Machine-Script translations
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This page lists occurrences of Machine-Script in Dahm's comics, along with their transcription and (if intelligible) translation.
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In Rice Boy
- p144, panel 1: "Omo's Spawn"
- p246, panel 1: "Omo's Spawn"
- p246, panel 5: Gibberish/unknown
- p247, panel 1: Close-up of p246
- p247, panel 3: Close-up of p246
- p357, panel 2: "Omo's Spawn"
- p405, panel 3, top: "...all hail the so[n]... ...conque[r]"
- p405, panel 3, bottom: "the sons of Omo n..."
In Order of Tales
Chapter 3
- p104, panel 3, around the seal: "The One Electronic"
- IPA: /θe wən elektranik/
- p104, panel 3, bottom of the page: "Y 4|3|2 S 3 D 4"
- This is read "Year 234, Season 3 (autumn), Day 4".[1] This indicates that numbers are written using tally marks/dots, and that the Machine-Man place-value system is in reverse order from our own ("432" is the number 234). However, this could be a personal idiosyncrasy of T-O-E's.
Chapter 10
The Machine-Script along the top of the page in Machine Dominion spells out a subtitle for the story, while that on the sides presents a new sentence each page, describing the accompanying illustration. The two are divided below, organized by page number.
Subtitle
- p430: "Of the first Mach..."
- p431: "...ine Men, their making..."
- p432: "...and how they came t..."
- p433: "...o conquer Overs..."
- p434: "...ide in the early yea..."
- p435: "...rs of the world."
Illustration Descriptions
- p430: "Omem the first Machine is made"
- p431: "The Machine Sons (are) made by Omem the First"
- p432: "The New People come forth into the world"
- p433: "The Machines see fit to rule them."
- p434: "The Machines are resisted by the..."
- p435: "...War-King Obilik Blacksword."
