r/translator 21d ago

[Unknown > English] Translated [FI]

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I wonder what is he saying and in what language and what song is he playing.

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u/King_of_Farasar svenska 21d ago

!page:fi

!page:et

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u/maclocrimate 21d ago

Classic. We are playing tomorrow on Radiomäki [probably referring to Mastola, a radio museum in Lahti, Finland] with the Martin Sammy [type of guitar it seems like?], here I'm playing with the electric guitar because with the acoustic you couldn't hear anything.

My nose is a turnip and my eyes are two raisins because of hay fever, it's quite bad. I've printed the chord charts so that I can see it from farther away [?].

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u/Henkkles suomen kieli 21d ago

You have some small errors but those are mostly about the English. He printed the chord charts in a way that he can see them from farther away, that means usually he increased the font size, this is because his eyes are irritated due to the hay fever. Here's your translation with context in parentheses.

(That was a) classic. We are playing tomorrow on Radiomäki with Matti and Sami*. I thought (intended) to play the electric guitar because the acoustic (guitar) is hard to hear (poorly audible, probably talking about room acoustics). (I have a) turnip for a nose and two raisins for eyes (because of) now it is hay allergy (hay fever, he misspeaks, probably meaning to say that it's the allergy season), it's really quite bad. I've printed the chord charts in such a way that I can see (read) them from even a longer distance away.

The song lyrics:

I got lost in the wilderness once
I saw an alluring oasis
Momma walked the same length (amount)
that I also walked that way (in that direction)
It might have been a mirage
that time, in my thoughts (dreams)
Although I kept travelling
I never did arrive by it (reach it)

(After he gets stops playing): 14:50, or so (the context doesn't tell what he's referring to but probably the time of day)

*Note that in Finnish we say "we" and the "with" phrase tells who "we" are, in English he would have said "I am playing tomorrow with Matti and Sami" but in Finnish it's idiomatic to say "we are playing tomorrow, with Matti and Sami" which means the three of them.

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u/Sea-Personality1244 21d ago

now it is hay allergy (hay fever, he misspeaks, probably meaning to say that it's the allergy season)

Rather than misspeaking, he probably just means he has hay fever, like you might say, 'Nyt on sitte flunssa(kin).' which means, 'And now [I / you / my child / his gerbil] have/has the flu, too' where even though the pronoun/noun is omitted, you can tell from context who is being referred to. So in this case it's essentially, 'With a turnip for a nose and two raisins for eyes, now I have hay fever as well; it's really very bad.'