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 Pharamp Pharamp October 4, 2010 October 4, 2010 at 8:05:02 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Ahahah, these tales are AWESOME, FeuDRenais!!

FeuDRenais FeuDRenais October 4, 2010 October 4, 2010 at 8:06:07 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Whoever knew that history could be so entertaining...

kebukebu kebukebu October 6, 2010 October 6, 2010 at 3:50:32 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Attempting a Japanese translation :)

bojnin bojnin February 3, 2011 February 3, 2011 at 2:56:45 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

"Frustrated with European languages", I would say, not "Frustrated with the European languages"

FeuDRenais FeuDRenais February 28, 2011 February 28, 2011 at 4:31:20 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Both are fine, IMO.

kebukebu kebukebu March 2, 2011 March 2, 2011 at 12:12:32 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

They both sound okay to me (with and without "the"). They "feel" different, but they are both natural and mean roughly the same thing.

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Frustrated with the European languages, which he considered "too boring", Christopher Columbus invented "Columbian", a language so complicated that only he could speak it.

added by FeuDRenais, October 4, 2010
➜ #545596Frustrado con las lenguas europeas, que él consideraba "extremadamente aburridas", Cristóbal Colón inventó el "coloní", una lengua tan difícil que sólo él podía hablarla.

linked by Shishir, October 4, 2010
➜ #547508クリストファーコロンブスは、あまりにつまらないと見なしたヨーロッパの諸言語に不満を感じて、自分しか話せないほど複雑な「コロン語」を考案した。

linked by kebukebu, October 6, 2010
➜ #560978Av frustrasjon over europeiske språk, som han syntes var «for kjedelige», oppfant Kristoffer Columbus «columbisk», et språk som var så innviklet at bare han kunne snakke det.

linked by contour, October 12, 2010
➜ #737194Frustré par les langues européennes qu'il considérait comme "trop ennuyantes", Christophe Colomb inventa le "Colombin", une langue si compliquée que seul lui pouvait la parler.

linked by sysko, February 2, 2011
➜ #775953Стаміўшыся ад еўрапейскіх моваў, якія яму здаваліся «надта нуднымі», Хрыстафор Калумб выдумаў «калумбійскую» — настолькі складаную мову, што толькі ён мог на ёй размаўляць.

linked by Demetrius, March 1, 2011
➜ #939982Über die europäischen Sprachen frustriert, die er für „zu langweilig“ hielt, erfand Christoph Kolumbus „Kolumbisch“, eine Sprache, die so kompliziert war, dass nur er sie sprechen konnte.

linked by Nero, June 15, 2011
➜ #3291715Разочарованный в европейских языках, которые он считал "слишком скучными", Христофор Колумб изобрёл "колумбский язык" - язык настолько сложный, что лишь он сам мог говорить на нём.

linked by odexed, June 2, 2014
➜ #4430076Çok sıkıcı olduğunu düşündüğü Avrupa dillerinden sinirlenen Christopher Columbus Columbian dilini icat etti, öyle karmaşık bir dildi ki onu sadece o konuşabildi.

linked by duran, August 4, 2015
➜ #6203768Seniluziita pri la eŭropaj lingvoj, kiujn li konsideris "tro enuigaj", Kristoforo Kolumbo inventis "la kolumban", lingvon tiel malsimplan, ke nur li kapablis paroli ĝin.

linked by GrizaLeono, August 20, 2017
➜ #9040912Cri-xtốp-phơ Cô-lôm-bô vì cho rằng những ngôn ngữ châu Âu quá nhàm chán, nên ông đã phát minh ra tiếng Cô-lôm - một loại ngôn ngữ mà chỉ mình ông có thể dùng.

linked by dotheduyet1999, September 15, 2020