alder
I love translating and etymology.
Russian is my current fascination, what I'm studying. I listened to a lot of icelandic songs, so I kinda learned to like and dig icelandic, altough I know only maybe 20 words. I love french, I like that it's not that hard to pronounce the words, it feels like it's in my reach to be able to utter french words correctly, although I only know a handful of phrases, I stopped studying french for russian.
I admire arabic, it would be really great to learn and speak it (I can still hear that guy from "Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden" saying something like "karojul di kaf - if one man in a cave" and "heninacombina" what was maybe "oil refinery".) I've heard it from a speaker of arabic and hebrew that those two languages are pretty similar, so if you learn one, then with a little added effort you can learn the other one too.
I want to learn japanese one day, it's just cool, and has a beautiful tempo, I like how they speed it up sometimes and then slow down, articulating words like they are shitting a brick. When a language has a different alphabet it makes it even more interesting.
I've studied german in elementary school and high school but didn't appreciate it back then, now I thinks it's cool, charming and fun.
And don't forget english, I don't think this one gets the appreciation it deserves. It's beautiful, powerful and all around great.
Don't judge it by reading me, I'm just a humble student.
It's a popular notion in Hungary that english is an empty, technical, rigid language, but I think those who claim that, don't really know what they are talking about. It can be beautiful, it can sound beautiful and I'm sure that it brings with itself a different way of thinking too. English even has some words (roadkill, papercut, landlocked etc.) that hungarian has no equivalent for.
I love my mother tongue of course, it's like a big organic thing, with some areas barely governed by any easily comprehensible law, that could help a prospective learner.
Lomb Kató a famous hungarian interpreter once said that she had a student who gave up on hungarian when he was supposed to differentiate between:
örült (he/she was happy for something)
őrült (crazy) and
őrölt (powdered).
Okay, enough ramble. I'm envious to all of you who speak more languages then me (2).
I'm especially envious to those, who learn like 4 languages as kids because their environment propagates it.
(Like when an icelandic kid has an icelandic mother and an italian father, he learns icelandic, italian and later english at school and danish (I heard it's taught in kindergarten).
Languages are like a mysticism that can be made real.
215 translations posted by alderDetailsAll Translations
Artist | Translation | Languages | Comments | Info | Info | ![]() |
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Csilla Auth | Vigyél el | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Csilla Auth | Emlékül | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Noémo | Levegőt! | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
East (Hungary) | Fényes Ösvény | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Ágnes Vanilla | Ősz | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Halász Judit | Cigánydal | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
AURORA (Hungary) | Rossz emlék | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
LivingRoom | Kirakat Élet | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Graveyard at Maximum | Ami belefér | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Graveyard at Maximum | Hazudj te is | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Beauty and the Beast (Musical) | Otthon [Home] | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
#yeahla | 1 Szó Mint 100 | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Lupo | Eredeti Veszett | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Singh Viki | Szabadon | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Singh Viki | Katonák | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
La Vision | Hollywood | English → Hungarian | English → Hungarian | |||
Süle Zsolt | Zöld a május | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Pankastic! | Kicsi a világ, de nagy világ | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Graveyard at Maximum | Együtt | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Nevergreen (Hungary) | Az alvajáró | Hungarian → English | 2 | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | |
Rúzsa Magdolna | Boldogság van... | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Bambi (OST) | Szerelmi Dal / És Úgy Zeng A Dal [Looking For Romance] | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Graveyard at Maximum | Én a pokolba megyek | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Joseph: King of Dreams (OST) | József, a mindenünk légy [Miracle Child] | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Joseph: King of Dreams (OST) | Ne felejd többet adni [More than You Take] | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Horváth Tamás | Őrizd Meg | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Horváth Tamás | Ott leszek veled | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Horváth Tamás | Vége | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Holdviola | Kősziklán Felfutó | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
MUKKA | Девочка с каре (Devochka s kare) | Russian → Hungarian | Russian → Hungarian | |||
Ákos | Veled Utazom | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Rúzsa Magdolna | Felveszem a szárnyakat | Hungarian → English | 2 | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | |
Killakikitt | Slang csempészek | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | Péntek 13 | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | Nem lakik itt senki | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | Kiképzés | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | Javíthatatlan | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | Gádzsik | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | Elvitt az ördög | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | Éjszaka | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | Csapda | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | Bazdmeg | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Killakikitt | A kocka el van vetve | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Trabant | Mániákus depresszió | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Nautilus Pompilius | Скованные Одной Цепью (Skovannie Odnoy Tsepiu) | Russian → Hungarian | Russian → Hungarian | |||
Kontroll Csoport | A félelem háza | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Kontroll Csoport | Fényes bogarak | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
DJ Lia | Elképzelem veled | Hungarian → English | 2 thanks received | Hungarian → English 2 thanks received | ||
Dukai Regina | Belém bújt a kisördög | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Viktor Király | Forgószél | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (OST) | Egyek Vagyunk [We are one] | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Aladdin (OST) | Jóbarát [Friend Like Me] | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Aladdin (OST) | Hipp-hopp repríz [One Jump Ahead Reprise] | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Aladdin (OST) | Ezeregy éj [Arabian Nights] | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Aladdin (OST) | Ali herceg [Prince Ali] | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Ronnie Carroll | Footsteps | English → Hungarian | English → Hungarian | |||
Dallos Bogi | Már nem zavar | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Sleeping Beauty (OST) | Hol volt [Once Upon a Dream] | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Beatrice | Piros fehér zöld | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
The Book of Life (OST) | Can't Help Falling in Love (Hungarian Version) | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
The Book of Life (OST) | A szíved érzi majd [No Matter Where You Are] | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
The Book of Life (OST) | A szívem a tét [I Love You Too Much] | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Antal Timi | Még az úton | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
The Book of Life (OST) | Engedd csitulni hát [The Apology Song] | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Freddie | Létezel | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Freddie | Ez a vihar | Hungarian → English | 2 thanks received | Hungarian → English 2 thanks received | ||
Freddie | Egy kicsit másképp | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Friderika | Távol a föld | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Children of Distance | Márványtábla helyett | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Children of Distance | A rossz mindig visszaránt | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
#SzuperCsillagParaszt | Ne hallgass rám | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
#SzuperCsillagParaszt | Nem üthetlek meg | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
#SzuperCsillagParaszt | Életrevalók | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Ed Is On | A zene se szól | English, Hungarian → English | English, Hungarian → English | |||
Nevergreen (Hungary) | Népünk árnya visszatér | Hungarian → English | 2 thanks received | Hungarian → English 2 thanks received | ||
Antal Timi | Közelebb | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Halott Pénz | Sehol | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Halott Pénz | Máshogy néztél rám | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Halott Pénz | Csak múljon az élet | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Halott Pénz | Elkezdeni elölről | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Nevergreen (Hungary) | Hamvak szárnyán | Hungarian → English | 1 | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | |
Szeder | Lazsa Dal | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Children of Distance | Nélküled Annyira Más | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Children of Distance | Inkább Veled | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Tales Of Evening | Útravaló | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Tales Of Evening | Rímekben élsz | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Tales Of Evening | Reménysziget | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Tales Of Evening | Miért én | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Tales Of Evening | Lerajzollak | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Tales Of Evening | Ezer titok | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Tales Of Evening | Elveszett magam | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Tales Of Evening | A szél feltámad | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English | |||
Kovbojok | Aranyhal | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Blues Company | Pohárköszöntő | Hungarian → English | 2 thanks received | Hungarian → English 2 thanks received | ||
Rósa Guðmundsdóttir | Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu | Icelandic → Hungarian | Icelandic → Hungarian | |||
Over the Moon (OST) | Ultraluminary | English → Hungarian | 2 thanks received | English → Hungarian 2 thanks received | ||
Björk | Oceania | English → Hungarian | English → Hungarian | |||
Sigur Rós | Gobbledigook | Icelandic → Hungarian | Icelandic → Hungarian | |||
Palya Bea | Szaladós | Hungarian → English | thanked 1 time | Hungarian → English thanked 1 time | ||
Péterfy Bori & Love Band | Ájultan fekszem veled | Hungarian → English | Hungarian → English |