KFO multilingual teaching institute (come on in!)

[quiet man]

Hello and welcome. This thread serves as an online p2p multilingual teaching institute for all KFO members. Here's your chance to learn the basics and beyond – and it's 100% free! If you want a word or a phrase translated, just post it here and we'll get back to you in no time.

Currently, our renown teachers are:

bodhitree - candidate commissioner for mandarin
chen zhen – commissioner for danish
Former Castleva – commissioner for finnish
Kristoffer – commissioner for swedish
Laughing Cow - candidate commissioner for german
quiet man – commissioner for croatian
Sho - candidate commissioner for japanese

We are looking for commissioners for other world languages, especially chinese and japanese. If you are proficient in a language, no matter how obscure, please apply. The more the merrier.

[chen zhen]

the word ORA should have been in the title.. but oh well..

I know which people on the forums that are from japan and china, maybe I can make 'em come here. Yeah?
Also: now you have to commercialise it, like I did with the contests. Place a link to it in your sig or something.

[quiet man]

'ORA' is limited. 'KFO' is thinking big!

That's a good idea about the sig, I'll do it.

Shall we begin? Here are some basic MA terms in croatian:

martial art = borilachka vjeshtina

punch = udarac rukom

kick = udarac nogom

block = blokada

opponent = protivnik

fighter = borac

fist = shaka

teacher = uchitelj

I'll throw in the pronunciation guide later, coz I can't be bothered now.

[Laughing Cow]

I can help with:

German, Japanese and soso English.


Plus, a few others if you ask nicely.

[chen zhen]

Danish translation:

Martial art: Kampsport (means literally "martial sport")

Punch: Slag

Kick: Spark

Block: Blok

Opponent: Modstander

Fighter: Kæmper

Fist: Næve

Teacher: Lærer

[quiet man]

LC: thanks a lot, man (but only if you're good, since we're very demanding here ).

Oh, and consider yourself asked nicely.

[chen zhen]

QM: u should make the link an instant link, by putting URL's around it. Go to "edit profile" and click on the "vb" button.

[Sho]

I can do Japanese single word and phrase translations from time to time. But as you know, sometimes it's very difficult to find correct translations for phrases. Things that I'll not bother to translate are jokes, vulgar expressions, etc.

[Sho]

martial art = bujutsu
punch = tsuki
kick = keri
block = uke
opponent = aite
fighter = toushi (rough translation)
fist = ken
teacher = sensei

P.S. I can also translate Finnish when Former castleva is not available.

[chen zhen]

Yeah, but FC IS the main finnish translator, so maybe we should wait for him to show up.. because, it would make more sense that there's one for finnish, one for japanese, etc than having 2 on the same lingo. U see what I mean?
But please go on with the japanese!

More translations:

Throw: Kast

Joint-lock: ledlås

Takedown: Nedtagning

Leg-sweep: Benfejning

Choke: kvælertag /there's a better translation for this, I just don't remember it. rough translation: strangulation-hold)

[quiet man]

Originally posted by Sho
I can do Japanese single word and phrase translations from time to time. But as you know, sometimes it's very difficult to find correct translations for phrases. Things that I'll not bother to translate are jokes, vulgar expressions, etc.

Thanks, sho. And don't worry about jokes or curses, we're dead serious here.

[Sho]

Originally posted by chen zhen
Yeah, but FC IS the main finnish translator, so maybe we should wait for him to show up.. because, it would make more sense that there's one for finnish, one for japanese, etc than having 2 on the same lingo. U see what I mean?
But please go on with the japanese!

Roger that. But I hope it's not all martial terminology, because I'm not that good at it.

Originally posted by quiet man
Thanks, sho. And don't worry about jokes or curses, we're dead serious here.

[Sho]

..continued

throw = nage
joint lock = kansetsuwaza
takedown = I don't know this one (maybe the JJJ/Judo people can help me out)
leg sweep = ashi barai
choke = shime

[quiet man]

Chen zhen, I'm not so sure about the 'one language - one (wo)man' thing. Two heads know more than one. (edit - of course, we would need to have an agreement...)

Or are you maybe worried about your title ? In that case, you can be chief commissioner for danish.

throw (noun) = bacanje

throw (verb) = baciti

joint-lock = poluga

takedown = not so sure, maybe rushenje

leg-sweep = chiscenje

choke (noun) = gushenje

choke (verb) = gush!ti

[chen zhen]

Or are you maybe worried about your title ? In that case, you can be chief commissioner for danish.

No man, I just think in efficient ways, on how to make this work. I AM the organiser of 2 sexy-contests, u know.. I know what works, and what does'nt in this KFO world

And yeah, let's change from martial terminology.. what should the next subject be?