| PROMETHEUS: What Did David Say To The Engineer? Find Out Here |
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| Wednesday, 20 June 2012 17:25 |
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We've known for a while that there will be a lot of deleted scenes on the Prometheus DVD and Blu-ray, but it appears that one of them will include a much longer exchange between David and the Engineer. Many had assumed that he said something offensive (which resulted in the killing spree that followed their exchange) but The Bioscopist caught up with linguistics consultant Dr. Anil Biltoo of the SOAS Language Centre in London in order to answer one of the many questions fans have been discussing in great detail since the film was released.
"The line that David speaks to the Engineer (which is from a longer sequence that didn’t make the final edit) is as follows:
"/ida hmanəm aɪ kja namṛtuh zdɛ:taha/.../ghʷɪvah-pjorn-ɪttham sas da:tṛ kredah/"
A serviceable translation into English is:
"This man is here because he does not want to die. He believes you can give him more life."
Dr. Anil Biltoo actually Read more: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=62078 |
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