The Arks Written Language

[Grady219]

I've always wondered what was written on those signs in those unused room in the shopping area and today I decided to try to actually figure out what they say. When I try to decipher it, I notice that they aren't in japanese or english(obviously) but there are a bunch of these symbols everywhere around the ship. I look above the wall that looks like a door and I attempt to read what's on the sign. It's actually pretty easy to read. It says Rest Area which would make sense. So I use those letters to decipher what is on the door. A few letters are missing but it's easy to fill in the blanks on the door. It says Trespassing. I look around for more symbols and stumble upon the block changer. I figure out that it says My Room & Block. So the symbols seem to translate to the english alphabet. I've figured out about half of the symbols. I'll post more about them later, but you're welcome to help me figure out the rest of them. Here's the words I read.
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/Untitled-1_zps7504bc23.png (http://s328.photobucket.com/user/grady219/media/Untitled-1_zps7504bc23.png.html)

Edit: Updated with more translations
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http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/ARKS_zpsce8ca5bc.png
A.R.K.S.
Artificial Relict to Keep Species
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/BriefingRoom_zpsad868d7a.png
Briefing Room. (This is plastered everywhere.)
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/ArksCounter_zps3029e36e.png
Arks Counter
Arks Secretariat
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/Cashier_zps2053bf42.png
Cashier
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/Eindo_zps15e96361.png
Eindo
This one stumped me for a while. I looked it up and it seems to be a language that is somewhat similar to the arks language.
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/Emergency_zps4af35f8e.png
Emergency
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/Freearea_zpsb7674ddc.png
Free Area
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/LaboratorySynthesisandEnhance_zps07ac44cd.png
Laboratory Synthesis & Enhance
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/MedicalCenter_zpsc50a52f9.png
Medical Center
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/Notice_zpsb86211c3.png
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Notice
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/MeetingArea_zpsb26d9b0f.png
Meeting Area
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/PointShop_zps640c6ff5.png
Point Shop. Exchange and you can purchase items at the point.(Yes it cuts off there.)
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/QuestCounter_zpsdc9e1404.png
Quest Counter A
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/Sapply_zps4277d573.png
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Sapply
Vending Machine (sega can't spell)
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/SpaceAlliedForces_zps370fc4b0.png
Space Allied Forces
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/Stage_zpsccf9604a.png
Stage
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/TechRampDPart4_zpsda468076.png
Technological Research and Development Part 4
This one is everywhere too. Not sure what part 4 means though.
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/TelepipeRoom_zps01cf0d6c.png
Telepipe Room
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/TPS_zps80f2b533.png
TPS
Tele Pipe System
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l324/grady219/pso2%20world/Warning_zps36cc1812.png
Warning
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[untrustful]

Yea it's been translated, but I don't have the pic of the translation for those really weird looking symbols.

[jooozek]

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195322

[Grady219]

Yea it's been translated, but I don't have the pic of the translation for those really weird looking symbols.

Oh it has? I guess I'll just change this into a topic that has all the signs translated then. :P

[Syklo]

ARKS stands for
Artificial Relict to Keep Species
(Based on the floor in lobby + badges).

Artificial relict?

[untrustful]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relict


In biology a relict (or relic) is an organism that at an earlier time was abundant in a large area but now occurs at only one or a few small areas.
In ecology, an ecosystem which originally ranged over a large expanse, but is now narrowly confined, may be termed a relict.
In agronomy, a relict crop is a crop which was previously grown extensively, but is now only used in one limited region, or a small number of isolated regions.


So basically, either civilization or the organization that is ARKS is a fragmented piece of a larger whole that was either wiped or lost somehow (probably relates to Falz). So perhaps their main goal for going to all these planets is to find any missing or new intelligent species to incorporate into this colony society.

[Syklo]

Makes sense.

I was confused at the oxymoron after checking the definition of relict, so ya.

[SakuRei]

Why am I feeling some Star Wars vibes on PSO2's game language... The letters are somewhat close to different places on Star Wars (especially Coruscant building signs or billboards, etc.)

[Grady219]

Bump for big update on translations