Can someone help with a translation please?

QtheC · 08-17-2006, 06:52 AM

I hoping someone here is good at reading fast ASL signing with a lot of letters and can tell me all that is being said by the guy in this video:
YouTube - The Chocolate Factory

It's really fast and hard to read, but I think he spells out RACHEL, and maybe APOLLOCANDY in the first 10 seconds. He may also spell out GLYPH at some point and give a weird code (random letters and numbers from the glyph symbol on his tshirt.) It is this code or a hint where to find a glyph that is readable that I am hoping for.

Please reply here or send me a PM with anything you can read from the video.

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

This 39 second video is part of the LOST TV show "The Experience" game they are running this summer. If you are interested in it, you can read more about it over on thefuselage.com forums.

LuciaDisturbed · 08-17-2006, 08:02 AM

Were you in the deafchat chat room this morning?

LuciaDisturbed · 08-17-2006, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QtheC

This 39 second video is part of the LOST TV show "The Experience" game they are running this summer. If you are interested in it, you can read more about it over on thefuselage.com forums.

My signing skills have gone straight to hell. Sorry. Something about "a friend of rachel's.....That's all I could understand...I was totally lost.

QtheC · 08-17-2006, 08:41 AM

No, I was not in the deaf chat, but a lot of people are trying to figure out what this video says, so maybe someone else was there.

Thanks for trying! Every little bit helps.

LuciaDisturbed · 08-17-2006, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QtheC

No, I was not in the deaf chat, but a lot of people are trying to figure out what this video says, so maybe someone else was there.

Thanks for trying! Every little bit helps.

Ok, I asked because I was in the deaf chat chatroom this morning and someone in there asked me the same request you did.....but the link they gave me did not work. So I thought maybe it was you, I guess not.

QtheC · 08-17-2006, 08:53 AM

The video is really hard to read. I've tried pausing and taking it a letter at a time, but it goes really fast and is pretty blurry at times. Also, it does not help that I do not know ASL signs, so I am limited to the alphabet and numbers.

There are a few signs that look really clear and someone who knows ASL would be able to read them, I think.

One looks like a "A" with one hand touching the palm to a single index finger of the other hand.

Well, anyway, if someone wants to take a shot at translating this 39 second video into english, that would be very cool:
YouTube - The Chocolate Factory

Wheelin Rev · 08-17-2006, 09:19 AM

Somebody slowed the video down and reposted it:

YouTube - Chocolate video slowed down

LuciaDisturbed · 08-17-2006, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Wheelin Rev

Somebody slowed the video down and reposted it:

YouTube - Chocolate video slowed down

I can understand SOME but still VERY confused because I cannot see the person's face! I need to see his face and lips moving to understand more! Sorry!

I think something about metal rock music?

If not, see how my signing skills have totally gone to hell!

sexy foxy · 08-17-2006, 09:33 AM

I watch both of those video. I do understand most of it but that person have really bad on spelling and hard to understand what he is trying to spelling. it was little sloppy.

QtheC · 08-17-2006, 09:37 AM

Hey foxy,

Can you tell me what the guy is saying?

It is quite possible that there is a "code" in there that would be just a few random letters and numbers.

Thanks!

I really want to figure this out.

sexy foxy · 08-17-2006, 09:58 AM

I could caught dfds or dfdss but not uddy rest of it. I just try my best. if he spelling it clearly I would caught it easier

QtheC · 08-17-2006, 09:58 AM

Here is an even slower version someone posted: YouTube - Chocolate video slowed down alot

Thanks for trying!

LuciaDisturbed · 08-17-2006, 09:59 AM

Yeah well I give up.

No matter how slow the video is, I still don't understand it.

Your Mom · 08-17-2006, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by LuciaDisturbed

Yeah well I give up.

No matter how slow the video is, I still don't understand it.

same here, im sure i could show it to my girlfriend and shed get it but its too blurry and small for me to read has nothing to do with how fast it is.

sexy foxy · 08-17-2006, 10:03 AM

I tried but it too blurry and he wore wrong shirt. White in middle and hand over it and hard to see. I just try my best

QtheC · 08-17-2006, 10:08 AM

Well, thank you all very much for trying! I know it is hard to see, even if you are an expert at ASL, the video is too small and blurry.

There are a few signs that might be able to be understood, but I'm not sure how to describe them very well.

One looks like the letter 'A' with one hand hitting the single index finger of the other hand.

Another looks like he flicks all his fingers out to the sides with both hands.

One more looks like he is making two fists with thumbs up and shaking them up and down side by side.

I think I will go through the slow version and try to pick out the letters one at a time.

Your Mom · 08-17-2006, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QtheC

Well, thank you all very much for trying! I know it is hard to see, even if you are an expert at ASL, the video is too small and blurry.

There are a few signs that might be able to be understood, but I'm not sure how to describe them very well.

One looks like the letter 'A' with one hand hitting the single index finger of the other hand.

Another looks like he flicks all his fingers out to the sides with both hands.

One more looks like he is making two fists with thumbs up and shaking them up and down side by side.

I think I will go through the slow version and try to pick out the letters one at a time.

A good chunk of it is just fingerspelling, i know i saw 'with' 'live' 'cant' 'have' and 'friend' in there but i wasnt really paying a lot of attention.

***Jolie77*** · 08-17-2006, 10:20 AM

I was able to enchance it to a full frame in order to see the sign but however, when I enchanced the video the picture became a little bit blurry... I was able to understand the sign but not the fingerspelling. The fingerspelling is VERY sloppy and hard to read. I am a native signer but this is a video gone bad.

Here's what I got so far from recepting the video, It's the best I could do to translate it -

friend of rachel, me Mel Apollo undy can't fool mate lerk have chemist running test on dfsdd cemend always important but sytearar can't hate that competition large argument, something like that.

That's the best I could get from seeing the video. I hope that will be somewhat a bit of a help to you. Good Luck. Would anyone else be happy to make an input to this as well?

Your Mom · 08-17-2006, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Jolie_77

I was able to enchance it to a full frame in order to see the sign but however, when I enchanced the video the picture became a little bit blurry... I was able to understand the sign but not the fingerspelling. The fingerspelling is VERY sloppy and hard to read. I am a native signer but this is a video gone bad.

Here's what I got so far from recepting the video, It's the best I could do to translate it -

friend of rachel, me Mel Apollo undy can't fool mate lerk have chemist running test on dfsdd cemend always important but sytearar can't hate that competition large argument, something like that.

That's the best I could get from seeing the video. I hope that will be somewhat a bit of a help to you. Good Luck. Would anyone else be happy
to make an input to this as well?

Ah chemist i dont know why i didnt get that, I did the same thing I did it full screen and could understand the signs but very little of the fingerpselling, and when he moved his hands over that white part of the shirt i just couldnt read any of it.

LuciaDisturbed · 08-17-2006, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Your Mom

Ah chemist i dont know why i didnt get that, I did the same thing I did it full screen and could understand the signs but very little of the fingerpselling, and when he moved his hands over that white part of the shirt i just couldnt read any of it.

LOL all I got was what I thought was something about METAL ROCK...heh! And that was his fingerspelling...

***Jolie77*** · 08-17-2006, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Your Mom

Ah chemist i dont know why i didnt get that, I did the same thing I did it full screen and could understand the signs but very little of the fingerpselling, and when he moved his hands over that white part of the shirt i just couldnt read any of it.

Yeah, The fingerspelling is what I had a hard time trying to figure out because of the quality of the video that happened to be blurry when it was on the full screen (also on the small screen too) and also the white part of the shirt was hard to be seen as well like you mentioned.

Your Mom · 08-17-2006, 10:28 AM

ah well, odd video. Ive seen some terrible signing but that can go down in the book as some of the worst video signing i have seen.

QtheC · 08-17-2006, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jolie_77

I was able to enchance it to a full frame in order to see the sign but however, when I enchanced the video the picture became a little bit blurry... I was able to understand the sign but not the fingerspelling. The fingerspelling is VERY sloppy and hard to read. I am a native signer but this is a video gone bad.

Here's what I got so far from recepting the video, It's the best I could do to translate it -

friend of rachel, me Mel Apollo undy can't fool mate lerk have chemist running test on dfsdd cemend always important but sytearar can't hate that competition large argument, something like that.

That's the best I could get from seeing the video. I hope that will be somewhat a bit of a help to you. Good Luck. Would anyone else be happy to make an input to this as well?

That is a big help!

Here is a partial translation someone posted on another forum... maybe this will help?

Quote:

Friend of Rachel. Welcome [fingerspelling} apollo candy. First, to beat Mittleverk, we need to answer some questions on [fingerspelling

Hanso found something important but Mittleverk didn't like it. There was a big struggle. Hanso disappeared with (something...scientists maybe?). He found a new place and gave "everything" in order to save people.

The name "Mittelwerk" is a bad guy in this story. Rachel is the hero. Apollo Candy is a website set up by the bad guy's company, the Hanso Foundation.

***Jolie77*** · 08-17-2006, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QtheC

That is a big help!

Here is a partial translation someone posted on another forum... maybe this will help?

Quote:

Friend of Rachel. Welcome [fingerspelling} apollo candy. First, to beat Mittleverk, we need to answer some questions on [fingerspelling

Hanso found something important but Mittleverk didn't like it. There was a big struggle. Hanso disappeared with (something...scientists maybe?). He found a new place and gave "everything" in order to save people.

The name "Mittelwerk" is a bad guy in this story. Rachel is the hero. Apollo Candy is a website set up by the bad guy's company, the Hanso Foundation.

That is also a big help for me to understand and I re-watched the video again. I was able to pick up a little bit more information from there. Here's what I picked up on again from that -

friend of rachel me mel apollo candy first fool mittlewerk have chemist running test on dfsd centered (spelling across the whitepart on the shirt, which is what I couldn't get) Important but systerar can't hate competition large argument (Again, fingerspelling across the white part on the shirt) with spora (fingerspelling spora - I was trying to make sense out of it).

That's the best I could get from the video.

QtheC · 08-17-2006, 11:03 AM

Thanks Jolie 77! My friends on thefuselage.com (where I post as QuinceTheCarpenter), think that "Mel" is an important clue. I totally forgot there was a character named Mel0Drama that posted some clues awhile back in "The Experience."

I wonder why you have "systerar" but the other translation gives "Mittelwerk" again. His full name is Thomas Werner Mittelwerk.

"spora" is interesting too - it might relate to some white flowers that showed up that had something to do with life extension/healing.

Well, anyway, thanks for the help!

***Jolie77*** · 08-17-2006, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QtheC

Thanks Jolie 77! My friends on thefuselage.com (where I post as QuinceTheCarpenter), think that "Mel" is an important clue. I totally forgot there was a character named Mel0Drama that posted some clues awhile back in "The Experience."

I wonder why you have "systerar" but the other translation gives "Mittelwerk" again. His full name is Thomas Werner Mittelwerk.

"spora" is interesting too - it might relate to some white flowers that showed up that had something to do with life extension/healing.

Well, anyway, thanks for the help!

No problem, I'm just glad I could help out even if the vid was bad, lol. I have no idea how the "systerar" came in. When I was watching the vid, I just had to type at the same time in order not to forget what the person was saying on the vid. Perhaps the "spora" is another clue, Who knows?

sequoias · 08-17-2006, 11:55 AM

I understand some of the signing and the spelling was sloppy. I can't even understand his spelling. This has to be the worst signing video ever! I almost have no idea what he was saying. I hate when they don't show his head and it looks like someone got his head cut off.

08-17-2006, 06:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
QtheC Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17	Are you good at reading fast ASL? (short video) I hoping someone here is good at reading fast ASL signing with a lot of letters and can tell me all that is being said by the guy in this video: YouTube - The Chocolate Factory It's really fast and hard to read, but I think he spells out RACHEL, and maybe APOLLOCANDY in the first 10 seconds. He may also spell out GLYPH at some point and give a weird code (random letters and numbers from the glyph symbol on his tshirt.) It is this code or a hint where to find a glyph that is readable that I am hoping for. Please reply here or send me a PM with anything you can read from the video. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you! This 39 second video is part of the LOST TV show "The Experience" game they are running this summer. If you are interested in it, you can read more about it over on thefuselage.com forums.

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08-17-2006, 08:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
QtheC Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17	No, I was not in the deaf chat, but a lot of people are trying to figure out what this video says, so maybe someone else was there. Thanks for trying! Every little bit helps.

08-17-2006, 08:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
QtheC Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17	The video is really hard to read. I've tried pausing and taking it a letter at a time, but it goes really fast and is pretty blurry at times. Also, it does not help that I do not know ASL signs, so I am limited to the alphabet and numbers. There are a few signs that look really clear and someone who knows ASL would be able to read them, I think. One looks like a "A" with one hand touching the palm to a single index finger of the other hand. Well, anyway, if someone wants to take a shot at translating this 39 second video into english, that would be very cool: YouTube - The Chocolate Factory

08-17-2006, 09:37 AM	#10 (permalink)
QtheC Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17	Hey foxy, Can you tell me what the guy is saying? It is quite possible that there is a "code" in there that would be just a few random letters and numbers. Thanks! I really want to figure this out.

08-17-2006, 09:58 AM	#12 (permalink)
QtheC Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17	Here is an even slower version someone posted: YouTube - Chocolate video slowed down alot Thanks for trying!

08-17-2006, 09:59 AM	#13 (permalink)
LuciaDisturbed Amateur Psychiatrist Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,817	Yeah well I give up. No matter how slow the video is, I still don't understand it. __________________ We will assimilate you. Resistance is futile. We will add your distinctiveness to our Collective. Implanted left ear 10/11/06, activated 10/16/06 - Nucleus Freedom DeviantArt

08-17-2006, 10:03 AM	#15 (permalink)
sexy foxy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: nowhere Posts: 61	I tried but it too blurry and he wore wrong shirt. White in middle and hand over it and hard to see. I just try my best __________________ Hater Leave here! Make Love not War

08-17-2006, 10:08 AM	#16 (permalink)
QtheC Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17	Well, thank you all very much for trying! I know it is hard to see, even if you are an expert at ASL, the video is too small and blurry. There are a few signs that might be able to be understood, but I'm not sure how to describe them very well. One looks like the letter 'A' with one hand hitting the single index finger of the other hand. Another looks like he flicks all his fingers out to the sides with both hands. One more looks like he is making two fists with thumbs up and shaking them up and down side by side. I think I will go through the slow version and try to pick out the letters one at a time.

08-17-2006, 10:20 AM	#18 (permalink)
*Jolie77* Love all, trust a few. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The Bluegrass State Posts: 4,651	I was able to enchance it to a full frame in order to see the sign but however, when I enchanced the video the picture became a little bit blurry... I was able to understand the sign but not the fingerspelling. The fingerspelling is VERY sloppy and hard to read. I am a native signer but this is a video gone bad. Here's what I got so far from recepting the video, It's the best I could do to translate it - friend of rachel, me Mel Apollo undy can't fool mate lerk have chemist running test on dfsdd cemend always important but sytearar can't hate that competition large argument, something like that. That's the best I could get from seeing the video. I hope that will be somewhat a bit of a help to you. Good Luck. Would anyone else be happy to make an input to this as well? __________________

08-17-2006, 10:28 AM	#22 (permalink)
Your Mom Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 519	ah well, odd video. Ive seen some terrible signing but that can go down in the book as some of the worst video signing i have seen.

08-17-2006, 11:03 AM	#25 (permalink)
QtheC Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17	Thanks Jolie 77! My friends on thefuselage.com (where I post as QuinceTheCarpenter), think that "Mel" is an important clue. I totally forgot there was a character named Mel0Drama that posted some clues awhile back in "The Experience." I wonder why you have "systerar" but the other translation gives "Mittelwerk" again. His full name is Thomas Werner Mittelwerk. "spora" is interesting too - it might relate to some white flowers that showed up that had something to do with life extension/healing. Well, anyway, thanks for the help!

08-17-2006, 11:55 AM	#27 (permalink)
sequoias Railfan 4 life! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Evergreen State Posts: 11,799	I understand some of the signing and the spelling was sloppy. I can't even understand his spelling. This has to be the worst signing video ever! I almost have no idea what he was saying. I hate when they don't show his head and it looks like someone got his head cut off. __________________