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by **Tazahawk** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:06 pm

Has anyone here taken the time to actually find out what the Maximal and Predacon texts say? So far i have gone through the entitre 3 seasons of BW and have unlocked just about everything that's in Maximal text, i say just about because some parts were simply unreadable. And now i have just started doing the Predacons text. Anybody interested in what the maximals text says. It isn't always what you think it would say.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:16 am

Wait a minute. You've gone through and translated the Maximal language?

You have too much free time. :lol:

I would be interested to know what says what and where it said it. I would also be interested to know how you tranlsated it. For all I know, you could just write random gibberish without proof of the translation.

by **Matt D** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:39 am

I would love to know what it means.

Wasn't there a member here who could decipher what they said?

by **Novacron** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:43 am

The Transformers have long been lacking a translatable language. This is a great idea!

by **skyshadowprimus** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:30 pm

Tazahawk wrote:Has anyone here taken the time to actually find out what the Maximal and Predacon texts say? So far i have gone through the entitre 3 seasons of BW and have unlocked just about everything that's in Maximal text, i say just about because some parts were simply unreadable. And now i have just started doing the Predacons text. Anybody interested in what the maximals text says. It isn't always what you think it would say.

id be keen to know...i only recently found out that the giberish i thought was symbols was maximal text...im quite good with predacon...there is one episode..before the storm i think where the predacon text re ratrap says piss off or something equally funny....

Please share the maixmal text so i have a point of ref.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:33 pm

How can you encript them textes?

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:42 pm

I think Glyph had either decoded himself or had a decoded version of the Cybertronian text from BW. If memory serves, he even had a font for it so one could type in Cybertronian.

News Credits: 33 · by **Glyph** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:42 pm

There are fonts for the Maximal and Predacon scripts used on the show, but they're both a bit hit-and-miss for accuracy (probably done from blurry VHS episodes?). The Maximal one in particular can be used to help translate stuff from the show - I find the Pred one very hard to reconcile with what's on the screen. One of my long-term gonna-get-around-to-it-someday projects is to remake the fonts to be fully screen-accurate.

It's quite cool to find the Easter eggs hidden in the text - some of my favourites are the big 'Suckers' in Pred text on the side of Ravage's Big Freakin' Missile from The Agenda, the Ark having a 'Nuke' weapon option and a 'John loves Heather' tag on its tac screen, and Cheetor's 'Restricted' sign on his bedroom wall (it basically said 'cheetahs only' - a great little nod to his teenager-style immaturity).

Here's a couple of images from the show, with the text transcribed:

by **Tazahawk** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:16 pm

Well well well, looks like more then just myself has had "too much free time". How did you get your proof Glyph?

by **Tazahawk** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:30 pm

Oh and for all those people who can't work it out. Man never tells anyone his secrets. Ya blew that theory Glyph.

by **skyshadowprimus** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:26 pm

Glyph wrote:There are fonts for the Maximal and Predacon scripts used on the show, but they're both a bit hit-and-miss for accuracy (probably done from blurry VHS episodes?). The Maximal one in particular can be used to help translate stuff from the show - I find the Pred one very hard to reconcile with what's on the screen. One of my long-term gonna-get-around-to-it-someday projects is to remake the fonts to be fully screen-accurate.

It's quite cool to find the Easter eggs hidden in the text - some of my favourites are the big 'Suckers' in Pred text on the side of Ravage's Big Freakin' Missile from The Agenda, the Ark having a 'Nuke' weapon option and a 'John loves Heather' tag on its tac screen, and Cheetor's 'Restricted' sign on his bedroom wall (it basically said 'cheetahs only' - a great little nod to his teenager-style immaturity).

Here's a couple of images from the show, with the text transcribed:

Cool...thanks for that...with all this text i now have a point of reference to translate the rest.

Predacon is laughably simply...in other voices part 2 when megatron is scanning the pod in the final scene the texts runs accross his computer from either a-z or backwards leaving it a very simple thing to copy and use as a reference.

News Credits: 32 · by **Grifter Prime** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:22 am

I know there was a web site years ago from a guy who did translate most of it from a cypher from mainframe, and posted the screens and translations on his site. If I find I link you.! :grin:

by **Tazahawk** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:49 pm

Ok, here's a question for you all. We know that Ken Steel is one of the Supervising Animators for Beast Wars, but who is Josette Steel. Anyone know?

by **Zaku Prime** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:35 pm

Here's a website that has both the Maximal and Predacon alphabets fully translated:

http://bwint.net/tfalphabet.htm

Have fun translating!

by **Sentry Prime** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:36 am

Now the million dollar question is: "Who's working on doing the same with the movie glyphs??" :grin:

by **Pyrostrata** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:49 pm

Sentry Prime wrote:Now the million dollar question is: "Who's working on doing the same with the movie glyphs??"

It'll be someone, once again, with WAAAAAY too much time on their hands!

by **babylon queen** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:27 pm

Is Dinobot bilingual since he would have to know both languages? :MAD:

by **Pyrostrata** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:54 am

babylon queen wrote:Is Dinobot bilingual since he would have to know both languages?

I think they are all bilingual...One has to be able to interpret the text of one's enemies..Just a personal theory

by **Deadpool.** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:57 am

Pyrostrata wrote:
babylon queen wrote:Is Dinobot bilingual since he would have to know both languages?

I think they are all bilingual...One has to be able to interpret the text of one's enemies..Just a personal theory

Aren't they trilingual?

They speak english, Maximalese and Predaconish.

by **Pyrostrata** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:59 am

Deadpool. wrote:
Pyrostrata wrote:
babylon queen wrote:Is Dinobot bilingual since he would have to know both languages?

I think they are all bilingual...One has to be able to interpret the text of one's enemies..Just a personal theory
Aren't they trilingual?

They speak english, Maximalese and Predaconish.

multi-lingual..of course! I totally forgot about earth's languages, which I am sure they can speak em all (or a close proximity thereof)....Predaconish? That sounds funny!

by **Deadpool.** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:27 am

Pyrostrata wrote:
Deadpool. wrote:
Pyrostrata wrote:
babylon queen wrote:Is Dinobot bilingual since he would have to know both languages?

I think they are all bilingual...One has to be able to interpret the text of one's enemies..Just a personal theory
Aren't they trilingual?

They speak english, Maximalese and Predaconish.

multi-lingual..of course! I totally forgot about earth's languages, which I am sure they can speak em all (or a close proximity thereof)....Predaconish? That sounds funny!

I'm b3tt1n6 th3y kn0w 1nt3rn3t l1ng0 t00.

by **Pyrostrata** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:32 am

Here is what happens to a person when they are on their days off of work after a disgustingly difficult week:

I managed to run a copy of the Maximal language off the site. I started watching Beast Wars, not thinking much of it...and was watching the last third of "Double Dinobot" (Youtube..put there by TheUltimateOne81...Part 3/3 at 4:57/7:08) and there was a Maximal scan done on the Dinobot clone by Sentinal. The Maximal script popped up and I got the crazy notion to attempt translation...and MAN! Was I shocked at what came of it! The screen, printed BACKWARDS in Maximal, was the phrase "Hey Ian Go Eff (explitive actually used) Yourself"....I fell out the frikkin chair!

And yes, I have 2 days off and I plan to use them as insanely as possible!

CORRECTION!!! It was Part 2/3...not 3/3....everything else is right though! Sorry 'bout that!

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:13 am

Pyrostrata wrote:Here is what happens to a person when they are on their days off of work after a disgustingly difficult week:

I managed to run a copy of the Maximal language off the site. I started watching Beast Wars, not thinking much of it...and was watching the last third of "Double Dinobot" (Youtube..put there by TheUltimateOne81...Part 3/3 at 4:57/7:08) and there was a Maximal scan done on the Dinobot clone by Sentinal. The Maximal script popped up and I got the crazy notion to attempt translation...and MAN! Was I shocked at what came of it! The screen, printed BACKWARDS in Maximal, was the phrase "Hey Ian Go Eff (explitive actually used) Yourself"....I fell out the frikkin chair!

And yes, I have 2 days off and I plan to use them as insanely as possible!

Must see that episode

Some canadian animators had way too much time.... :shock:

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:13 am

Sneaky CGI artists!

by **Pyrostrata** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:26 am

My downstairs neighbor heard me fall and came up to find me in tears, in a ball on the floor, laughing uncontrollably, scaring the living dooky outta my cat! It was priceless!