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::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:52, 31 January 2007 (CET) | ::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:52, 31 January 2007 (CET) | ||
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Rather than a translation, we may call this one an English adaptation. On a first reading, I didn't like the pacing of the dialogues in the [[ | Rather than a translation, we may call this one an English adaptation. On a first reading, I didn't like the pacing of the dialogues in the [[User:Tracker/Projekt_257|original version]]. So I thought a few arrangements might improve the overall effect, and reinterpreted this novel as a movie script. | ||
A number of passages wiil appear to be heavily rearranged, but I am convinced the results will stay faithful to the original meaning more than a literal translation could ever be. | A number of passages wiil appear to be heavily rearranged, but I am convinced the results will stay faithful to the original meaning more than a literal translation could ever be. | ||
Of course improvements (and proofreading) are welcome. If you have some, then help yourselves! I enjoyed the experiment, I hope you will enjoy the results like me... | Of course improvements (and proofreading) are welcome. If you have some, then help yourselves! I enjoyed the experiment, I hope you will enjoy the results like me... | ||
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The TSC filed Connors’s ongoing research as “Project | The TSC filed Connors’s ongoing research as “Project 257�?. | ||
What Dr. Connors doesn’t know is that TSC is determined to use his Cell-serum (or C-serum) for military purposes. | What Dr. Connors doesn’t know is that TSC is determined to use his Cell-serum (or C-serum) for military purposes. | ||
TSC aims at developing some kind of enhanced soldier, whose body can quickly recover from injuries and easily replace damaged parts. | TSC aims at developing some kind of enhanced soldier, whose body can quickly recover from injuries and easily replace damaged parts. | ||
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Carmen is a next-generation artificial intelligence that manages all monitoring and electric systems in the compound. | Carmen is a next-generation artificial intelligence that manages all monitoring and electric systems in the compound. | ||
Carmen performs functions of vocal speech and can generate holographic projections of herself. | Carmen performs functions of vocal speech and can generate holographic projections of herself. | ||
Bill often hacks into Carmen’s override codes in order to optimize | Bill often hacks into Carmen’s override codes in order to optimize “her�? logic and shape “her�? behavior as human as possible. | ||
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:As it seems, you stay amnesiac. Yet, your memory will come again... can you stand up? | :As it seems, you stay amnesiac. Yet, your memory will come again... can you stand up? | ||
''Connors nods and cheers up as Eve successfully tries to stand up | ''Connors nods and cheers up as Eve successfully tries to stand up with her own legs | ||
;Eve | ;Eve | ||
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:I can’t understand. I feel no pain at all. What did you do to me?" (''rises and goes a few steps forth and back''). | :I can’t understand. I feel no pain at all. What did you do to me?" (''rises and goes a few steps forth and back''). | ||
''She’s just awaken from the coma and she feels so good. Her amnesia seems quite a minor problem... | ''She’s just awaken from the coma and she feels so good. Her amnesia seems quite a minor problem... | ||
("It doesn't take so long before the young woman and the professor have set together a good mood.") | |||
(is it woking now?[[User:Guido|guido]]) | |||
;Connors | ;Connors | ||
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;Connors | ;Connors | ||
:This laboratory is somehow | :This laboratory is somehow “special�?. We have security personnel everywhere. Orders from above... Don’t you pay attention to him. | ||
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;Emily | ;Emily | ||
'' | ''naughty" (or annoyed?[[User:Guido|Guido]]) | ||
:I am not a little girl any more. | :I am not a little girl any more. | ||
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;Emily | ;Emily | ||
''shaking her head, (in surrender | ''shaking her head, (in surrender."[[User:Guido|guido]]) | ||
:I should ask Bill to generate some new cool design for you. | :I should ask Bill to generate some new cool design for you. | ||
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:Your orders, Sir. | :Your orders, Sir. | ||
''Eve pulls her brows together, | ''Eve pulls her brows together, in confusion | ||
;Emily | ;Emily | ||
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''The glass cylinder of a scanner comes down around Eve from the ceiling, enclosing her. Light rays slowly roam over Eve’s body, accompanied by a humming noise. Dr. Connors stands in awe in front of the readings on the display. | ''The glass cylinder of a scanner comes down around Eve from the ceiling, enclosing her. Light rays slowly roam over Eve’s body, accompanied by a humming noise. Dr. Connors stands in awe in front of the readings on the display. | ||
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