Thread: A short translation, please?

Hello group, I've attached a picture which contains text pertaining to a geocache I am seeking - can anyone please translate it for me?

Thanks,
kyearman

Originally Posted by kyearman

Hello group, I've attached a picture which contains text pertaining to a geocache I am seeking - can anyone please translate it for me?

Thanks,
kyearman

Would you be so kind, dear sir, and show us the picture?

It's so secret that he can't even show us the picture to translate -- we just have to come up with possible translations. Mine is: "The bomb is in under your mother's car seat. You have 00:09:05 to find and disarm the device before she goes all жжешь on you. Пака Мамаччка!"

I meant to delete the post, as this site does not allow the posting of .jpg images.



Hopefully, this link will take you to the photo.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache...3-00079ba7580e

The translation is:
Ykdw dk gfdwjkhscn djlkrt d weybnf d jkdghe qcszore eilswg.

(It means nothing, really. Just the combination of russian letters that can't even be read propely).

It's not in Russian. It's in English but coded in Russian characters. You don't have to know Russian to work it out. It'll be a simple substitution code.

Hahah, listen to the pronunciation guide link below.

Okanye!

Thanks for the info. A substitution puzzle (cryptogram) makes perfect sense. However, are there standard English characters for the Russian characters? For example, the fifth letter, which looks somewhat like a small letter y, is pronounced like "ch" in English, correct? If so, how is this represented on an English keyboard.

WHat does she say in the pronunciation guide?

Originally Posted by kyearman

Thanks for the info. A substitution puzzle (cryptogram) makes perfect sense. However, are there standard English characters for the Russian characters? For example, the fifth letter, which looks somewhat like a small letter y, is pronounced like "ch" in English, correct? If so, how is this represented on an English keyboard.

WHat does she say in the pronunciation guide?

No you are missing the point. The Russian characters used have nothing to do with their English equivalents. The Russian characters are chosen at random.

Thanks, TATY. It is still a problem as there are over 30 characters in the message and 26 English letters. I'm working on it.

The pronunciation guide that you laughed about on the website link, what does she say?

Originally Posted by kyearman

Thanks for the info. A substitution puzzle (cryptogram) makes perfect sense. However, are there standard English characters for the Russian characters? For example, the fifth letter, which looks somewhat like a small letter y, is pronounced like "ch" in English, correct? If so, how is this represented on an English keyboard.

WHat does she say in the pronunciation guide?

You are correct. The Russian ч is pronounced like the English "ch" in cheeze. That being said, here is how you would pronounce the first line in English.

Russian characters
мнрта чагей рщях бвдоыфв

English pronunciation
mnrta chagay rshchyah bvdouifv

Mapping Russian letters to an English keyboard
vyhnf xfutq hoz[ ,dljsad

Sorry to be so persistent, but has anyone listened to the audio file (2 posts up)? I'm very curious as to what it says.
Thank you.

Originally Posted by kyearman

Sorry to be so persistent, but has anyone listened to the audio file (2 posts up)? I'm very curious as to what it says.
Thank you.

It says:
"Hello. That's not "mockba", that's moskva. Welcome."

Thank you to all who responded, it is appreciated. This puzzle is giving me fits, but I hope to solve it someday.

Имеет ли эта женщина в записи странный акцент?

Originally Posted by basurero

Имеет ли эта женщина в записи странный акцент?

If you're talking about that record, then, yes, She's got a strange accent.. She's definitely not a Russian but a foreigner!!!

Originally Posted by basurero

Имеет ли эта женщина в записи странный акцент?

Как-то не по-русски звучит.
Старайся не использовать глагол "иметь". Русские почти никогда не говорят "я имею", "он имеет", "они имеют".

Мы говорим "у меня есть", "у него есть", "у них есть".
В данном случае глагол можно пропустить: "У этой женщины странный акцент".

Originally Posted by basurero

Имеет ли эта женщина в записи странный акцент?

Shonuff. Some kinda accent