So, how did the great Artemis Fowl crack the secret fairy code?
On page 26 in Chapter 2: Translation-take this section of the Book and compare it with the English translation on the next page 27.
OR
you can just use one of the many the translation boxes off the internet and away you go...!
Gnommish is the "fairy language" used in the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. It is not actually a language at all, but the English language encoded into a letter-substitution cipher where each symbol represents a letter. (Wiki)
"E" is a bit tricky and hard to see amidst the text
Let's look at the front cover for example
It starts with the symbol for "C" then a dragonfly for "A" two drops for "R" and the crab for "Y"
THEN
the symbol for "M" is a tulip
which is placed OVER the squiggly line for "E"
PUNCTUATION
Yes, Gnommish also contains it's own code for punctuation in the form of dots and arrows.
Notice on either side of the tulip representing "M" are two dots
LOOK HERE
Translation of the Front Cover
CARRY ME ALWA
YS CARRY ME WE
LL(PERIOD) I AM THY
TEACHER OF HE
RB AND SPELL(PERIOD)
In the Gnommish code, a dot is used as a space, and an arrow is used as a period. However, other than that there is no punctuation. (THX dementedfairy.blogspot.com!)
HERE IS THE COMPLETE TRANSLATION STARTING AT BEGINNING OF CHAPTER 1 page 3
THE PROPHECES OF OHMPHELGM POT CELAENR TO FRONDELFEN KING. I AM OHM PHELGMPOT CLEANER TO THE KING. BUT I AM MUCH MORE THAN THAT FOR I SEE THE FUTUREWRITTEN IN THE PHELGM. FORCENTURIES WE PIXIES HAVE READ THE PHELGM BUT I AM THEBEST THERE HAS EVER BEEN. MY VISIONS ARE GENERALLY OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE. IFORETELL OUTBREAKS OFTROLL POX OR GAS SPASMSAMONG ELDERLY DWARFS(chapter 2 start here>)BUT SOMETIMES EVEN APOOR POT CLEANER CAN SEE WONDEROUS THINGS. AVISION CAME TO ME TWOMOONS AGO WHEN I WAS GAZING DEEP INTO HIS MAJESTYS OWN PHELGMPOT. I WAS HEATINGTHE POT OVER A FLAMEWHEN THE SIGN APPEARED. THIS VISIONWAS MOREVIVID AND DETAILEDTHAN ANY I HAD PREV(chapter 3 start here>)IOUSLY SEEN. BECAUSEOF ITS IMPORTANCE IDECIDED TO WRITE ITDOWN FOR POSTERITY. AND SO I CAN SAY ITOLD YOU SO.I SAWAN AGE WHEN THE PEOPLE HAVEBEEN DRIVEN UNDERGROUNDBY THE MUD MEN. THISIS WHAT THE PHELGM TOLD ME. IN THIS TIME ONESHALL COME AMONG US. FOWL BY NAME AND FOUL BY NATURE. A MUD MANUNLIKE ANY OTHER. HESHALL LEARN OUR SECRETSAND USE THEM AGAINSTUS. I SEE HIM NOW ASPLAIN AS DAY. HISFACE IS PALE HE HASDARK EYES AND RAVENHAIR. YET IT MUST BEA MISTAKE FOR HE SEEMSA MERE YOUTH. SURELY NOMUD BOY COULD OUTWITTHE PEOPLE. BUT NOW I SEETHAT THE BOY IS NOTALONE. HE IS AIDED BYA FORMIDABLE WARRIORSCARRED FROM A THOUSANDBATTLES. THIS FOWLSHALL HOLD THE PEOPLE(chapter 4 start here>)TO RANSOM FOR THEIRMOST PRECIOUS POSSESSION. GOLD. AND IN SPITE OFALL OUR MAGIC THERE IS A CHANCE THAT HE WILLPREVAIL. FOR HE HAS DISCOVERED HOW TO ESCAPE THETIME FIELD UNFORTUNATELYHOW THE STORY ENDS I CANNOT SAY. BUT THEREWAS MORETO SEE. THERE ISANOTHER STORY TO COMESOMEONE WILL BRING THEPEOPLE AND MUD MEN TOGETHER. THE WORST OF BOTH(chapter 5 start here>)RACES. THIS FAIRYSGOAL IS TO GRIND ALLTHE CREATURES OF THEEARTH BENEATH HIS FOOT. AND WHO IS THIS TRAITORIT IS NOT CLEAR. BUTHE SHALL START A WARUNLIKE ANYTHING THE PEOPLEHAVE EVER SEEN. THOSE WHOWERE ENEMIES SHALL BE UNITEDAGAINST HIM. AND FORTHE FIRST TIME THEREWILL BE MUD MEN BELOWGROUND. I HAVE ONE CLUETO HIS IDENTITY A RIDDLE. GOBLINS SHALLRISE AND HAVEN SHALL FALL A VILLAINOUS ELFIS BEHIND IT ALL TOFIND THE ONE WHO SODISAPPOINTS LOOK YE TO WHERE THE FINGER POINTS.INSTEAD OG ONE FACE THISELF HAS TWO. BOTH SPEAKFALSE AND NONE SPEAKTRUE. WHILE PUBLICLY HELENDS A HELPING HAND HISTRUE AIM IS TO SEIZECOMMAND. I KNOW. ITS NOTVERY PLAIN IS IT I DONTUNDERSTAND EITHER. BUTPERHAPS IN THE FUTURE ALLWILL BECOME CLEAR. LOOKFOR A POWER HUNGRY ELFWHO HAS A FINGER POINTED(chapter 6 start here>)AT HIM DURING OUR TALE. AND SO THIS IS OHMS LEGACY. A WARNING THAT MAY SAVETHE WORLD FROM TOTALDESTRUCTION. THERES NOTMUCH TO WORK WITH I KNOW. THE DETAILS ARE ABIT SKETCHY. MY ADVICETO YOU IS TO CONSULTTHE PHELGM. IT MAY BE THAT YOU ARE SENSITIVE. I HAVEBURIED THIS PROPHECYWITH MY PHLEGM POT. IFYOU ARE NOT FORTUNATEENOUGH TO WORK AS A POTCLEANER THEN THERE IS USUALLYA SUPPLY OF PHELGM EVERY TIMEYOU HAVE A COLD. HERE NEEDTH THE FIRST PROPHECIES OFOHM. BUT BECAUSE OF THEIMPORTANCE OF MY VISIONS I SHALL REPEAT THE PROPHECIESONCE MORE. IF YOU HAVE JUST BEGUN TO UNDERSTANDTHE TEXT THEN READ ON. IFYOU HAVE WORKED OUTTHE ENTIRE MESSAGE THENCONGRATULATIONS. NOW GO AND SAVE THE WORLD.
THEPROPHECIES OF OHM PHELGMPOT CLEANER TO FROND ELFENKING. I AM OHM PHELGM POTCLEANER TO THE KING. BUT I AM MUCH MORE THAN THAT FOR I SEE THE FUTURE WRITTEN(P147>148)THE PHELGM. FOR CENTURIES WE PIXIES HAVE READ THE PHELGM BUT I AM THE BEST THERE HAS EVER BEEN. MY VISIONS ARE GENERALLY OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE. I FORETELL OUTBREAKS OF TROLL POX OR GAS SPASMS AMONG ELDERLY DWARFS. BUT SOMETIMES EVEN A POOR POT CLEANER CAN SEE WONDROUS THINGS. A VISION CAME TO ME TWO MOONS AGO WHEN I(chapter 7 start here>)WAS GAZING DEEP INTO HIS MAJESTYS OWN PHELGMPOT. I WAS HEATING THE POT OVER A FLAME WHEN THE SIGN APPEARED. THIS VISION WAS MORE VIVID AND DETAILED THAN ANY I HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN. BECAUSE
No comments:
Post a Comment