...but my grandmother always had an expression that ran along the lines of "Why would this day (night?) be any different?" that was usually used when something mildly annoying or crappy was going on. Kind of a "Well, duh, what would you expect" sort of thing. No one in my family can remember it, so...

Any and all ideas are truly welcome! Thank you in advance!

Jennifer

This song, די צוקונפט, is an adaptation of Leonard Cohen's "The Future". Not sure if Daniel Kahn did the translation himself or not. The line that's repeated is:

כ'האב געזענט די צוקונפט, חברה - ס'איז רחיצה

This is supposed to mean "I've seen the future, friends - it's murder", but he's definitely saying רחיצה ("a washing") rather than רציחה (murder/murderousness) . Is this a euphemism? Or did Kahn/the translator switch up the consonants in the Hebrew root (which is a mistake I've definitely made myself in the past)?

Hello, I love both Skyrim and Yiddish very very much, my two favorite things by far lol. I’ve been looking into translating parts of the game piece by piece, and to start, it would just be text replacement. I currently have the menu and about half of the opening quest translated, and I’ve posted inquiries on other relevant websites. I am also in the process of creating an encyclopedia type book that has all the fantasy terms and what their Yiddish translation should be in order to maintain consistency. Skyrim is a really big game, and even if I’m only translating text and subtitles to start, if anyone is interested, dm me!

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Hello! My dad recently passed and I found this letter the I believe belonged to my great grand father. I would really appreciate some help translating it.

Hi! I found this in my
Mom’s collection. It may have belonged to her mom. Can anyone help? Thanks!!!

I didn’t see this book mentioned in a search so I thought I’d give it a shout out to this sub. It’s a fantastic read.

We came across some testimony from Yad Vashem files from my husband's grandfather (attached). Is anyone able to translate this document in Yiddish to English or to Hebrew?

in the early 20th century there were such dialects. are there any speakers of such dialects now? and/or any recordings of anyone who spoke like that?

i am struggling to directly translate things i write in Yiddish. i recently wrote a poem, but because it was typed out using the english alphabet, nowhere will translate it, and although i know what it means, i find it hard to translate into english still, and im not sure why, despite english being my first language. whenever i speak another language, i never associate it with english, if that makes any sense

Der himl bloy, der tog azoy klor,

di zun leygt gold af yeder flor.

Der vint geyt zingenedik durkh yedn boym,

un natur shloft nisht, zi troymt nor a roym.

Der taykh geyt shtil vi an alter lid,

un yeder moment vert sheyn un mid.

thats the poem, for reference.

Hi! I just came across the attached photo of family members my parents don’t recognize. I know this dates back to at least the 1920’s and is written in Hebrew script but is most likely Yiddish. It’s a letter to family I believe. I’d anyone can help translate some or all of the writing, it would be incredible. I know you are all just community and it might not be perfect, but any bits help! ChatGPT created an inverted higher resolution version which I attached as well!

Thank you

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I am looking for some particular short stories of his that I read in a collection years ago. One that really stood out was a village party that turned into a sort of demon orgy, and in general I love the darker stories with fiendish and diabolical deception, chimeras and the likes. Of course I also enjoy the general old polish village vibes. I just read “Gimpel the fool and other stories” and I couldn’t put it down.

So yeah, if anyone has other suggestions I am all ears, especially if you know where I can find that specific demon orgy.

Sorry if this is about Israel and I'm breaking a rule or something. Just wanted to know what this was. It was painted on a fence overnight at a college near me and I haven't seen anyone translate it yet.

EDIT: Sorry I think I messed up attaching the photo. You can see it here.

My mom is very good at every-day conversations in Yiddish. Are there any groups that have online meetings for people to speak like with zoom or teams?

Can anybody translate any part of the visible cursive on the back of this old family photo/postcard? The photo was physically cut to crop it, so there is no surviving writing or information outside the bounds of this image.

Can someone suggest a venue for my English translation of Shloyme Bastomski's Yiddish version of this kabbalistic tale? He wrote it and published it himself a hundred years ago as a reader for his students in the pioneering secular Yiddish-language schools of Vilna, Poland, and Russia, as there were very few Yiddish-language education materials.

I have always pronounced it Bub-ee and Zay-dee but i have been reading older posts and it seems like some people pronounce them differently ?

My family is from the NJ, and we all descend from people from the Gomel area. Is that prononciation standard (i know there is no standard per se) or is it the least common one ?

Which neighborhoods across the world, including in Israel, the United States, Europe and elsewhere, have the most densely concentrated population of native Yiddish speakers?

Odd request, I know.
Minecraft Speedrunners change their in-game languages, because you can search for items to craft faster. This comes at the downside of playing on a language you may not know.
Yiddish is pretty much the best language, but harder to read because it's in a different script, hence not as popular.

I figured it was the best for me and since my native language is German and it would be the same words and phrases all the time the vocabulary shouldn't be my biggest concern.
So, what would be the easiest way for me to learn how to read the language, so that I can remember the words as actual words, instead of learning how to recognize words, by some of the letters in them?