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Oct. 26th, 2017 08:53 pmLong shot probably, but does anyone here know (or know someone who knows) Estonian?
Context is that I was playing with Google Translate and dropped in the name of Murderface McKenzie*, translating it into a number of languages for the hell of it.
* on the off chance someone randomly drops by who doesn't read my DW, that's the name of my current Skyrim character
And found that Google Translate renders "murderface" in Estonian as: mõrva nägu
On further experimentation, "mõrva nägu" translates back into English as "the murder face," more or less as expected, "mõrva" by itself translates as "murder" but... "mõrvanägu" as one word translates into "killer."
So my question is: (1) is this due to machine translation weirdness, (2) due to people suggesting edits and gaming Google Translate, or (3) does Estonian really have a word that literally translates "murderface"?
I mean, I'd put money down on #2, but if #3 is the case, I'm totally going to have to name a character Mõrvanägu.
Context is that I was playing with Google Translate and dropped in the name of Murderface McKenzie*, translating it into a number of languages for the hell of it.
* on the off chance someone randomly drops by who doesn't read my DW, that's the name of my current Skyrim character
And found that Google Translate renders "murderface" in Estonian as: mõrva nägu
On further experimentation, "mõrva nägu" translates back into English as "the murder face," more or less as expected, "mõrva" by itself translates as "murder" but... "mõrvanägu" as one word translates into "killer."
So my question is: (1) is this due to machine translation weirdness, (2) due to people suggesting edits and gaming Google Translate, or (3) does Estonian really have a word that literally translates "murderface"?
I mean, I'd put money down on #2, but if #3 is the case, I'm totally going to have to name a character Mõrvanägu.
