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Random gibberish is easier to code than coherent translation into one of several languages. The effect of either is the same, if the hearer is assumed to interpret it as random gibberish.
The situation of someone learning a language must also be represented. This is easier to do with occasional recognizable words in a bunch of random gibberish than with coherent translation and selective replacement.
Someone brought out the difference between understanding foreign writing and speech. There doesn't necessarily need to be any difference if that language has phonetic writing. Then every letter is pronounced the same way.
WIll Elyrian languages include phonetic ones?
I was hoping it would be like that. If you understand you do. If choosing to speak I would greatly appreciate being able to choose my language manually.
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Posted By Poldano at 11:33 PM - Mon Dec 10 2018
Random gibberish is easier to code than coherent translation into one of several languages. The effect of either is the same, if the hearer is assumed to interpret it as random gibberish.
The situation of someone learning a language must also be represented. This is easier to do with occasional recognizable words in a bunch of random gibberish than with coherent translation and selective replacement.
As to how it looks, I would guess random gibberish, but each language will have its own character set for that gibberish. So Lazu gibberish would look different than Denhørt gibberish. That's strictly a guess, though.
it would be neat though, in that you would at least be able to figure out, as a player, what language was being spoken, even if you couldn't actually do a real translation.
Posted By Kurko at 04:56 AM - Tue Dec 11 2018
Someone brought out the difference between understanding foreign writing and speech. There doesn't necessarily need to be any difference if that language has phonetic writing. Then every letter is pronounced the same way.
WIll Elyrian languages include phonetic ones?
Probably, but there are just as many languages that have the wrong script when matched to spoken language. Like every non-Mandarin Chinese language or Pakistani being identical to Hindu but using Arabic script. English using Latin characters as opposed to the original runic script is what causes headaches to non-natives and natives alike.
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