Eschatonian Transcript

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Greetings, children of the Eschaton! The game's been out for quite a while and, while the community has figured out written Eschatonian aka the Eschatonian cypher, no one has solved the mystery of spoken Eschatonian... UNTIL NOW. That's right: what you’re about to read is a transcript of the Eschatonian spoken in the game. It’s not 100% accurate or complete, but I still had a lot of fun working on this project! What helped me a lot with piecing the dialogue together and figuring out the spelling of most Eschatonian words was Kai Le Caroff’s vocab list [thunderlotusgames.com] shown in Thunder Lotus’s article about Eschatonian [thunderlotusgames.com] and the game’s .txt file containing the English subtitles among other things (yup, I did some datamining as well ^^) But before we start, here's some general info about the transcript plus a pronunciation guide: The structure of this transcript is as follows: Eschatonian line* Literal translation * In-game subtitles * * = additional notes Words I couldn’t make out or translate are marked as (?). Whenever I was unsure if I translated/transcribed/spelled a word correctly, I marked it as [word?] or [word1_word2?]. About the second square bracket example: There were some points where I had to connect two words with an underscore because without it, I would get this: []. Haven't yet figured out why that is, but I'm working on it. Pronunciation guide A = as in “father” or “umbrella”, depending on the length E = as in “yes” (sometimes it’s also pronounced like the first "e" in the German word “Leben”) I = as in “is” or like the “ee” in “see”, depending on the length O = as in “lock” U = like the “oo” in “book” or “tool”, depending on the length Ä = like the “a” in “that” Ö = as in the German word “böse” Ü = as in the German word “Glück” or “Lüge”, depending on the length (sometimes it’s also pronounced as a semivowel [en.wikipedia.org] , for example in the word "üexliau" (=you)) AH = as in “Ah crap!” AR = like the “a” in “father”. Sometimes TST rolls the R. AU = like the “ou” in “loud” EI = like the English letter “I” EU = like the “oy” in “boy” ER = can either be pronounced as in the German word “besser” or like the word “air” ( non-rhotic [en.wikipedia.org] ). Sometimes TST rolls the R. That little disco crystal really loves rolling their Rs! IE = like the “ee” in “see”. The only exception is the word “θieθ” (=taken), in which the “ie” is pronounced like the “ye” in “yes”. IER = like the word “ear” (non-rhotic) C = like the “ch” in the German word “Licht” G = always hard, as in “gravity” R = can either be rolled or pronounced like the German / European French R W = like the “v” in “very” X = like the “ch” in “Loch Ness” θ = “th” NG = as in “strong” SCH = like the “sh” in “shiver” SP = as in “speed” ST = “sht”, as in the German word “Stein” (TST pronounces it as in “stone” at a few points, for example when they use the word “kelenstax”=“place”) ° = click consonant, but I don’t know which one T_T ^ = glottal stop [en.wikipedia.org] ‘ = indicates an elision [en.wikipedia.org] or contraction [en.wikipedia.org] . I also used apostrophes to divide some vowel clusters into seperate syllables for better readability (Example: I spelled the Eschatonian word for “Valkyrie” as “we’eilic” = vay-eye-liç ) or to match the spelling in the vocab list (Example: the word for “home” is spelled “m’xat”) B, D, F, H, K, L, M, N, P, S, T, V and Z are pronounced as they would be in English. NOTE: since I had a hard time distinguishing the Eschatonian “-er” and short “-a” at the end of certain words, I spelled the respective verbs and adjectives with -a (e.g. kliezekta (= good) or beita (= work)) and (pro)nouns with -er (e.g.stüleuker (= human) or mekrer (=my)). DISCLAIMER: I’M NOT A LINGUIST AND THE DISTORTION IN TST’S VOICE MAKES IT HARD TO MAKE OUT CERTAIN WORDS/PHONEMES SOMETIMES, SO THERE WILL BE SOME TRANSCRIPTION MISTAKES HERE AND THERE. With that out of the way, let's take a look at the spoken Eschatonian in Sundered! Helvi Eshe... Hello Eshe Hello Eshe... Tan leschtagen eidax stüleuker [wesk?] üexliau kesis tan ferkelenstax. How interesting (?) human (?) you [is?] so/such place How interesting that a human like you should find herself in such a place. Mekrer m’xat. Li'e, θa... wek reümek li'e heθa. My home. Or, well, what remain(s) [of?] this This is my home. Or, well... what remains of it. Schwa, üexliau xa θieθ sensch um xahetagen. Surely, you no(t) taken here for nothing Surely, you weren’t taken here for nothing. En kan schn’ser stalek fauschek le üexliau fax°ale. I can sense dark purpose in you future/fate I can sense a dark purpose in your future, Teks xa θehat, ol* en, Schetzing Alθakepz, But not fear, for I, Shining Trapezohedron But fear not, for I, the Shining Trapezohedron, * = “ol” is probably a variation of “um” (=for) Schra zei xelaf ek l’weitsch üexliau fexlkeit. Will be weapon that lead(s) you freedom Shall be the weapon that leads you to freedom. En schra lest üesch mekrer krafst, um ek üexliau kamps le het ferkelenstax. I will lend you my power(s), for that you fight in this place I shall lend you my powers, so that you can fight in this place. Xe krantz li Ishaela Bha’gor, [el?] me’her li e’eskaetli. To glory of Ishaela Bha’gor, (?) mother of Eschaton In honor of Ishaela Bha’gor, the Eschaton Mother. Ausche [tarke?] xe klauva mlex pfiewrisch. Use shrine(s) to gain more power Use these shrines to gain more power. Ta schra schaufk um tsei [fal?] zei. It will suffice for [time?] (?) be They will suffice for the time being. En schra [xelschwie?] üex [wa xe?] hel stark. I will (?) you (?) [to?] real strong Return with an Elder Shard, and I will show you true power.* * = according to the .txt file, the subtitle for this line used to be “I will later show you how to get real strong.” Het schra kes auschwax. This will is useful This will be useful. Nox-inlekta mi’ eifster starlikt, i en ksa [har?] üex wie um [taschis?] het starka. Return with Elder Shard, and I will show you how for make this stronger The valkyries had some redeeming qualities.* * = according to the txt. file, the subtitle for this line used to be “Return with an Elder Shard, and I will show you how to make it stronger.” Senschüa kes pfie deschü. [Here?] is/are two switch(es) There are two switches. Ta schra inlekt pfiewrisch nax ein, i taks enein [i_schlewäst?] It will turn power back on, and but activate (?) [defense?] They turn the power back on, but also activate the defense systems. Het kes wie! M’hetagen sensch schra beita hüt. this is how! Everything here will work [now?] This is it! Everything should work now. Nüex teik fietsele kliemxeθ he’ fax. We have finally come this point/chance We have finally arrived at this point. Het kes schlauke li [mi’kraxle?], ü alθakepz. this is source(s) of my power, [tree?] trapezohedron This is one of the sources of my power, the Trapezohedron’s tree.* * = according to the txt. file, the subtitle for this line used to be "This is the source of my power, the Trapezohedrons’s Tree.” Xrei [ferli_schlüxte?] üex, spensta üeschli starlikt um kliesekte üeschli fax’ale. [When?] death find(s) you, spend your shards for improve your fate When death finds you, spend your shards to improve your fate. ^xlau en. Üexliau nexek’ ta. trust I, you need it Trust me, you’ll need it. He’ θas’ kes fau kliemhagle xe üeschli eix. This world is full different to your own This world is completely different from your own. Ta xanglesch [klinstaxle?]. Ta teik ühe li eix. It change(s) constantly. It has life of own It changes constantly. It has a life of its own. Blei eidax. [staxar?] kes üsch nah. stay alert, danger is always near Stay alert, as danger is always near. Waters keseθ hälθ pfielaresch. Waters was old fool Waters was an old fool. Het we’eilic aprat auscha xe kraufsat eifster starlikt. This Valkyrie contraption use(d) to destroy Elder Shard(s) This Valkyrie contraption was used to destroy Eld