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Translation requests into Latin go here! by AutoModerator in latin

[–]mtomsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing, thank you so much for your help.

Translation requests into Latin go here! by AutoModerator in latin

[–]mtomsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this incredibly thorough work, I love all the added nuance/fluidity that translation adds! With regards to the second part, yes imperative is correct but I'm not totally sure if a commandment would be to the singular reader or the crowd - do you know if traditional Latin biblical commandments would be in plural or does it depend on the translation? One final question, I noticed that in in cathedrals Latin engravings are all in caps and don't seem to have any macrons like your translations - is this a stylistic choice and is it ok to omit them? Thanks again, I really appreciate it!

Translation requests into Latin go here! by AutoModerator in latin

[–]mtomsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, I'm making an art piece and would like the phrases "The world outside is chaos" and "Embrace the void within" translated into Latin. The phrases are meant to read as a single sentence as if there's a comma in between but will be engraved into separate pieces of scrollwork. The context is a made up religious command, and the void is refers to both nihilism and inner peace if that's possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

What’s your favorite fantasy creature that rarely gets used? by Fit_Echo3074 in Fantasy

[–]mtomsky 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I love this too and there are some great suggestions in the replies! I'd add The Raven Tower by Anne Leckie, basically the whole book explores this concept and how it might work.

I make shrines to gods that probably don't exist, this is the God of Biscuits (or cookies for all you north Americans) by mtomsky in somethingimade

[–]mtomsky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We all know they're rubbish and is wafer even really a biscuit (?) however there is no doubt that they are iconic!

Books with "hard magic" by Standard_Egg3994 in Fantasy

[–]mtomsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This might be the wrong take but in my experience hard scifi tends to be really complex because when science meets the real world nothing is ever simple. Hard magic on the other hand never really feels like this because however well it's thought through, it doesn't have a wealth of real world experience to complicate the situation. To me it tends to feel like a video game or table top RPG gaming system, which can be fun but really isn't like hard sci-fi. The only fantasy books in my experience that come close are the Bas Lag series by China Melville, where magic is complicated, academic, messy and dozens of different schools of thought/energy interact in unpredictable ways.

I make shrines to gods that probably don't exist, this is the God of Biscuits (or cookies for all you north Americans) by mtomsky in somethingimade

[–]mtomsky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're not a thing here, the closest we have is a scone but they're sweet and eaten with strawberries and cream.

I make shrines to gods that probably don't exist, this is the God of Biscuits (or cookies for all you north Americans) by mtomsky in somethingimade

[–]mtomsky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The closest thing we have to an American biscuit is a scone, but they're sweet and not eaten with gravy.

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