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[onebadapple]

[Snow White sighs as she seems to be getting another message not meant for her. She shakes her head and addresses the camera.]

Du meine Güte!

Ich habe ziemliche Probleme mit meinem Omni. Und in Anbetracht einiger der Nachrichten, die ich zufällig erhalten habe, glaube ich, dass wir alle es sind! Ich kontaktiere immer wieder versehentlich die falschen Leute. Nicht, dass es nicht nett wäre, mit ihnen zu reden. Trotzdem möchte ich die Menschen erreichen, die ich erreichen möchte.

[There's a humming sound that comes from the Omni and Snow's image fizzles for a moment before:] If I do say so myself, this is getting a little frustrating. Does anyone have an idea how to fix the problem? Or what could it be?

[Another hum and another fizzle. She is none the wiser that she's not being "translated."]

Ich fürchte, ich bin nicht sehr gut mit Technologie, aber ich werde versuchen, zu helfen, wo immer ich kann. Nun, hier hoffen wir, dass das Problem bald behoben wird.

[One last fizzle and then:] Well, all the same, I hope everyone is staying nice and warm as it gets colder! Please don't forget to be very careful right now.


(OOC: Just let me know if you want replies to be translated by the Omni or still in Google translate German. Hovering over the sentences will provide the translation.)

Comments

[eudaimonikos]

Ja, es ist einfacher, dein Omen zu benutzen.

[That's not even an error, he's just doing that for fun.]

[onebadapple]

Oh! Ich habe nicht einmal daran gedacht, Faramund zu benutzen. Wie schlau! Ist das sicherer?

[eudaimonikos]

Scheint zu sein.

Hey, komische Frage - hast du ihn Faramund genannt, oder kam er damit?

[onebadapple]

Er hat sich selbst genannt. Warum fragst du?

[eudaimonikos]

Mein Omen hat keine.

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[retsuden]

[ If this were written, life would be so much easier for him right now. He's squinting, trying to figure out if he's ever even heard a language like that before. He doesn't think he has. ]

Seems like these things are falling apart alongside the city.

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[onebadapple]

Ja, es scheint so. Ich wünschte nur, ich könnte irgendwie helfen.

[retsuden]

[ God dammit. He rubs his forehead for a second. ]

Omuni wa hon'yaku shite imasen. [ He hopes intentionally using his own language will help show it. ] What language is it that you're speaking?

[onebadapple]

Oh! [Welp, that did it. Snow White taps her lips in thought and starts by saying] Ich spreche Deutsch [But then gathers that she's not translating and then taps her lips some more. She asks one of her animals for a paper and quill and writes down.

"Can you read this?" while it is still in German, because the video itself isn't corrupted while the translator is, Sasuke should be able to read it just fine.]

[retsuden]

[ He gives a nod. ]

That's easier. We don't have... "Deutsch"— [ It's very possible that he fucked up that pronunciation, but he gave it his all. ] —back where I'm from. It sounds very different than what I'm used to.

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[threelayers]

Uh, ok, what?
I have no idea what half of what you said means.

[We'd get around to explanations in a minute.]

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[onebadapple]

Oh, war ich nicht klar? Es tut mir so leid, Neo. Ich habe nur gesagt, dass mein Omni nicht zu funktionieren scheint und ich helfen möchte.

[threelayers]

Oh Crap. The translator's totally on the fritz.
I don't know how to fix these things. Hmmm

[She thought about it for a second and then came up with an idea. There was a quick picture of her holding a sign up with 'Wanna meet?' written on it. Hey, she definitely had what she hoped was a solution.]

[onebadapple]

Ich freue mich immer, Sie zu treffen!

Oh! Ja!

[threelayers]

[She was going to take 'Oh, Ja!' as a yes. Tapping her lips, she went over the possible meet ups and then it sort of came to her. Flipping the sign, she wrote on it carefully and then held it back up.

'Cellar Door?
We can do lunch.']

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[whowillmourn]

OOC: Can we just declare it's all in German? Mayerling is actually fluent in it XD. His response is in German below.

My dear lady,

It appears that we may speak the same language. I may not be one of the people you mean to reach, but know whether the omni translates your words or not, I can understand you and am willing to offer whatever aid I can.

Sincerely yours,
Mayerling

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[onebadapple]

Oh! How lovely to meet someone else who knows German!

But oh dear! I had no idea I wasn't being translated. I know not many people speak German and I must admit, I don't really know that much of other languages. That's so kind of you, Mayerling.

My name is Snow White, it is so wonderful to meet you.

[whowillmourn]

Dear Snow White,

The temporary loss of linguistic translation only draws attention to how truly incredible a magic it is. I am fluent in a handful of languages. So much as it may be of service, I offer it. I would not see Trench become a Babel.

A fellow pleasure it is to meet other speakers of our tongue. You and your peers are clearly finding means still to communicate.

Sincerely yours,
Mayerling

[onebadapple]

Oh my! No need to be so formal, Mayerling, but that's very considerate of you to be so. Still, how very impressive that you know so many languages. I only know one. Though most people think I know more as I can speak to animals.

Ah but, you don't need to worry, I think this is only temporary. It seems I can understand plenty of others, it's just my Omni that is on the fritz.

[whowillmourn]

Dear Snow,

It is my custom, and should it not offend, I would prefer to keep it. I have traveled in my time and read much literature. Both encourage learning other languages. How would you describe your communications with animals?

I shall hope it is and appreciate the day it returns to stability.

Sincerely yours,
Mayerling

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[schoolingfish]

Mi dispiace, non sono sicuro di quello che stai dicendo. Il dispositivo che di solito traduce per noi sembra entrare e uscire.

I don't know if you can understand me or not.

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[onebadapple]

'Oh! What a lovely language, what was that you said just now, dear?'

I've 'never heard that language' before.

[schoolingfish]

Um...I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you're saying.

I'm guessing we're not always getting translated anymore, so you're hearing me speak Italian, and 'I'm just hearing whatever language you're speaking'.

[onebadapple]

'How strange, I understand some of what you said.'

[She went and grabbed a little pad of paper and wrote "can you understand this?" on it. Since the translator was affected but not the picture, it naturally translated the picture for Luca.]

[schoolingfish]

"Sì!"

[He then decides to try it himself, finding a white board and writing, 'I can! Can you read this?']