Translations of the Assassin's Creed: "Nothing is real, Everything is permitted."

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"Nothing is real, Everything is permitted."

Perfect example of an bold uberbadass creed and a subtle philosophical statement that expresses a multitude of ideas depending on the assumptions of the listener. For me, "nothing is real" relates to the fundamental uncertainty of our existence. The laws we create based on religion, science, or even logic are not absolutes. We create our social world and acting like our assumptions and accepted guidelines are "real" or "true," the Arabic can mean either, is myopic. Additionally, we likely cannot know the will of the divine or the entirety of the system of universe. Acting like we can or, more often, like we do is dangerous. We must analyze all that is around us to avoid falling prey to social, existential, or even scientific delusion.

"Everything is permitted" is an acceptance of the previous statement's implications. To some this could open the door to anarchy or nihilism but it is not nearly so depressing. It is simply an acknowledgment that everything is possible once our assumptions and self-imposed limits are recognized. The word used in the Arabic is "momken" which can mean either permitted or possible and this again reminds us to look for hidden meanings. Since everything is possible we have to remind ourselves to be purposeful in what we do, what is sometimes referred to in Buddhism as "mindful action."

Because I want to be reminded of this mantra often..., and because it is a freaking badass creed, I have collected multiple translation of the phrase for possible use as a tattoo. These were taken from the Assassin's Creed games since that is what I know the quote from primarily. Its source as a quote of Hassan-i Sabbah is suspect, I haven't read Vladimir Bartol's novel yet, and Nietzsche's nihilism has always struck me as the wrong type of nihilism... so video games are the best option. ^_^

In most cases I had speakers of the various languages watch the opening scenes of Assassin's Creed 1 and write down what the dub contained. Kyfas, El_Sjietah, VictorCreed123, Fredokin, and RussellSparrow, from the Ubisoft company forum, provided the Portuguese, Dutch, Hebrew, Swedish, and Welsh translations respectively. For the Urdu, mi padre and I worked together to hammer it out. Russian should be up soon after a certain sleepy Ruski wakes up. I need a means to access the Japanese dub and that will be that last of the official translations... though there might be an offical Swedish one. Just for fun, I've included a link to a YouTube video of the quote being said from U.S. version.


Tattoo idea (Very Rough Draft).

Translations desyo!

AC1's Original Arabic

(NOTE: LINK CONTAINS SPOILERS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajJAfu3P8E

English Translation

"Nothing is true (real), everything is permitted (possible)."

AC2's Renaissance Italian

"Nulla é reale, tutto é lecito."

AC1's Modern Italian Dub

"Niente è reale, tutto è lecito."

AC1's Spanish Dub

"Nada ès verdad, todo èsta permitido."

AC1's French Dub

"Rien n'est vrai, tout est permis."

AC1's German Dub

„Nichts ist wahr. Alles ist erlaubt.“

Portuguese Translation

"Nada é verdade, tudo é permitido."

Hebrew Translation

"שום דבר לא אמיתי, הכל מותר"

Urdu Translation

"Kuch nahin sahih,
Sub mumkin hai."
کچھ نہیں صحیح"
" سب ممکن ہے

Swedish Translation

"Ingenting är sant, allting är tillåtet."

Estonian Translation (Could use a double confirmation)
"Miski pole tõene. Kõik on lubatud."

Greek Translation (Also needs to be double confirmed)

"Típota den eínai alēthinó,óla epitrépontai."
"Τίποτα δεν είναι αληθινό,όλα επιτρέπονται."

Welsh Translation (Yet again, needs to be double confirmed)
"Nid yw unrhywbeth yn wir, caniateir popeth."

Dutch Translation (The need for double confirmations is piling up)
"Niets is waar, alles is geoorloofd."