语言建造家:自造语言的无穷魅力_BEC初级作文

语言建造家:自造语言的无穷魅力

协会受邀为电视剧设计一门语言——多斯拉克语(Dothraki)。他在两轮比赛中均告胜出——第一轮是会员评审，第二轮是电视制片方评审。这改变了他的职业道路。

Unlike previous languages he had worked on, Dothraki had some basics already in place. George RR Martin, author of the five volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire, the fantasy saga on which the TV series is based, had created some words already. By analysing these, he fleshed it out to create a “naturalistic” language, reflecting the feudal pseudo-Mongolian society’s preoccupations. There are, for example, seven different words in Dothraki for striking with a sword. These include: “hliziﬁkh”, a wild but powerful strike; and “kolverikh”, a straight sword thrust.

与他之前设计的语言不同，多斯拉克语已经具备了一些基本成分。电视剧根据魔幻传奇小说《冰与火之歌》(A Song of Ice and Fire)五部曲改编，小说作者乔治•马丁(George RR Martin)已经创造了一些单词。彼得森对单词进行了分析，为它们添枝加叶，创造出了一门“自然主义”语言，并反映出那个虚构的蒙古封建社会更关注哪些方面。例如，在多斯拉克语中，有7个单词可以形容使剑的动作，比如，“hlizifikh”指偏离目标但相当有力的一击,“kolverikh”形容笔直的一刺。

While Mr Martin has insisted he did not pay attention to linguistic rules, Mr Peterson believes the author has a “natural language affinity”. Typically, he says, fantasy writers “do a terrible job”. Their languages are inconsistent and merely bastardised English.