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THE MANDALORIAN, EPISODE 1

Alright, fellow nerds! The time is now--I have, to the more or less best of my ability, translated the first chapter into Mando’a. This is only lines spoken by Mando, because those make the most sense, not the literal entire script. Obviously there are...sort of spoilers? Most of it is pretty contextless, but still.

Notable frustrations: No word for Imperial or Empire, no words for landspeeder or speeder bike, no word for ride, no word for door.

Also yes this includes the Armorer XD but in case revealing there’s More Than One Mando is a spoiler, I didn’t want to say that. Tally ho!

THE MANDALORIAN, EPISODE 1

I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold.

Ni lise hiibi gar o’r oyayc, ra ni lise hiibi gar o’r ciryc.

I can take you in alive, or I can take you in cold.

Alternate: nadalyc, ‘warm’ from nadala ‘hot’ Also ge’nadala, “almost hot”

I need passage to the yards.

Ni liniba slana at me’sen veeray.

I need go to ship area.

No droids.

Nu beskar’ade.

No droids.

Get out.

Slana dayn.

Go out.

Probably not.

Cuyla nayc.

Probable no.

Alt: Nu’cuyla.

These are Imperial Credits.

Ibic’e X waadase.

These Imperial credits.

Note: oyula droten? Galactic Alliance

I don’t know if you heard, but the Empire is gone.

Ni nu’kar’tayli meh gar susulu, a X kyr’adyc.

I not know if you hear, but Empire passed away.

Alt: Ret gar nakar’mi, (Maybe you’re unaware,)

Fine.

Serim.

Accurate.

Note: I wanted something besides “thanks” or “yes” to indicate the sarcasm/resignation.

I’ll take them all.

Ni ven’hiibi an.

I will take all.

Why so slow?

Tion’jor bid dar’iviin’yc?

Why so no-longer-fast?

Alt: ures, ‘lacking’ or ut’reeyah, ‘empty’

Let’s see the puck.

Ke’tengaana ni bora.

Show me job.

Alt: koor, ‘deal, contract’

Alt: jilarud, ‘disc’

Underworld?

Tion chaavla?

(Essentially) Criminal?

What else did he say?

Tion majyc kaysh ru’sirbu?

What extra he said?

Have them lower theirs first.

Ke val diryci val sol’yc.

(Order) they lower theirs first.

I like those odds.

Ni vore ibac.

I accept this.

Note: The spirit of “I can take it” was more important than a literal translation, I feel.

Beskar?

-no translation needed-

Let’s see the puck.

Ke’tengaan jilarud.

Show disc.

Note: went with ‘disc’, also made it more clipped speaking to The Client.

What’s the chain code?

Tion

What

Note: I’m….pretty stumped on this, tbh.

Their age? That’s all you can give me?

Tion val simir’e? Tion ibac an gar lise dinui ni?

Their years? That all you can give me?

This was gathered in the Great Purge.

Ibic ru’joruu o’r Ori’Chakur.

This was gathered in Great Stealing.

Alt: te or haar for The, if you want emphasis.

It is good it is back with the Tribe.

Jate bic yaimpa bah aliit.

Good it returns to clan.

Note: bah and at both mean ‘to’, dative and movement-related, respectively. Both work, in this instance.

Yes.

Elek.

Yes.

A pauldron would be in order.

Ni urmankala bes’marbur duumyc.

I believe pauldron approved.

Alt: serim ‘accurate, correct’ might fit too.

Has your signet been revealed?

Tion gar aliik ru’mar’eyi?

Your sigil discovered?

Alt: I feel like mar’eyla or mar’eyc would be more appropriate--it almost seems adjective-y.

Not yet.

Nayc su.

No, still/yet.

Soon.

Ti ca’nara.

With time.

This is extremely generous. The excess will sponsor many Foundlings.

Ibic ori’dinui. Majyc ven’kir’mani birov ade.

This very gift. Extra will adopt many children.

Alt: adiike for children (3 to 13) or ik’aad (baby) but also I feel like it’s not quite encapsulating the nature of the word Foundling. Mar’ey’ade (Found children) or dar’buir’ade (orphans) I feel like fit more.

Alt: orilin, ‘profit, surplus’ majyce ‘something extra, addendum’

Alt: vencuyanir, ‘sustain’ instead of adopt?

That’s good.

Jate.

Good.

I was once a Foundling.

Ni ru’cuyi Mar’ey’ad.

I was Found-child.

I know.

Ni kar’tayli.

I know.

Thank you.

Vor entye.

Thank you.

Yes.

Elek.

Yes.

Did you help them?

Tion gar ru’gaa’tayli val?

You helped them?

Well, then I don’t know if I want your help.

Ret ni nu’kar’tayli meh copaani gar gaa’tayli.

Maybe I don’t know if I want you to help.

What’s your cut?

Tion’solet waadas gar copaani?

How much credits you want?

Alt: Tion’solet gar koor? “How much your deal?”

Half the bounty to guide? Seems steep.

Dul waadas par taap? Ori’waadas.

Half credits for location? Big money.

Alt: marekar, ‘navigation’, shekemir ‘follow’

Alt: Wayii ‘good grief’

The blurrg? You can keep them both.

Me’ven? Gar lise tayli val bintar.

Huh? You can keep them both.

I don’t know how to ride blurrg.

Ni nu’kar’tayli

I don’t know

Note: wow, no word for ride really fucks me here.

Perhaps he remembers I tried to roast him.

Ret kaysh partayli ni ru’kebbu hetti kaysh.

Maybe he remembers i tried burn him.

I don’t have time for this.

Ni nu’gana ca’nara par ibic.

I do not possess time for this.

Do you have a landspeeder or speeder bike that I could hire?

Tion gar gana vhetin’juri’gota ra iviin’sol’gota ni lise verbori?

You have plains-carry-machine or speed-solitary-machine I can hire?

Note: no word for landspeeder or speeder bike, had to improvise

Easy. Easy. Now all right. Settle down. Whoa! Settle. Settle. That’s good. That’s good. Easy. Okay. That’s good. All right.

Udesii. Udesii. Jii an jate. Udesii. Wayii! K’udesii. Udesii. Jate. Jate. Pakod. Elek. Ibac jate. An jate.

Calm down. Take it easy. Now all good. Settle down. Hey! Settle. Settle. Good. Good. Easy. Yes. That good. All good.

Please. You deserve this.

Gedet’ye. Gar enteyo vore ibic.

Please. You must accept this.

Then why did you guide me?

Tion’jor gar alori ni?

Why you lead me?

Then why do you help?

Tion’jor gar gaa’tayli?

Why you help?

Oh no. Bounty droid. -sigh- Droids.

Osik. Beroya beskar’ad. Beskar’ade.

Shit. Bounty hunter droid. Droids.

IG unit! Stand down!

IG gotal! Sha’kaji!

IG-made! Cease-fire!

Alt: Kyr ge’kaan! (Endex!)

Alt: Gev! (Stop!)

I’m in the Guild!

Ni o’r Beroya Tsad!

I in Bounty Hunter Group!

That makes two of us.

Ibac gotalu t’ad be mhi.

That makes two of us.

Alt: Gar bal ni bintar, ‘You and me both’

So much for the element of surprise.

Bal’ban nu’keeni.

Definitely no infiltrating.

Unless I am mistaken, you are, as of yet, empty-handed.

Meh ni serim, gar gaane, su, ut’reeyah.

If I correct, your hands, yet, empty.

I have a suggestion.

Ni gana dajun.

I have plan.

We split the reward.

Mhi me’dinui dul waadas.

We share half credits.

Great. Now let’s regroup, out of harm’s way, and form a plan.

Ori’jate. Jii, mhi tom’urci, be’chaaj par aru’ese, bal dajuna.

Excellent. Now, we converge, away from enemies, and plan.

Can we talk about this later?

Tion lise mhi jorhaa’i bat ibic nu’jii?

Can we talk on this not-now?

Let’s go!

Ke mhi slana!

We go!

He’s in there!

Kaysh o’r ogir!

He in there!

Up top!

Laam!

Up!

Whoa, you’re what?

Me’ven, tion gar nari?

Hey, you do what?

Do not self-destruct. Cover me!

Ke nu’naasta gar. Hukaat’kama!

Do not destroy you. Cover me!

Go! Go! Go! There’s too many!

Slan! Slan! Slan! Naysol!

Go! Go! Go! Too many!

They got us pinned.

Val gaanayli mhi.

They trap us.

Do not self-destruct! We’re shooting our way out. ...Okay.

Ke’ nu’naasta gar! Mhi ven’tra’cya mhi tok’kad mav. ...Wayii.

Do not destroy you! We will fire our retreat free. ...Good grief.

New plan!

Evaar’la dajun!

New plan!

No! Stop it!

K’uur! Gev!

Hush! Stop!

Draw their fire, I’ll take it out. Go!

Hiibi val tra’cyn, ni ven’naasta bic. Slan!

Take their fire, I will destroy it. Go!

You know, you’re not so bad. For a droid.

Gar kar’tayli, gar nu bid dush. Par beskar’ad.

You know, you not so bad. For a droid.

That blaster hit looks nasty. You okay?

Ibac tracy’uur nyn ret’aarayla. Tion gar shupur’yc?

That blaster hit maybe painful. You injured?

Is that good?

Tion ibac jate?

That good?

Well, now we just need to get the door open.

Jii mhi shi liniba broka ibac tenn.

Now we just need to beat that open.

Anyone else?

Ash’ad?

Someone else?

Wait. They said 50 years old.

Pare. Val ru’sirbu she’eta simire.

Wait. They said fifty years.

No. We’ll bring it in alive.

Nayc. Mhi ven’hiibi bic o’r oyayc.

No. We will take it in alive.

Until Friday! K’oyacyi!

#the mandalorian #mando'a #spoilers

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callmearcturus · 6 years

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Thank you! Alright - most of my curiosity is about how you tackle world building! You create very interesting universes and they always feel very well worked out and finished. So I guess my question is if you could describe your process?

I've talked about this before and it's honestly a tactic I have not changed much in the past few years. Worldbuilding is literally like one area I have a lot of confidence in. It's probably the thing that people most consistently highlight in my work so /SELF HIGH FIVE lets talk about it.

For me, worldbuilding is about small steps and extrapolation. You want to start with one weird detail, and then step out from that in a logical path.

Let's take the most recent example of TSAD because that's a fic I don't mind talking explicit spoilers about, especially given it was frontloaded with the ending revealed. With TSAD, I wanted to write something for MerMay and I wanted it to be hypnosis-based. I went with light-based hypno because there's precedent for similar moth-to-flame ideas in aquatic environments anyway. Why mess with a good thing?

The other trope I wanted to play with was a full scifi future AU. That formed the other half of the core concept. "Alien planet with mers that have hypnotic light."

From that point, everything is built. That is the bedrock foundation of the AU and everything I write *has* to serve the core idea and reinforce it. So an entire planet with hypnolight, right? That leads to the idea that some hypnolights are more compelling than others. Which instantly suggests a hierarchy system. Which feeds into the mers themselves. Clearly they have the most compelling hypno on the planet and that makes them the dominant species. So extrapolate further: what does your society look like when its built on the foundation of who has the strongest hypno? And furthermore, what does consent and authority look like in that system?

Next step from the core that nonetheless relies on the core: the alien hypnomers have sway over other creatures around them. Ergo, it must be normal for them to control other creatures, domesticating them. So, what kind of creatures are needed?

Every once in a while, a Big Detail falls into place. Like "the mers are as advanced with genetics/biology as humans are with space travel." That becomes a detail that directs the entire story, because when you add it in, the core idea gains complexity and support for itself. That's when I start to get extremely excited about a story: when the world feels like it's building itself through logical iteration. If you have detail A and B, you add them together for C, and it's just a law of the universe.

Often, I find that I wind up with AUs that run off of sort of immutable laws that I almost find difficult to put into words....... TWYCC: "Water is safety, nobility is misunderstood by all principle cast members, build in the blank space around their prejudices." Chamomile: "The Letter is a weapon to save you, the Spirit will only harm you, because this is a fairy tale." TSAD: "If something seems too good to be true, either it is or you don't understand it." Et cetera.

Basically, the tldr is: Figure out the main trope you want to explore, and answer the simple question of what setting does it rationally fit into. Then, extrapolate from that point. Ask basic questions. "If a man keeps coming back to life, how do people view him?" "What would cause a magical creature to be almost tailor made to mate with humans?" "If a kingdom lives in perpetual shadow of old gods, what keeps them from hopelessness?" "What if the water itself is breatheable, how do visitors react?"

Core ideas. Build outward. Step by step.

I hope this helps.

#talking about writing #kadaverr

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