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Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM
Sure, give it a shot. And while your at it take dialogue from the transcripts and filter each character with a ridiculous accent and warped personality.
Twilight is a full on smartass snarker, Rarity is a parody of hardcore gangsters with some Sassy White Mare thrown in, Spike is a stoner, Rainbow Dash is a valley girl, Applejack is rendered The Unintelligible aside from apples so take their best guesses from mondegreens, Fluttershy is a Well-Intentioned Extremist that wants to safeguard the environment against those meddling ponies, and Pinkie stays exactly the same.
edited 12th Jul '14 10:04:17 PM by darkabomination
So far, the new Mane Six (Free Time, Noodles, Menu, Scripts, White Eyes and Calvados) need to defeat April Nightmare using the base units- Magic, Fermentation, Nationality, Prayer, Trailer, and Frank.
This is gonna be weird.
I'm going to extrapolate their personalities from their names, but good suggestion, Dark.
edited 12th Jul '14 10:03:34 PM by IkeAndMike
http://h0useb0und.tumblr.com/When I did it she became Daughter Luna, sister of Daughter of the Skies. Who I will probably just call Daughter Sky.
And Equestria became Freedom. Apparently the princess rules Eagleland. xD
edited 12th Jul '14 10:21:23 PM by IkeAndMike
http://h0useb0und.tumblr.com/In contrast starting with a bad praising makes it a good translation
Example: "Why you no take candle?" becomes "Why not take the candle?"
I;m gonna put bible verses through this now
Okay here's Mathew 7:13-14 translated:
"Enter the door close. Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the path that leads to life, and the way it looks."
Only the first part can qualify as "bad". shame too I was expecting a Translation Train Wreck. Also the last part of the original verse seems to have been omited
Here's the same verse. ran through 35 translations:
"In some parts of the internal error occurred. You get one from the street and should be a place for even a career."
much better
edited 12th Jul '14 11:13:43 PM by MorningStar1337
In my experience infodumps tend to be a lot better received, often even well-received, if there's a solid, tangible reason for them to be happening. So if the infodump is caused by Celestia wanting to get things off her chest, and maybe being a bit... bitter? Depressed? Disappointed? Then that would make sense within the context of the story. At that point, as long as it doesn't go on for like, five pages of non-stop dialogue, you should be fine.
And whatever you do, never, ever, ever, commit to page the words "as you already know."
The Goof Off:
happy birthday. And I just want to be a special day as a happy happy happiest happy happy happy happy happy song and joy!
If the answer is Yes, they are manufactured with a veterinarian, anxious doctors selling cheese on horseback.
Balloons, Birthday balloons? Bubbles bubbles? I think the cakes, balloons, bubbles, stars, Bull, create box.
Now there's a lot of luck, as the bones of the floppy disk and Heron dance as a result. The numberless are without Bone!
The chicken was incredibly delicious sandwiches. It is a goal. The average value is adhesive. What do you know? An earthquake!
Because I want to make you into a smiley cheery mine. Came to him, because it's all really tired, smile, pink, friends gone? What!
I this song. I'm talking about what you don't know.
It's too easy!
This is when you feel like the country song side guns celebrate boom the cannons, lol!
Why you settle? No happy quite like guns from supreme Cheddar surprise headphones!
Integration: can not forget our goal is victory.
edited 13th Jul '14 12:52:46 AM by darkabomination
I think that this is a great idea! (Which of the Mane Six is which? Also, you should probably specify the settings.) Apparently, "Hearth's Warming Eve" is "After the collapse of the global warming of the Earth". That sounds like it has amazing implications!
EDIT: "Hearts and Hooves Day" is "Day 4 in the head and the heart"
EDIT: "Summer Sun Celebration" is "In the summer sun".
EDIT: "The Everfree Forrest" is "Everfree Gump".
EDIT: "Star Swirl the Bearded" is "Star shake Messier"
edited 13th Jul '14 3:06:16 AM by Sereg
Post of the Day #801
@Marston: There are a few individual instances in other episodes, but A Friend in Deed was the one where I really thought she was annoying. In The Last Roundup I wasn't so much annoyed by her as the fact that her friends had no qualms about basically weaponizing her to annoy AJ into submission.
@Story: That's probably true, but the episode gives no real frame of reference and it ends up looking like they all happen in quick succession.
Okay, let's see. Settings- Bing, 35 translations, random language order. Twilight Sparkle became Free Time. Rarity became In The Menu. Pinkie Pie became The Noodles. Applejack became Jack Apple, then Apple Jack, then Applejack, then Calvados. So close! Flutter Shy became In The White Of The Eyes (because Fluttershy became Fluttershy). So I'm calling her White Eyes. And Rainbow Dash became Scripts.
http://h0useb0und.tumblr.com/I was digging through some old files when I found something interesting. Turns out I drew a pony.
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Okay, considering another fan fic idea since I've kind of lost my drive for the last one I was working on.
Again.
This one is more of a joke fic- basically I would run the names of all the main characters and major concepts (elements of harmony, crystal empire...) through the Bad Translator program and then do a retelling of season 1 based on the results. It's not a very serious premise so there isn't too much pressure for it to be awesome. How does that sound so far?
http://h0useb0und.tumblr.com/