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2017-02-08T12:59:02Z

Jendrej:

There are some Polish language words in Discworld which don't seem to be grouped elsewhere. Probably fell off the edge, missing the [[circumfence]], or something. So far the count is three (or four if you're fussy): Schmaltz as in [[Schmaltzberg]], [[Sto Lat]] and [[Tak]].

"tak" means "yes"? "Sto Lat" is a traditional song meaning "one hundred years", often performed at birthdays and celebrations? I know "schmaltz" means "fat" or "grease" in Yiddish (memo - golems would know this?) - didn't know it was also Polish, but it makes sense - not every word in Yiddish is German-derived!

According to the "apf", alas, neither "sto helit" nor "sto kerrig" have any meaning in Polish - I've no reason to doubt this, but could you confirm? Interesting discussion, though, as quite a lot of Roundworld languages seem to have little shout-outs on the Disc, and not all of them can be put down to English and its habit of promiscuously adopting anything that takes its fancy from wherever! [[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 19:59, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

As the apf so eruditely quotes:

''Sto lat, sto lat, niech zyje, zyje nam.
Sto lat, sto lat, niech zyje, zyje nam.
Jeszcze raz, jeszcze raz -- niech zyje, zyje nam.
Niech zyje nam!''

Which loosely translates to:

Hundred years, hundred years, let him live for us,
Hundred years, hundred years, let him live for us,
Once again, once again, let him live for us!

It's interesting, though. I'm wondering about some sort of "comparison page" listing non-English names for places and characters and how they evolved in the minds of the translators... for instance, in Dutch/Afrikaans you get ''Mustrum Riediekel de Bruin'' for a certain wizard, and ''Opie/Ouma Weedersmeer'' for a certain witch. both have interesting back-stories. [[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 20:20, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

I see this site is treated like a talk page. I'm a Polish person, so I wanted to confirm the things stated there. "Tak" means yes, but also "like (this)", "this way". It's also used this way in Czech and maybe some other Slavic languages. "Schmaltz" is not a Polish word, though we have a similiar one: "smalec". It describes animal fat (lard?) Everything else stated here is basically correct. [[User:Jendrej|~Jendrej]] ([[User talk:Jendrej|talk]]) 12:59, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

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