As has been said, I think it's mostly gibberish, but some words do have a translation like "sul sul" which means hello. And, judging from one of the school cheers in TS2: University "murphy" means Llama
Oh, and I've heard some of it is French as well. And some people have heard the word "giggidy"
Nope its pretty much gibberish. The person recording it is just given an emotion or situation and says the first thing that comes to their mind
it's not "gibberish" Will Wright, the creator of the Sims, and the rest of the Maxis development team, knew they wanted dialog in the game but thought a real language would be too distracting. Originally, they looked at Navajo code breakers from World War II, but eventually developed a "gibberish" language with a combination of Latin, Ukrainian, Navajo, and Tagalog.
I've been doing a project of my own, and I've been working on trying to create a Simlish-to-English dictionary using Simlish versions of real-life songs compared to the English versions! There appears to be a pattern, although I'm having difficulty understanding the grammar with contractions, and slang patterns!
If I can ever figure out the true translations, I'll post it online somewhere!
I mean, seriously, I hope we never get a "definitive" Simlish-English dictionary. The beauty of Simlish is that it's a universal language; even the songs people learn in Chinese, Egyptian or French all have the same flavor; the only thing that changes is the tune.
I suppose some people aren't comfortable unless everyone around them speaks *English*, including their Sims, but I think that's mostly a shortcoming of English-only speakers. Europeans are generally speaking, multilingual, depending on what country they come from and how many official languages it has.
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It's not gibrish or something. Some words are but i reconize some words from dutch. And the caracters are different. It would be fun if ea made a dictionary. I would totally buy it. Than I'm going to transelate every word from the game.
Some words have a meaning. You see them come back in every sims game
I speak multiple languages: dutch (i'm dutch), english, france, germen, greek
it isn't gibberish, this is very noticable since sims 2 when they had real songs, you can catch certain words, and now that there's showtime you can catch some words in the songs. It seems to be something like piglatin with the letters switched around.
Like many said, it isn't gibberish. The words come from a combination of languages, I can't remember where I found it but at one point I came across a list of all the languages used. Occasionally you catch some in Lnglish, I caught at least one in Latin, and so on.
Its not gibbarish but there is no offical translaton of the language. Some people can translate it because if you listen the repeat the words like when they say hello and good bye it's the same word all the time. And the songs are real songs they just turn them into simlish. I believe google has a translation but the making if the game never came out with a translation of the language.
I was wondering... is there any way that there may be a dictonary of sorts that we can use to translate the simlish language?
I know that some say our little 'sim-beings' are just garbling along, but I think not. I have a feeling that like other languages across the world they have a system like chinese or japanese where a symbol can mean a word, and depending on how it is used or said, the words can change.
Any help or ideas of where I might be able to find a translator for Simlish to english?
Ivory
Well, it's not gibberish.
"Sul-Sul" means "Hello", for example.
"Shooflee" is a cry of annoyance (Similar to swearing)
"Gerbit" means "Llama".
"Ibzy bibz ochoy!" is a happy expression (Like "YEAH!") It even sounds like Itsy bits of Joy!
As has been said, I think it's mostly gibberish, but some words do have a translation like "sul sul" which means hello. And, judging from one of the school cheers in TS2: University "murphy" means Llama
Oh, and I've heard some of it is French as well. And some people have heard the word "giggidy"
I though it was "Gerbits/Gerbids/Gurbits/Gurbids" (Or something like that), not "Murphy" but it's Simlish, so it's hard to tell.
> I know that some say our little 'sim-beings' are just garbling along, but I think not. I have a feeling that like other languages across the world they have a system like chinese or japanese where a symbol can mean a word, and depending on how it is used or said, the words can change.
I did some research and there are translations but they are hard to find i suggest using carls sims 3 guide and then in the similish section somebody puts down a link for website that has translations
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Oh, and I've heard some of it is French as well. And some people have heard the word "giggidy"
it's not "gibberish" Will Wright, the creator of the Sims, and the rest of the Maxis development team, knew they wanted dialog in the game but thought a real language would be too distracting. Originally, they looked at Navajo code breakers from World War II, but eventually developed a "gibberish" language with a combination of Latin, Ukrainian, Navajo, and Tagalog.
I've been doing a project of my own, and I've been working on trying to create a Simlish-to-English dictionary using Simlish versions of real-life songs compared to the English versions! There appears to be a pattern, although I'm having difficulty understanding the grammar with contractions, and slang patterns!
If I can ever figure out the true translations, I'll post it online somewhere!
I mean, seriously, I hope we never get a "definitive" Simlish-English dictionary. The beauty of Simlish is that it's a universal language; even the songs people learn in Chinese, Egyptian or French all have the same flavor; the only thing that changes is the tune.
I suppose some people aren't comfortable unless everyone around them speaks *English*, including their Sims, but I think that's mostly a shortcoming of English-only speakers. Europeans are generally speaking, multilingual, depending on what country they come from and how many official languages it has.
"We Don't Care If You LIKE The Game, Just As Long As You BUY The Game!"
I Disapprove (Naturally)
I Took The Pledge!
Some words have a meaning. You see them come back in every sims game
I speak multiple languages: dutch (i'm dutch), english, france, germen, greek
What are he say
Well, it's not gibberish.
"Sul-Sul" means "Hello", for example.
"Shooflee" is a cry of annoyance (Similar to swearing)
"Gerbit" means "Llama".
"Ibzy bibz ochoy!" is a happy expression (Like "YEAH!") It even sounds like Itsy bits of Joy!
Nooboo is Simlish for infant or toddler .
I though it was "Gerbits/Gerbids/Gurbits/Gurbids" (Or something like that), not "Murphy" but it's Simlish, so it's hard to tell.
I did some research and there are translations but they are hard to find i suggest using carls sims 3 guide and then in the similish section somebody puts down a link for website that has translations
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