Round 92

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Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo I will first write in pinyin (because I am illiterate in Chinese), will use some dictionary to get the Chinese characters

Rú-guǒ nǐ de diàn-nǎo huì shuō Yīng-yǔ, hěn kě-néng zhì-zào zài Rì-běn
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:14:45 - #1 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo (please forgive me for any grammatical mistakes too :D )
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:15:11 - #1 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo 如-果 您 的 电-脑 说 英-语，它 可 能-是 制-造 在 日-本
(I added the space and dashes to match the pinyin -- actual Chinese doesn't really use spaces)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:17:22 - #1 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Now to zoom up really close and try to decipher the story from the little pictures…
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:17:48 - #2 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo That's one way to do it, Billy James Brightraven
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:19:00 - #3 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Hint 1: According to our history, Billy James Brightraven once hosted a round in Japanese... Might want to look it up in Wikipedia ;)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:21:59 - #3 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace Hm. Last word is Japanese.
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:22:53 - #4 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace Ok, I admit, I did take some Mandarin..
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:23:00 - #4 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Close :D
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:23:06 - #5 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace meaning the WORD Japanese
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:23:10 - #6 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace hmm ok
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:23:22 - #6 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace I see ying - like in English
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:23:54 - #6 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven I was reading about Mandarin Chinese profanity yesterday! That's from where I recognised Rìběn, from the derogatory "xiǎo Rìběn".
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:24:09 - #7 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace ZAI JAPAN - In japan?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:24:28 - #8 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace little Japan?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:24:39 - #8 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace ying could also be flower, right?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:24:55 - #8 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Bravo, zai ri ben is indeed in japan :)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:24:57 - #9 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace er..
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:24:57 - #10 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace This ain't my strong suit, but better than with Indonesian!
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:25:14 - #10 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace I see ning de - youse all's, votre, your (plural or polite)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:26:19 - #10 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace Is the first character hao3 ?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:26:58 - #10 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace second is yi - one
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:27:04 - #10 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven 如 = as if, looking up rú in a dictionary and then searching for the little characters = sad eyes.

Alternative: "supposing"
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:27:08 - #11 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace 说 is spoken language no?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:27:53 - #12 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Really? I used wrong character? Hahahaha
It's supposed to be your (ni de), but well, I didn't notice the small "heart" below :P
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:28:04 - #13 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace huo?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:28:13 - #14 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Billy James Brightraven, the 如 goes with the next character/word
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:28:44 - #15 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Noo, not compounds. #sobs
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:29:10 - #16 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Close, but 说 isn't really spoken language :P
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:29:38 - #17 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace 电 - I'm going to make an idiot of myself, I know (memory failing) - is this something to do with electricity? dien or something?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:29:43 - #18 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Rúguǒ = "if". Thank you lessons in Mandarin online!

So it isn't "supposing fruit" but "if". hehehehehe.
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:30:31 - #19 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Awesome! 电 is electricity, but it goes with the next word too :D
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:30:36 - #20 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace I see shi! is! 是
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:30:38 - #21 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace COMPUTER?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:31:38 - #21 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Both ru guo and shi is correct!
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:31:41 - #22 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Computer!
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:32:02 - #23 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Google image search totally says it's that. Electrical brain, no?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:32:11 - #23 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Yes, dian nao (literally electric brain) is computer
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:32:26 - #24 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace lol.
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:32:45 - #25 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo (umm, a smaaaaal advice, start to compile the guesses into a sentence :D )
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:32:48 - #26 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace I thought google search was forbidden << pure
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:33:10 - #27 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Google Images is generally okay :)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:33:57 - #28 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace I can't even see the character after the dian yi - gotta blow it WAY up
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:34:01 - #29 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace ok
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:34:06 - #29 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Google translate is interdict, but using image search, wikipedia, online grammars, etc. is totally fine. I mean, it'd be hard else when we have regulars like "Tamazight" and "Latin/Ancient Egyptian/Ancient Greek"… etc. xD
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:34:12 - #30 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven If your computer talks… ?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:34:20 - #30 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo I just saw your previous comment - huo - there isn't any huo in it :)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:34:32 - #31 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace ok thanks - like i said, old 脑
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:34:57 - #32 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace hahaha - wow, I put it in image search LOTS OF BRAINS
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:35:11 - #32 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo I think that word is nao, not huo -- unless you mean telephone (dian hua)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:36:06 - #33 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace English word? 英-语
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:36:53 - #34 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Billy James Brightraven, the first part is almost correct, but you would see the need to change "talks" later after you got the last part of it :)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:36:59 - #35 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Close.. What is something (a noun) that has lots of English words :)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:37:32 - #35 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace so computer is correct or not?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:37:57 - #36 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo And that something/noun can also be related to "talks"
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:37:57 - #37 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven If your computer speaks [language?] English? (Omniglot saves the day again, I thought that sounded very funny English-y)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:38:02 - #38 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace If your computer is in English..
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:38:11 - #39 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Dian nao = computer is correct :)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:38:15 - #40 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Ah, no postpositions there then? Sneaky mandarin, sneaky.

Also, I have my browser zoom at 250%, lol.
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:38:36 - #41 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace Ok, this is just a *wild* guess. If you computer language is in English, then your computer was made in Japan? No, that can't be right. All computers are made in China, no? lol
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:39:17 - #42 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo "speaks" is correct (not "is in") :)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:39:19 - #43 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Unless… Sony desu!
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:39:43 - #44 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace If your computer speaks English..
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:39:47 - #45 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Alfia Wallace, it's almost correct
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:39:55 - #46 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Yay, try to merge your latest sentence back into the full one
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:40:22 - #46 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace *shudders with glee!*
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:40:29 - #47 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace If your computer speaks English,
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:40:55 - #47 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace (I've got to blow up these other characters )
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:41:15 - #47 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Erm, what's shuō? I aligned the syllables with the characters and there's only 9 characters before the comma and 10 syllables?

:P
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:42:39 - #48 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Oh no, I made a mistake? Let me check that
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:43:03 - #49 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace Confuzzled
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:43:56 - #50 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven 如-果 您 的 电-脑 说 英-语， 它 可 能-是 制-造 在 日-本
Rú-guǒ nǐ de diàn-nǎo huì shuō Yīng-yǔ, hěn kě-néng zhì-zào zài Rì-běn
If you poss electric-brain {say speak sing} shuō English, good † † in Japan

If your computer speaks? †shuō† English, good †kě-néng zhì-zào† in Japan.
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:45:54 - #51 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Rú-guǒ nǐ de diàn-nǎo huì shuō Yīng-yǔ, tā kě-néng shì zhì-zào zài Rì-běn
如-果 您 的 电-脑 会 说 英-语，它 可-能 是 制-造 在 日-本

(sorry, I am also confused :D )
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:47:06 - #52 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Actually shuo is the one {say speak sing} - and minus sing (if you mean the act of singing)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:48:11 - #52 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Just realised that :p
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:48:37 - #53 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Alfia Wallace, you almost got it, try to merge your recent guesses into full sentence
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:49:20 - #54 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven Aha!
"
If your computer knows how to speak English, †hěn kě-néng zhì-zào† in Japan"

I tried looking 它 up on image search. How… confusing. Semi-undressed women, insects, mobile phones and girls, a mini-pig and more phones. ???
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:49:46 - #55 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Yeah, you too Billy James Brightraven, merge your last translations into full sentence :)
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:50:17 - #56 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace Any change?
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:54:42 - #57 - ?92
Billy James Brightraven
Billy James Brightraven If your computer knows how to speak in English, good very may/can is manufacture in Japan.

What. I must've got something wrong.

Aha, I hadn't seen the update with tā! I was still going off hěn. Luls.

Anyhow.

"If your computer knows how to speak English, it may be manufactured in Japan."

No perfective marker? languages without tense are scary.

Mm, would zhì-zào guò be wrong? *curious*
Wed, 2013-08-21 00:56:07 - #58 - ?92
Arief Wibowo
Arief Wibowo Billy James Brightraven wins the round!!!

"If your computer speaks English it was probably made in Japan."
Verse 78 of Epigrams on Programming
http://pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html
Wed, 2013-08-21 01:02:32 - #59 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace Ack! I was so close! :D Congrats, Billy James Brightraven!!!
Wed, 2013-08-21 01:07:35 - #60 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace (I love this game!)
Wed, 2013-08-21 01:07:44 - #60 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace Languages without tense are *awesome*. Languages with *tones* are scary.
Wed, 2013-08-21 01:08:29 - #60 - ?92
Alfia Wallace
Alfia Wallace So it's a mixture..
Wed, 2013-08-21 01:08:41 - #60 - ?92
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