So, on Tuesday I went down to London. I entered a random studio and spent an hour and a half recording audio for an application that is sponsored by Premier Ltd., a Fox PR group, and is going to be for Garmin Satellite Navigation equipment. What does that mean? It means that, probably fairly soon, you'll be able to download audio files of me saying "turn left" and "enter the roundabout" and play it on your SatNav such that, as you are driving, you can get completely lost. Ftiafpi and I worked on the translations, and they should be pretty solid. I also did many, many checks of the audio, so, for the most part, they should be pronounced correctly. I apologise in advance for the incredibly breathy trilled r's - it's a well known fact that I can't make them - and for any other mistakes.
Secondly, the next day, after taking the GRE tests for graduate school and attending a student protest that erupted into a violent mob taking over the Tories HQ (which I saw, but wasn't a part of), I went into another studio and did an interview for iTV. Around Christmas, tune in and watch 'Family Film of the Decade' - it'll cover Avatar, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribean, and probably other films. I'll be there, talking about Avatar, why I learned Na'vi, and I made it clear that I want LearnNavi.org to go in, as well. So, press! Hooray!.
Here is the list of the Garmin words we translated. There may be one of two errors. Pxasik, if so.
recalculating - fya'ot rerun nìmun
traffic ahead - fongueo
continue on route - seralew
then - tsar
arrive at - pähem ro
destination - tìkan
via point - ìlä kamtseng
board ferry - shah-tellit fpxäkim
enter roundabout - fpxäkìm musìna tsengit
exit - tìhum
left - ftär
right - skien
keep - 'erì'awn
make a u-turn - mìn lahea fya'o
navigate off road - kämakto luke fya'o
take sliproad - Sop fa fya'otsyìp
ahead - eo fìtseng
turn left - mìn ftär
turn right - mìn skien
arriving at - pate ro
on left - mì ftära pa'o
on right - mì skiena pa'o
leave ferry - txìng shah-tellit
at roundabout - ro musìna tsengit
exit roundabout - txìng musìna tsengit
navigate on road - makto sìn fya'o
turn - mìn
proceed to highlighted route - salew ne tsafya'ori
1 - 'aw
2 - mune
3 - pxey
4 - tsìng
5 - mrr
6 - pukap
7 - kinä
8 - 'eyt
9 - nayn
10 - 'aw kew
in - mì
hundred - zam
feet - ayvenu
yards - ayvul
meters - pun
a quarter of a mile - 'it fya'oä
half a mile - apxa 'it fya'oä
three quarters of a mile - hìma fya'o
mile - apxa fya'o
and a quarter - sì ngima fya'o
miles - apxa ayfya'o
and a half - sì apxa 'it fya'oä
and three quarters - sì hìma fya'o
kilometre - mevozama pxun
kilometres - mevozama pun
to destination - ne tìkan
to via point - ne tìkan ìlä kamtseng
take - ftxey
1st - 'awve
2nd - muve
3rd - pxeyve
4th - tsìve
5th - mrrve
6th - puve
7th - kive
8th - 'eytve
9th - naynve
