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Ati

MemberPraetorianApril 24, 2017

If BigDave can't translate the words in the image, we need a linguist. :) If you are a linguist, please help.

Alien Covenant

'The production team carried over the engineer alphabet created for Prometheus. All the hieroglyphics actually say something, but it might be rather difficult to decode since not all the translations are in English.'

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http://collider.com/alien-covenant-spoilers-things-to-know/#cast-and-characters

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AdamPD
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Oh lord, this reminds me of the TV series Lost, when people were trying to translate those damn hieroglyphics lol.

I'd love to know what it says

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dk
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It also reminds me of Dead Space 2 with similar writings but there was a conversion chart behind a wall that let you figure out the writings if you wanted to.

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It says: "Please do not attempt to over analyze this. It is just a movie"

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Ati
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Prometheus:

More info about the possible meaning of the writing in the Covenant image is in the Petra post:

http://www.alien-covenant.com/topic/44395

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Can anyone out there translate this? I for one would love to know what is written on the walls leading into and in the head rooms.

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Lone
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This might help. Here is the Engineer font alphabet...

THE LONE GUNWOMAN

"Let The Cosmic Incubation Begin" ~ H.R. Giger

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If I can get a clearer picture, I can work on it.

Former USAF cypto linguist here.

from what I can see in the grainy picture:

1st row: KLESAMEB(I,U)EVIE

2nd row: IFEANDBEAT

I searched morphology and if the word is kisame, it means demon shark in japanese. Might be a hefty coincidence though.

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Ati
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Lone, thx.

IllegalASU, thank you, I try to make better versions, what about the Prometheus gate image? It looks much clearer:

 

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It's cuneiform, but I only managed to translate English into Brazilian Portuguese so far...

But David, our David, might have had a clue, since he had been studying ‎Sumarian, Akkadian, Eblaite, Elamite, Hattic... and so on so forth, while everyone else was sleeping.

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Picture from prometheus has different radicals on the pictographs.

I think the "font" file is incomplete

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Maybe this will help:

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Lone
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Cuneiform alphabet...

THE LONE GUNWOMAN

"Let The Cosmic Incubation Begin" ~ H.R. Giger

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@Lone, far better! - or should I say: way better?

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@LadyStardust even if we can translate this, it will probably turn out to be gobbledygook....or perhaps Rutger's famous speech from BladeRunner! ;) Hahah

THE LONE GUNWOMAN

"Let The Cosmic Incubation Begin" ~ H.R. Giger

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Lone, thank you, it is not bla-bla. Look at the source, please!

'The production team carried over the engineer alphabet created for Prometheus. All the hieroglyphics actually say something, but it might be rather difficult to decode since not all the translations are in English.'

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It would be a hoot if it turned out to be something like joylitt said:

"Please do not attempt to over analyze this. It is just a movie"

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@Lone, what you said does make sense, but the written language itself - even if the producers had cared to finish what they started - is cuneiform in its base, and it was what David was studying. And that's why we ended up having this wonderful conversation about languages and their possible cuneiform form and meaning.

Now, please, indulge me: which Roy's famous speech are you talking about?

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Ati
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No, dk, in Covenant it will mean something, I think, check the link.

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What it says over the piled Engineer bodies:

DO NOT FORGET TO FEED THE CATS...EVER.

:D

IN SPACE THERE IS NO WARNING

 

 

 

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"The secrets of the goo can be found on the planet of AAAAHHHH....."

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