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I'm curious as to how the cuneiform is translated. Are they (or have access to) linguists who specialised in old Mesopotamian languages? Or do they use some fr
by harel 11y ago
I'm curious as to how the cuneiform is translated. Are they (or have access to) linguists who specialised in old Mesopotamian languages? Or do they use some freely available tools like this: http://www.paleoaliens.com/event/babylonian/ http://www.paleoaliens.com/event/babylonian/ ?
Or in other words - is the translation legit? If I show it to the Sumerian god Gozer, will he laugh at me? I realise the translation is probably phonetic (i.e., written in cuneiform but would sound like English if Gozer read it).
- sbierwagen 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration They're just mapping the english sounds into cuniform. It's not a translation.
- mchaver 11y agoIt looks like a transliteration. Seems like they are using Cuneiform syllables to represent English. Quote from the webiste: "We take the letters from your message and transliterate by syllable, as nearly as we can, into cuneiform."
- gnoway 11y agoYou could pre-translate, but Gozer would probably still laugh at you because they use Old Persian cuneiform, not Sumerian. You might also risk your message exceeding 140 characters post-translation.
- benoliver999 11y agoCuneiform was used to write multiple languages, since it's basically a way to write syllables, so it's a decent choice for a project like this. You are basically writing English, but using different symbols (like IPA I suppose).