12/11/05: Name That Language

[davidlevine]

So I was doing a Google search on my own name, as one does, and Google turned up this page on a mysterious site known only by a number.

The page is about "The Tale of the Golden Eagle" and it has two reader comments. One reader gives the story a grade of 5, the other a 4.

I can't even figure out what language the page is in, never mind what it says.

The Xerox language guesser thinks it's Estonian. But there doesn't seem to be any automated Estonian to English translator on the web. I've tried Romanian, Slovenian, and Serbian translators and none of them can extract any meaning from it.

Can anyone reading this tell me what it says?

Comments

Translation of the reviews

[(Anonymous)]

Hi!

Yes, it's Estonian. I know it, because I study there (I'm Finnish myself). Here's a rough English translation of those reviews. I've done them very hastily so the might have errors in them.


1. Overall, its a very good sf-story. I've always liked, when writer combines old stories and creates new myths out of them. That's what I liked in this story too. A couple of unorthodox (or original, if you prefer) ideas and the weird love story makes the story definetely worth reading. The name of the main character, Nerissa, added weirdness (and brought some bones value too) to the story (5 stars)

The second comment was more difficult, so I might have made some errors in the translation. Sorry about that.

2. That wasn't bad, although there were few logical gaps. The story was somehow sterile, as if the author wanted all the time to withhold some information that only he has (inside his head?).

It could also mean something like "it seems as the author had withhold or kind of self-censored the text for the reasons only known to himself. (4 stars)

Okay, but you get the picture, right?


Yours,

Aleksi aka Mustakuutio
(thank jukkahoo for bringing those reviews to my attention)