RESPONSES: OMNI
Thanks to go to Audrius M. for pointing this one out!
Click here to have a look at it in all of its Lithuanian glory.
For those of you who, like me, don't speak a word of Lithuanian, you could take your life in your hands and trust my translation attempt. I went through the article word by word, looking up as I went on this lovely online Lithuanian dictionary, which sadly doesn't always have the words I'm looking for... But I did my best, and here is the paragraph-by-paragraph summary.
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Something about showing pride that the talent of Lithuanian musicians has been proven spiffy even in Australia…
Most probably something to do with how people from Australia using the internet after seeing them in Eurovision… Or something.
Something to the effect of
“They think all of LT United is spiffy, Erin likes Beardy and Mishki
likes Ponytail” (and a very short explination of the whole Beard
and Ponytail thing)
I think this is to the effect that we pay little attention to the real background/facts of the musicians, and that the essence of our works are creative. It also mentions the mediums (explaining the concept of fanfiction, methinks, as well as mentioning poetry and drawings/paintings), and finishes off by emphasising that in the fanfictions the characters are given completely strange motivations and situations.
For example, read this courageous fanfic about Marijonas and Vee.
„Viena diena Barzdocius parke rado fleita. Jam neišejo ja pagroti, taigi,
One day, Beardy found a flute in a park. He tried to play it, but couldn’t,
nuejes pas Uodeguotaji, trenke šiam instrumentu per galva.
so he went to Ponytail and hit him over the head with it.
Uodeguotajam tai visiškai nepatiko, todel jis išpleše Barzdociui
This did not please Ponytail, so he took the flute off Beardy
iš nagu fleita ir trenke atgal. Tuoj pat kilo susiremimas, kuris
and hit him back. This led to a brief struggle, which ended when
baigesi fleitos, istrigusios tarp Barzdotojo kelio ir Uodeguotojo
the flute broke after being crushed between Beardy’s knee and Ponytail’s
alkunes, sulužimu. Tai nuvyle juos abu, taigi kova liovesi.
elbow. This disappointed them both, so they stopped fighting.
Akimirka draugai žvilgtelejo vienas i kita, tuomet Barzdotasis
They looked at one another for a moment, then Beardy
pradejo verkti. Paguodes ji Uodeguotasis sužinojo,
broke into tears. Ponytail consoled him,
kad anksciau ta ryta mire Barzdotojo augintinis ocelotas
and discovered that Beardy’s pet ocelot had died that morning,
(katinui giminingas plešrunas). Tuomet jie vienas kita labai
which is why he took his flutely failure so hard. Then
gerai suprato ir susitare karta per savaite sykiu eiti limonado.“
they understood one another on a profound level, and agreed to meet once a week for lemonade.
Oh dear… This one is a bit of a jumble. Something about using our imagination to produce a lot of work on the internet? Maybe? Umm…Something like “Impossibly, this website also has excellent fanart portraits of Beardy and Ponytail in many techniques from accurate, time-consuming portraits to adventurous anime style.” ( : - D *feels loved*)
O.o something to do with the fruits of our labours and imaginations, dreams, and (no kidding, no mistake) the sentence ends with “with road signs”.
The girl’s hearts are in their creativity, through boldness and literature. (some reference to time, a final reference to the singers) But you don’t have to take this site’s word for it, you can see the site for yourself.
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A little unimpressed? Well, here is my raw translation, you can draw your own conclusions (and wince at my complete ineptitude... This took me two hours!). The original Lithuanian is bolded, and question marks mean I couldn't find the word, or that I had to try to guess the grammatical change that occured to a word and may be completely wrong.
Ne veltui vienas jau ištisa amžinybe vadinamas svajoniu jaunikiu,
No useless (action?) already ???, lasting(?) name dreamo kitas paaukojo šilta gužta vardan tautieciu muzikinio skonio lavinimo…
and/but ?? ??? cordial/warm ?? name nationality musician taste development…Marijono Mikutaviciaus ir Viktoro Diawaros šlove
Marijonas Mikucavicius and Viktor Diawara ???nusidrieke iki pat Australijos, ir mes turime irodymu.
?? until themselves(?) Australians, and we own/obliged prove.Dvi aštuoniolikmetes studentes iš Australijos Erin ir Mishki savo
Two eighteen years(?) students from Australia, Erin and Mishki our“visiškai neoficialiame” tinklalapyje, kuri kuriant nesužeistas ne
“always/all ??” internet(?), which/what ??? misunderstanding novienas moliugas, sakosi Marijona ir Viktora išvydusios tik šiais metais,
one clay(!?), say Marijonus and Viktor to imagine only ?? throw(??)per salygini lietuvaiciu triumfa “Eurovizijoje”.
Through term? Lithuanian triumph “Eurovision”Paneles neneigia, kad visi “LT United” vyriokai – savotiškai karšti, bet štai
Young ladies ???, that/if all “LT United” ?? – our)?? Feaver/heat, but ??Erinai labiausiai patiko Marijonas, pramintas Beardy, arba Barzdociumi,
Erin more/most ?? Marijonas, ??? Beardy, or [Lithuanian for Beardy]o Mishki – Viktoras, del savo šukuosenos vadinamas Ponytail, arba Uodeguotuoju.
And Mishki, Viktor, because my/our comb(hairstyle?) called Ponytail or [Lithuainian for Ponytail]Pasigincijusios del savo svajoniu objektu paneles galutinai išprotejo ir
?? through/because of my/our/her/their dream? Object? Young ladies ?? ??? our/theiružkure fanu tinklalapi, dedikuota “epiniam mušiui”.
??? Fan internet page dedicated(?) “?? Musicians”Ispudingu muzikiniu fonu papuoštoje svetaineje australes dainininku garbei eme
??? Musicians background parrot(!?) foreign Austrlian singers ?? essence/main pointkurti eilerašcius, tapyti paveikslus, režisuoti filmukus ir netgi rašyti
create poetry/verse, paint picture/work, ??? Film and ?? writingvadinamaji “fanfiction”, aiškinama kaip literatura, kuria pasinaud
called “Fanfiction”, explination how ???, which? ???odami filmu, knygu, muzikos ir pan aplinka bei veikejais rašo tu
?? Film, book(?), music and ?? around(?) ?? ?? writing(?) youkuriniu ar konkreciu asmenu gerbejai. “Fanfiction” kartais interpretuojami
?? whether ?? conjugate(?) ?? “Fanfiction” sometimes interpreting???personažu jausmai ir motyvai, kartais bandoma gan radikaliai
(personality?) feeling and (motivation?), sometimes ?? ??? ???pakeisti ikvepimo šaltini, bendrai tariant, tai itin laisva kuryba.
Changing ?? source, anyway ??, this/that ?? free ??.Štai akiplešiškai drasaus “Fanfic” apie Marijona ir Vee teksto pavyzdys:
?? ?? coregeous “fanfic” about Marijonus and Vee trksto instance„Viena diena Barzdocius parke rado fleita. Jam neišejo ja pagroti, taigi,
One day, Beardy found a flute in a park. He tried to play it, but couldn’t,
nuejes pas Uodeguotaji, trenke šiam instrumentu per galva.
so he went to Ponytail and hit him over the head with it.
Uodeguotajam tai visiškai nepatiko, todel jis išpleše Barzdociui
This did not please Ponytail, so he took the flute off Beardy
iš nagu fleita ir trenke atgal. Tuoj pat kilo susiremimas, kuris
and hit him back. This led to a brief struggle, which ended when
baigesi fleitos, istrigusios tarp Barzdotojo kelio ir Uodeguotojo
the flute broke after being crushed between Beardy’s knee and Ponytail’s
alkunes, sulužimu. Tai nuvyle juos abu, taigi kova liovesi.
elbow. This disappointed them both, so they stopped fighting.
Akimirka draugai žvilgtelejo vienas i kita, tuomet Barzdotasis
They looked at one another for a moment, then Beardy
pradejo verkti. Paguodes ji Uodeguotasis sužinojo,
broke into tears. Ponytail consoled him,
kad anksciau ta ryta mire Barzdotojo augintinis ocelotas
and discovered that Beardy’s pet ocelot had died that morning,
(katinui giminingas plešrunas). Tuomet jie vienas kita labai
which is why he took his flutely failure so hard. Then
gerai suprato ir susitare karta per savaite sykiu eiti limonado.“
they understood one another on a profound level, and agreed to meet once a week for lemonade.
Piešta merginu fanatizmo išraiška – dar nenuspejamesne ir ivairesne.
Drawing/art girl fantasy/imaginary ?? – still/yet ?? and ???.Kiekvienas norintis gali parsisiusti Marijona ir Viktora vaizduojanciu ikonu
Change(??) would like(??) maybe? Marijonas and Vee imaginary(?) icon(?)blogams, forumams ir kitoms interneto pinklems, be to, papuošti savo
bad(????), ?? and ?? internet sites, without ??, decoration (?) my/your/hisdarbastali imantriai suklijuotais koliažais su lietuvaiciu fizionomijomis.
Working ?? ?? ??? with Lithuanian(?) ???Negana to, tinklapyje puikuojasi ir atskiras “Fanart” skyrius, kuriame
Impossible? ??, webpage fantastic/excellent and “fanart” ??, ??sukaupti ivairia technika ir stiliais nupiešti Uodeguotojo ir Barzdociaus
?? ?? technique and ?? ?? Ponytail and Beardyportretai. Yra ir paprasciausiu pieštuku nukeverzotu atvaizdu, ir kruopšciai
portraits. Is and ?? artwork ??? representations, and laborious/accurate/careful“Photoshopu” išlaižytu anime stiliaus nuotykiu.
Photoshop ??? anime (style?) adventurous?Herojai merginu fantazijos vaisiuose dainuoja, svajingai žiuri, kovoja ar…
Heroes girls imagination fruits of labour song(singers?), dream of(??) (watch?), ?? they…kažka veikia su kelio ženklais.
someone(?) ?? with road signs.Tiesa, vaikštant po puslapi kartais neaišku, ar mergišciu sielos išties tokios
Right(?), ?? about/on/under joke(???) sometimes ??, they girls soal/heart such(?)meniškos, o stogai – tokie “nuvažiave”,
artistic, but roof(??) - ?? “creative(??)”,kaip atrodo skaitant literaturinius šedevriukus bei grožintis drasiais
how looks like ?? literature ??? ?? ?? boldness?paveiksleliu potepiais, bet… Negi verta gaišti laika norint tik pasijuokti?
?? ??, but… ?? value(?) ?? time(?) ?? merely ???Su irodymais, kaip labai galima išproteti del dainininku, g
With evidence, how very possibly/approximate ?? because of singers,alite susipažinti tinklalapyje
?? make aquiantance of site
