer is for, and I wouldn't mind so much if there actually were a way to figure it out.