Here comes a great link to script conversion. I needed some urgent Latin to Cyrillic script conversion yesterday night, and after trying out a few sites, this one proved to be the best.
So, let's try it out by rewriting the following Serbian proverb from the Cyrillic script into Latin Alphabet:
Ко не плати руком, он ће душом.
Now let's translate the phrase to English using online dictionaries (you might get different funny sentences):
1. Who do not pays handful , him will sweetheart.
2. Who doesn't pay the hand, it is soul.
Well, does it make sense? Does anyone have an idea what the correct translation is?
Moving between scripts is not translation; the sounds and words stay the same while their visible clothes change. Begin with Latinica i ćirilica ravnopravno žive u Srbiji.; its scene gives the new language somewhere concrete to stand.
Listen for a small compass in latin alphabet tofrom cyrillic serbian
Moving between scripts is not translation; the sounds and words stay the same while their visible clothes change. Compare the five examples for meaning before analysing their forms. In Na tabli prepisujem kratku poruku., identify the word that carries the central idea; then notice how the remaining words make its person, place or time precise.
Five sentences that belong only to latin alphabet tofrom cyrillic serbian
| Latinica | Ćirilica | English |
|---|---|---|
| Latinica i ćirilica ravnopravno žive u Srbiji. | Латиница и ћирилица равноправно живе у Србији. | Latin and Cyrillic are equally used in Serbia. |
| Reč ljubav pišemo i kao љубав. | Реч љубав пишемо и као љубав. | We also write the word ljubav as љубав. |
| Na tabli prepisujem kratku poruku. | На табли преписујем кратку поруку. | I copy a short message on the board. |
| Naslov u novinama menja pismo, ne značenje. | Наслов у новинама мења писмо, не значење. | A newspaper headline changes script, not meaning. |
| Vežbamo oba zapisa istog imena. | Вежбамо оба записа истог имена. | We practise both spellings of the same name. |
From Reč ljubav pišemo i kao љубав. to independent speech
Read Vežbamo oba zapisa istog imena. once as a statement with real intention. Next, change the subject or time phrase and repair every form affected by that choice. Finish by linking your new sentence to Reč ljubav pišemo i kao љубав. in a two-line exchange that could genuinely happen.
A five-step challenge shaped by Na tabli prepisujem kratku poruku.
- Give the English meaning of Latinica i ćirilica ravnopravno žive u Srbiji..
- Reconstruct in Serbian: “We also write the word ljubav as љубав.”
- Write Na tabli prepisujem kratku poruku. in Cyrillic.
- Change one grammatical detail in Naslov u novinama menja pismo, ne značenje..
- Ask a natural question that could produce Vežbamo oba zapisa istog imena. as an answer.
Answers waiting beyond Naslov u novinama menja pismo, ne značenje.
- Latin and Cyrillic are equally used in Serbia.
- Reč ljubav pišemo i kao љубав. / Реч љубав пишемо и као љубав.
- На табли преписујем кратку поруку.
- More than one answer is possible; all connected forms must remain in agreement.
- Questions vary, but the final Serbian sentence must answer them naturally.