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The Monty Python And The Holy Grail
I've decided to translate a conversation about “strange women distributing swords” from “The Monty Python and the Holy Grail” movie because of connection to the popular meme with Aragorn, where it was rephrased. This may seem to be a challenge because of political terms, but actually Nûrlâm's dictionary already had many suitable words.
Wordlist
I had to invent or derive the following words:
| English | Nûrlâm | Etymology and comments |
|---|---|---|
| dogma | samburm | from NL “samb-” (to believe) |
| economic | rarkurmûrz | from NL “rark-” (to spare, save money) |
| exploiting | mogrug | present participle from “mogr-” < TK “mog” (tyrant, oppressor) < PN “Gothmog” < Etym. “MBAW” |
| (to) hang on | hinb- | NL < Quenya “him” (to adhere), “himba” (sticking, adhering) < Etym. “KHIM” |
| imperialist | durburmuzgalûrz | TK CBS “durb-” (to rule, dominate) > “durburm” (domination, government) > “durburmuzg” (empire) > “durburmuzgal” (imperialist, n.) > “durburmuzgalûrz” (imperialist, adj.) |
| inferior | dhunar | comparative from “dhun” (low) |
| (to) object (to) | bugb- | was already in dictionary as “disagree, argue” LOS, HG < SV “bugjab-” (to say against) |
| outdated | thukûbaga | NL, lit. “over-aged” < “thu”, “kûb-” |
| (to) perpetuate | goir- | verb from NL adjective “goir” (eternal) |
| (to) treat | magd- | NL < Quenya “mahta”, Sindarin “maetha” (to handle, wield, deal with, treat) < Etym. “MAGH” (hand), “MAG” (to use, handle), Primitive Elvish root “MAH” (to handle, manage, control, wield) |
The name “Dennis” was not translated, but transliterated as “Dînîs” (taking in account Greek origin of the name, related to god Dyonysos).
“Bretons” were translated simply as “Tark” (Númenóreans, Gondorians).
The Translation
| Character | English | Nûrlâm |
|---|---|---|
| King Arthur | Old woman! | Nizkû! |
| Dennis | Man. | Nor. |
| King Arthur | Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there? | Nor, gont. Mash lûghoth kîbâ zîg goitor zîgin? |
| Dennis | I'm 37. | Dazûr krignuk agh udug |
| King Arthur | What? | Mash? |
| Dennis | I'm 37. I'm not old. | Dazûr krignuk agh udug. Da narkû. |
| King Arthur | Well, I can't just call you “man”. | Bhog, danarpâsh bugdam tug “nor”. |
| Dennis | Well, you could say “Dennis”. | Bhog, fipâshulg gashnut “Dînîs”. |
| King Arthur | I didn't know you were called Dennis. | Danarîstuz fibugdâkuz Dînîs. |
| Dennis | Well, you didn't bother to find out, did you? | Bhog, finarmudhuz gimbut, mar? |
| King Arthur | I did say sorry about the “old woman”, but from behind you looked… | Dagashnuz gont gus nizkûm, ap it bo fithak… |
| Dennis | What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior. | Dabugb zamash fimagdiz ash si dhunar. |
| King Arthur | Well, I am king. | Bhog, dakul arn. |
| Dennis | Oh, king, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. If there's ever gonna be any progress… | Oh, arn, mar? Nîr sharz. Agh marz fisnabuz zîg, mar? Mogrug za bulal. Hinbug samburmu durburmuzgalûrz thukûbaga amash goirâ |
| Peasant Woman | Dennis! There's some lovely filth down here… Oh! How do you do? | |
| King Arthur | How do you do, good lady? I am Arthur, king of the Britons. Whose castle is that? | |
| Peasant Woman | King of the who? | |
| King Arthur | The Britons. | |
| Peasant Woman | Who're the “Britons”? | |
| King Arthur | Well, we all are. We're all Britons, and I am your king. | |
| Peasant Woman | Didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective. | |
| Dennis | You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy, in which the working classes… | |
| Peasant Woman | Oh, there you go, bringing class into it again. | |
| Dennis | Well, that's what it's all about! If only people would– | |
| King Arthur | Please, please, good people, I am in haste. Who lives in that castle? | |
| Peasant Woman | No one lives there. | |
| King Arthur | Then who is your lord? | |
| Peasant Woman | We don't have a lord. | |
| King Arthur | What? | |
| Dennis | I told you, we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as sort of executive officer for the week… | |
| King Arthur | Yes… | |
| Dennis | … but all decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting… | |
| King Arthur | Yes, I see… | |
| Dennis | … by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs… | |
| King Arthur | Be quiet! | |
| Dennis | … but by a two thirds majority in the case of more… | |
| King Arthur | Be quiet! I order you to be quiet! | |
| Peasant Woman | “Order”, eh? Who does he think he is? | |
| King Arthur | I am your king. | |
| Peasant Woman | Well, I didn't vote for you. | |
| King Arthur | You don't vote for kings. | |
| Peasant Woman | Well, how'd you become king, then? | |
| King Arthur | The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king. | |
| Dennis | Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. | |
| King Arthur | Be quiet! | |
| Dennis | You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! | |
| King Arthur | Shut up! | |
| Dennis | I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! | |
| King Arthur | Shut up! Will you shut up?! | |
| Dennis | Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system! | |
| King Arthur | Shut up! | |
| Dennis | Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I'm being repressed! | |
| King Arthur | Bloody Peasant! | |
| Dennis | Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear thet? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn't you? |
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