Wednesday, January 13, 2016

resources - Believable (but easy) archaic English


Do you know any "shortcuts" to translating passages of my story into believably sounding archaic English? I mean, without taking a full school course?


A crash course? An automatic service? A phrase book? A group of enthusiasts who will do it for free? I don't insist on a zero-effort solution, but learning modern English was hard enough and I'm well aware the old style was much more complex, and I don't require a total historical accuracy, just the general mood.



Answer



When used sparingly or in the right context, archaic language can be fun. I won't argue any literary position, but to answer the OP's question about services or rules, incase anyone (or a future visitor) is curious, this is what I found.


Here are a few automated services :




  1. http://whilstr.org/

  2. http://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk

  3. http://lingojam.com/EnglishtoShakespearean

  4. http://speakshakespeare.com


Here are some rules :



  1. http://whilstr.org/rules.html

  2. http://dan.tobias.name/frivolity/archaic-grammar.html



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