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In need of a Greek translator by SkarmorySilver on 2016-09-30 13:47:00 UTC Reply

Out of curiosity (and totally not related to my latest mission, nope not at all), is there anyone around here who knows how to say "Who's a good boy" and "Yes you are!" in Greek? I normally use Google Translate to help me out with this kind of thing, but it isn't reliable most of the time. ^^;

If anyone can help, I would appreciate it! And as for context... well, you get none until I post my next mission. ;)

And here's your translations. by son_of_heaven176 on 2016-10-04 02:41:00 UTC Reply

I'm pretty sure of the Ancient Greek translations. I've also poked around with Google searches, Google Translate, and Wiktionary to try to find accurate translations in modern Greek. The words are common and the sentences are simple, so my grammar shouldn't be off. However, no guarantees.

Translations will be in the Greek alphabet first, then romanized.

Optional words are in parentheses.

So without further ado, the translations.

First off, Ancient Greek:
"Who's a good boy?" Τίς καλός ἐστίν; Tís kalós estín?
"Yes, you are!" Ναί, σὺ (εἶ)! Naí, sù (eî)!

And for Modern Greek:
"Who's a good boy?" Ποιος είναι καλό παιδί; Poios eínai kaló paidí?
"Yes, you are!" Ναί, ('σύ) είσαι! Naí, ('sú) eísai!

Feel free to ask for any clarifications or explanations.
Sorry, no help from me by son_of_heaven176 on 2016-10-01 02:56:00 UTC Reply

unless you want it in ancient Greek. Otherwise, you might have to stick to English.

Ancient Greek is fine, actually... by SkarmorySilver on 2016-10-01 03:58:00 UTC Reply

...seeing as the person who's lapsing into his native tongue happens to be dressed in a pink toga. XD

So... Latin, then? by Iximaz on 2016-10-01 04:08:00 UTC Reply

Togas are actually a Roman thing; the ancient Greeks wore chitons and himations.

I think thechoice would be... by Hardric on 2016-10-01 07:23:00 UTC Reply

Gods from Kid Icarus use the Greek names, or derivations of them, so it seems that Greek is indeed the choice...

But Icarus is more Latin, and Palutena's soldiers are called Centurions...

You know what? either would be fine, all things considered.

According to Cupid's homefic... by SkarmorySilver on 2016-10-01 13:47:00 UTC Reply

...his grandmother taught him Greek while he was human. And I've had him lapse into Greek before, though not in full sentences as of yet. So Greek it is.

However... by son_of_heaven176 on 2016-10-04 01:58:00 UTC Reply

Every time you've had Cupid lapse into Greek, it's always been modern Greek, and it would make sense that if he was taught Greek by his grandmother, it would be the Greek that people actually speak, not the type of Greek that you'd have to go into a time machine to practice!

Either way, I'll look into it in Ancient Greek, and also look around on Google; who knows if there's a site that translate the usual dog commands into Greek?

Ah, gotcha. Never played the games so I wouldn't know. (nm) by Iximaz on 2016-10-01 13:02:00 UTC Reply