Finnish Motto Kiosk - Kyllä lähtee!

by **Jerenia** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:32 pm

I don't think this has ever been done before, so I might give it a shot. I'm not expecting huge popularity or a thousand replies by the time I wake up tomorrow morning, but I s'pose there must be one or two who might be interested. For the record, yes, I speak Finnish as my mother tongue and know pretty much all its quirks and oddities. It's probable that I give you several choices, because being the complex language it is, there might be different ways to say it: let that be spoken or formal language or a-whole-nother dialect. Don't worry though, I promise to give detailed descriptions and preferences as to which one I prefer.

by **Sibirsky** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:45 am

Great. I would like for you to translate "Free market capitalism, path to prosperity" please. Thank you very much in advance.

by **Jerenia** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:55 am

Sure, no problem! "Vapaamarkkinakapitalismi, tie vaurauteen."

by **Sibirsky** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:31 am

Thank you.

by **Soviet Murmansk** » Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:16 pm

Can you do, "Murmansk, the land of the North"

by **Jerenia** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:50 am

Soviet Murmansk wrote:Can you do, "Murmansk, the land of the North"

Yup, that'd be: "Murmansk, pohjoisen maa".

by **Soviet Murmansk** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:22 am

Jerenia wrote:
Soviet Murmansk wrote:Can you do, "Murmansk, the land of the North"

Yup, that'd be: "Murmansk, pohjoisen maa".

Thank you

by **The Blaatschapen** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:22 am

Would "ja sanovat että mul on iso kyrpä" be considered to be inappropiate as a motto?

by **Jerenia** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:49 am

I don't know whose motto that is, but since the last word is a very derogatory term for penis (way more powerful than cock, for example), I wouldn't consider it a good choice for a national motto. Just sayin'.

EDIT: I googled it. Oh god...

by **Maurdohpia (Ancient)** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:47 pm

Jerenia wrote:I don't know whose motto that is, but since the last word is a very derogatory term for penis (way more powerful than cock, for example), I wouldn't consider it a good choice for a national motto. Just sayin'.

EDIT: I googled it. Oh god...

The fuck did I just see? My own fault I guess, expected safe search to be on.

by **SUPERFISHPIE** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:40 pm

How about 'YAY YOU!' Then again, 'yay' is not a word in English either, so you may have to use 'Celebrate You' or something instead?

by **Jerenia** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:57 am

Maurdohpia wrote:
Jerenia wrote:I don't know whose motto that is, but since the last word is a very derogatory term for penis (way more powerful than cock, for example), I wouldn't consider it a good choice for a national motto. Just sayin'.

EDIT: I googled it. Oh god...

The fuck did I just see? My own fault I guess, expected safe search to be on.

What The Blaatschapen quoted was apparently the chorus of a very disturbing song. Not even going to give a link to it, it just makes me gag.

SUPERFISHPIE wrote:How about 'YAY YOU!' Then again, 'yay' is not a word in English either, so you may have to use 'Celebrate You' or something instead?

If this is supposed to be some kind of a congratulation, I would use "Hyvä sinä!" (lit. trans. Good you!). I feel like that is the best way to put it although there is no word-to-word translation for it.

by **Cathatis** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:35 pm

Do you mind converting "Free Lands of Cathatis Forever" into Finnish please?

by **Jerenia** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:43 am

Cathatis wrote:Do you mind converting "Free Lands of Cathatis Forever" into Finnish please?

I don't mind at all! "Cathatiksen vapaat maat olkoot ikuisesti." To form a genetive, I had to inflect the name "Cathatis". I also added "olkoot" (shall be) to make it sound better.

by **WokaStates** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:50 am

My motto (per audacia ad astra) means "boldly going into space". How do we say that in Finnish?

by **Jerenia** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:26 am

WokaStates wrote:My motto (per audacia ad astra) means "boldly going into space". How do we say that in Finnish?

I would use either of the following:

"Rohkeasti avaruuteen" ("Boldly into space", sounds the best to me out of these three. Also a direct translation from Latin.)
"Rohkeasti matkalla avaruuteen" ("Boldly on one's/our way into space")
"Rohkeasti menossa avaruuteen" (A word-to-word translation from English into Finnish, and it sounds a bit meh.)

by **WokaStates** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:29 am

Thank you!

by **Jerenia** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:30 pm

Let's have a slight bump in case anyone out there needs a translation.

Käännöksiä niitä tarvitseville!

by **Free Tristania** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:02 am

Can you translate for me my national motto please (currently in Latin but I will translate it to English).

If you seek a pleasant island, look about you. (look around)

by **Jerenia** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:30 am

Free Tristania wrote:Can you translate for me my national motto please (currently in Latin but I will translate it to English).

If you seek a pleasant island, look about you. (look around)

"Jos etsit mukavaa saarta, niin katso ympärillesi."

by **Free Tristania** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:31 am

Thank you

by **Anttola** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:41 am

Entä miten sanottais suomeks että kaikkien maiden työläiset, yhdistykää?

by **Jerenia** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:38 pm

Anttola wrote:Entä miten sanottais suomeks että kaikkien maiden työläiset, yhdistykää?

Tjaa-a.

by **Djorgiyja** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:05 am

Good Afternoon, i just want to know the finnish for "chaos", "order", and "truth".... they are stand independently and do not forming a sentences whatsoever, just words.... thank you

by **Sebytania** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:09 am

Toivottavasti ei haittaa jos vähän jeesin, multakin toi härmä joten kuten taipuu.

Djorgiyja wrote:Good Afternoon, i just want to know the finnish for "chaos", "order", and "truth".... they are stand independently and do not forming a sentences whatsoever, just words.... thank you

"Kaaos", "järjestys" (as in the opposite of chaos), "totuus".

Finnish Motto Kiosk - Kyllä lähtee!

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