Housepets in Hungarian
Written and drawn by Rick Griffin
Translated by the Broken Fox

Arc titles link to the relevant posts in this thread, Comic titles link directly to images.

Arc 1 / 1. Fejezet: Képzelődj!
2008-06-02 - Ha rádtör az unalom
2008-06-04 - Cél a tisztaság
2008-06-06 - Az első rész ninjákkal
2008-06-09 - Sikertelen tárgyalások
2008-06-11 - És ennél még rosszabb is lesz
2008-06-13 - Itt a vége, fuss el véle!

Arc 2 / 2. Fejezet: A Játék
2008-06-16 - Szörnyű dolog
2008-06-18 - Most mind vesztettetek!
2008-06-20 - Nekem az alvás A Játék
2008-06-23 - Nincs menekvés
2008-06-25 - Nem nyerhetsz
2008-06-27 - Mondtam hogy nincs menekvés
2008-06-30 - Na jó, mégis van kiút
2008-07-02 - Ha már kérdezted
2008-07-04 - Mindenki nyer

One-offs / Szösszenetek: Link
2008-07-07 - Pont mintha 8 éves lennél
2008-07-09 - És mi történik odakint?
2008-07-11 - Igazán felpörget

Arc 3 / 3. Fejezet: A macskafarok
2008-07-14 - Félreértett művész
2008-07-16 - Mindenki könnyen kritizál
2008-07-19 - Nem, a teljes macska is baj lenne
2008-07-28 - Viszlát, tizenkettes karika!
2008-07-30 - Mit beszélsz?!
2008-08-01 - Az ánizs a kutyák macskamentája
2008-08-04 - Ez meg honnan jött
2008-08-06 - Ezt a poént már régóta tartogattam
2008-08-08 - Esköszüm plátói!

Arc 4 / 4. Fejezet: A mosómedvék
2008-08-11 - Ne bánts minket!
2008-08-13 - Fel a kezekkel
2008-08-15 - Tervezési hiba
2008-08-18 - Szösszenet: Pedig már kezdte túltenni magát rajta

Arc 5 / 5. Fejezet: Spot kalandjai
2008-08-20 - Új képregénybe kezdtem
2008-08-22 - Hopsz, csak Freudi elszólás...

Arc 6 / 6. Fejezet: Fido visszatér
2008-08-25 - Valakihez lojálisak
2008-08-27 - Az olyan kutya-dolog
2008-08-29 - Sok állatbarát lakik a környéken
2008-09-01 - Az ész nem a fajta erénye
2008-09-03 - Szolgálunk és védünk
2008-09-05 - Ez mindegyik kutyában közös
2008-09-08 - Nem tőle kellett volna megkérdezni
2008-09-10 - Bárkivel előfordulhat
2008-09-12 - Igen, mögötted állt
2008-09-15 - Suss, hagyd hogy ünnepeljünk téged
2008-09-17 - Hogy képzeli!
2008-09-19 - Grape egy újabb problémát old meg nyers erővel
2008-09-22 - A lámpabúrát szuvenirnek hozta
2008-09-24 - Bino a figyelem középpontjában
2008-09-26 - Jó éjt mindenkinek!

Arc 7 / 7. Fejezet: Egér, egér, ki a házból
2008-09-29 - A címe eredetileg 'Egyél sajtot és fulladj meg!' volt
2008-10-01 - Íme Che ereje
2008-10-03 - Állítsd meg a forradalmat, ki akarok szállni

Arc 8 / 8. Fejezet: A furcsa fejezet, kétes tartalommal
2008-10-06 - Dal, az alvó macskához
2008-10-08 - Az elmélkedéseknek addig várniuk kell
2008-10-10 - A tudományos haladásnak 'zümm' a hangja

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Original post below:

Hi, is anyone interested in a Hungarian translation?

It's my native language, so I have no trouble doing it. Actually, I've done the first arc already to see if my Photoshop skills are up to it, and I think the results are okay. Should I post it, does anyone want to see? Does anybody even speak Hungarian around here? I can (and would happily) do more if there's an audience.

I don't speak Hungarian, but I WANT to see what you've done! YAY!

This.

Alright, here goes...

I present Housepets Arc 1 - Imaginate!

1. Fejezet - Képzelődj!

Ha rádtör az unalom


Cél a tisztaság


Az első rész ninjákkal


Sikertelen tárgyalások


És ennél még rosszabb is lesz


Itt a vége, fuss el véle


Arc 2 is work in progress, I think I'll have it in a day or so.

I love it.
More!
More!
More!

Okay, I finished Arc 2!

I tried a different font for these pages, tell me which one looks better! Unfortunately I can't use Webletterer, since Hungarian has lots of accented letters, and only Webletterer Pro has those.

Also I'm going to try and post some links in local forums, see if I can get some of my fellow Hungarians to come have a look.

2. Fejezet - A játék

Szörnyű dolog


Most mind vesztettetek!


Az alvás nekem A Játék


Nincs menekvés


Nem nyerhetsz


Mondtam hogy nincs menekvés!


Na jó, mégis van kiút


Ha már kérdezted


Mindenki nyer

Yes, this font is much better!
Again an incredible job, here! Bravo!

Interesting; while I know Hungarian is an Eastern European language, and probably Germanic, it looks to have some french influence. You wouldn't happen to know the history of the language, would you?

Well, I must admit I'm not all that well informed in linguistic history, but what I can tell you is that Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language, not Germanic. Unfortunately I don't speak French so I can't compare in detail, and even though there are some similarities to German (I speak German too), Hungarian has fundamental differences from both. We did borrow a lot of words from other languages though... If you would like to read up on history, I'm afraid I have to refer you to this webpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hungarian

I have no idea whether anyone else is reading these besides me and valerio, but at least he's exited about it, or so it seems... Anyways that, and the fact that it's a lot of fun for me to do these translations means I'll keep doing them! For now I have the one-offs after Arc 2, but I'm doing Arc 3 already, so stay tuned for more! Oh, and valerio? Thank you for the feedback and encouragement! Also I'm sorry I'm a little slow, but I only just noticed you're Italian. Hurray for being in the same time-zone!!!

And if there happen to be any lurkers out there, let me know you're reading? Send me a sign or something? You can tweet me @brokenfox if you're not registered on the forum.

One-offs - Szösszenetek

Pont mintha nyolc éves lennél


És mi történik odakint?


Igazán felpörget

Happy New Year! Here's Arc 3.

3. Fejezet - A macskafarok

Félreértett művész


Mindenki könnyen kritizál


Nem, a teljes macska is baj lenne


Viszlát, tizenkettes karika!


Mit beszélsz?!


Az ánizs a kutyák macskamentája


Ez meg honnan jött


Ezt a poént már régóta tartogattam


Esküszöm plátói!

Hungarian keeps being adorable translation

Agreed.

No EARTHLY idea what it all means, but I have enjoyed figuring out how to pronounce it all

Two questions: In "Nem, a teljes macska is baj lenne" the word "felinophile" appears to be written in English. Is this supposed to be so?
Also in "Ez meg honnan jött", second panel, second speech bubble it says, "a dolgot akkor az az ö bajuk".

Thanks for adding a new translation to our forums. I always enjoy reading through them all.

Thanks, I would love to listen to your attempt at pronouncing Hungarian text! Or better yet, maybe I should record a few of these comics... That way all of you could read and-or listen and still have no idea what it all meant!

Also you're right, I will correct 'felinophile' to the correct Hungarian spelling in the next update, I just forgot about it when writing the translation. The other sentence is, however, grammatically correct. [Hungarian grammar lesson] The double usage of the articles 'az' and 'ez' is common in Hungarian. In this sentence, the first 'az' acts as the demonstrative determiner (that), and the second is the definitive article (the). Hungarian grammar requires that I include the article, in English that would be like saying 'that's the they're problem'. Of course, English grammar omits the article 'the'. [/Hungarian grammar lesson]

Ooooh, thanks for the grammar lesson
My reading is very halting and slow. And I keep forgetting to pronounce S and A correctly (I keep saying Sz and Á)
Though I did finally manage to get Gy down pretty well.

But I still love reading through these because it forces me to think outside my normal sphere of language and make sounds I'm not used to making. Great stuff!

As always, thank you for your support guys! I'm happy you get some entertainment from my translations!

Also I need to find some handwriting-like font for the Spot (superdog) comics. Any suggestions? Font must include all accented letters for obvious reasons (á, é, í, ó, ö, ő, ú, ü, ű). Except maybe ű and ő, the font I'm using for the normal comics right now doesn't have those so I write ö and ü instead, but I figured it won't show much.

Here's Arc 4:

4. Fejezet - A mosómedvék

Ne bánts minket!


Fel a kezekkel


Tervezési hiba


Szösszenet: Pedig már kezdte túltenni magát rajta

Here's Arc 5, I went all out with this one! Yes, that's my own writing I scanned and shopped on the blank comics, just to make it feel like authentic Spot (superdog).

5. Fejezet - Spot kalandjai

Új képregényt kezdtem


Hopsz, csak Freudi elszólás...

eeeeee!
Hungarian Spot is FABOULOUS!!

Hoo boy! Vacations over, so I have less free time now, and arc 6 was long and wordy too... but it's done! This arc is still one of my favorites...

6. Fejezet - Fido visszatér

Valakihez lojalisak


Az olyan kutya-dolog


Sok állatbarát lakik a környéken


Az ész nem a fajta erénye


Szolgálunk és védünk


Ez mindegyik kutyában közös


Nem tőle kellett volna megkérdezni


Bárkivel előfordulhat


Igen, mögötted állt


Suss, hagyd hogy ünnepeljünk


Hogy képzeli!


Grape egy újabb problémát old meg nyers erővel


A lámpabúrát szuvenírnek hozta


Bino a figyelem középpontjában


Jó éjt mindenkinek!

Hungarian fits Bino when he goes ranting.
Also, Dog = Kutya, it sounds so DDAAAWW!

Interesting, from this point of view, Hungarian has some similarity's with German...
Anyway, great job!

I would like to see the Russian translation of the comics some day.

Oh, it was a lot of fun translating Bino's lines! Especially the ones when he flies off the handle completely before Grape whacks him on the head with the pan. Sometimes I need to make little adjustments to the structure and order of the original text since English and Hungarian are very different, and it just wouldn't sound good if I just translated without thought. Some of the puns I had to rethink too, for obvious reasons. Still, I try to stay as close as possible to the original script since I'm not rewriting, I'm just translating.



I'm happy you find it DAAAWWW worthy, even if it is such a common, everyday word for me. So how about these:

dog = kutya
doggy = kutyus
mutt = eb
pooch = blöki
puppy = kiskutya, kutyakölyök

[TV announcer voice] Don't forget to tune in next week, when we discuss the Hungarian etymology of the word cat! [/TV announcer voice]

First of all, thank you!

Teh Brawler made a similar remark earlier, about the similarities to German. There might be a little influence but it's mostly superficial, with a few words borrowed here and there.

Huh, I don't really see the similarities to German that they speak of
In all honesty, the spelling reminds me more of Polish
Though the pronunciation reminds me of nothing I've ever heard

However, I do agree that these are fantastic!
Though I can't wrap my mind around the poppies/puppies part

Thank you!

Yes, Hungarian can do that to you! As for the 'poppies' pun, unfortunately that's a wordplay I couldn't properly replicate in Hungarian. Oh, the nuances of the original script! *sigh* Instead I went with Sasha making a common Hungarian grammar mistake on her sign. I had her mistake the letter 'ly' (yes, that is considered a single letter of the alphabet in Hungarian) for a 'j' in kölyök. Those two are basically used as the same letter, same pronunciation, the only difference being learning which words are written with which letter. Learning that is a good part of elementary grade grammar lessons here! And when Fox shouts to her to correct it, she thinks the word should be written with a 'ly' next to, not instead of the 'j'. It's the best alternative I could come up with. I'm sure the other translators face similar challenges...

Hey folks, guess what?

7. Fejezet - Egér, egér, ki a házból

A címe eredetileg 'Egyél sajtot és fulladj meg!' volt


Íme Che ereje


Állítsd meg a forradalmat, ki akarok szállni

Her hungarian outweighs his communism!

What's this? Theres's more? Yes, my faithful five readers, one more arc for today!

8. Fejezet - A furcsa fejezet, kétes tartalommal

Dal, az alvó macskához


Az elmélkedéseknek addig várniuk kell


A tudományos haladásnak 'zümm' a hangja

aww, no rhyming for Peanut's poetry?

What? It does rhyme! Second and fourth line, just like the original. You just have to pronounce it right.

Okay, so I'm not a poet...

ops, yes, i see it now that you pointed at them lines

That's alright valerio, just don't scare me like that again!

Arc 9 is here!

9. Fejezet - Az állatkert

Póráz nélkül sehova


Mily kohóban forrt az agyad?


Felmegy a vidra a hídra...


Komolyan lazulnak a kenguruk


Csendes pihenő


A gyilkos bálna rokonai


Grape kételkedő típus


Ínyenc büfé


Halloween Szösszenet - Arra allergiás...


És a számítógép honnan van?


Ne hergeld a lakókat


Ráadásul ők még írni is tudnak

Farkasok!
Simply EPIC!

Hun:
Na EZ szép! És én itt azt hittem, hogy én vagyok az egyetlen Magyar errefelé. Ajánlom, hogy el legyél telve magadtól mert csakis MIATTAD regisztráltam pedig megvetem a fórumokat.
Amúgy BAKTER EMBER nem hiszem el, hogy az egyetlen másik PONT megelőz a fordításban.
Komolyan, én is gondolkoztam a fordításon, de mindig is bajom volt egy munka megkezdésével még ha a képességeim jók is hozzá. Bár látom, hogy egy ideje nem frissítettél és az elkészült sávok is le lettek véve a hálóról szóval nem tudom mi a helyzet a projekttel?
(????: Na igen, gondolom PICIT sem feltűnő, hogy Nagyeszű itten kétszer írta le a dolgokat, de ez elsősorban kedvesség, hogy halj Magyar szót is itt, másodsorban valami érdekes a külsős barátainknak és csak harmadsorban kérkedés a fordításával.
Ó és rólam ne kérdezzétek, jobb az úgy. )
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Eng:
Now THIS is pretty! And here I thought that I'm the only Hungarian around here. I recommend that you be full of yourself because I only registered BECAUSE OF YOU though I despise forums.
By the way DANG IT MAN I can't believe that the only other one JUST beats me in the translation.
Seriously, I also thought about the translation, but I always had a problem with starting up a work even if my abilities are good for it. Although I can see that you haven't updated in a while and the finished strips were also taken off the net so I don't know what's the situation with the project?
(????: Yeah, I think it's not conspicuous one BIT that Bigminded 'ere wrote the stuff twice, but this is firstly kindness so you can hear Hungarian word here as well, secondly it's something interesting for our outsider friends and only thirdly bragging about his translation.
Oh and don't ask him about me, it's better that way. )