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Translated by: Amber
Torch:
Os se andimetiale, nurrem la svalotarrem se lem la phetassem se lem sve se
brinneth begus ile os se litimle thaticce menkagile yalecyattem. La sve
charaseth shi. Virdos toyettem me andimetia sorrusith eruvatte kedometh, zem
tottem me andimetia crevatte vos esse ya venne tsilimmeth se chontil. Shadratte
me chen chicith arnattem la etsattem, la chen verre se tisolia rakoyitte ti pa
shossi estisoseth, deshasse phrilasse sil tsesa se vallith ca.
Smooth translation:
In the winter, the old and sick ones as well as the young ones always gather in
the soft grass among the stones. And then there are the wolves. We think winter
forces them to do things, but they think winter knows the differences between
good and evil well. It is said that if fairies dance and sing, and if the green
spring makes joyful greetings come to you, then lead the others while following
your own self. 
Translation of previous torch Missing
Interlinear Missing
Glossary/mini dictionary
andimetia = winter
arnatte = dance
begus = center, group, inside
brin = stone, solid rock (as opposed to a pile of rocks)
ca = (particle to soften imperatives)
charase = wolf
chen = if
chici = daemon, fairy, spirit
chontil = difference
crevatte = know
dasse = with
deshasse = then (after if)
erutte = do, keep doing
estisos = happy greeting, joyful exclamation
etsatte = sing
-ette = (marks a verb as first person)
ile = (coalescing of "le le")
-im = (marks the presence of a postnominal adjective)
kedom = thing, matter
la = and
-le = (locative marker) in, at
le = (goes between a relative clause and the noun it modifies)
le = one, the one, it
liti = grass
menkagi = always, every time
nurre = old
os = in
-m = plural marker for verbs, adjectives and le
me = (subordinate clause marker) "that"
pa = to (used with dative)
phiritte = follow
rakoyitte = to come [through the air], to go [through the air], to fly
-ratte = (makes verbs passive)
se = the
shaditte = speak, say
shi = is, exists, "there is"
shos = (2nd person singular pronoun) you
sil = (reflexive pronoun) oneself
sora = (3rd person masculine singular pronoun) he
svalotarre = sick, weak
sve = also
-th = plural marker for nouns
thaticce = soft
ti = (particle to assert whatever is good or put a positive spin on it)
tisolia = spring
totte = think
tsesatte = lead
tsilim = method, philosophy, outlook, way of doing things
yalecyatte = to be arranged, to gather (intransitive)
vala = other, another
-vatte = (makes verbs causative)
verre = green, alive (of a plant)
virdos = (1st person plural pronoun) we
vos = (particle indicating the statement is obvious or thoroughly understood)
ya = or
zem = but 
Grammar notes
Cenlatorre morphological breakdown

    -GEN = genitive
    -DAT = dative
    -INS = instrumental
    -IMP = imperative

    Everything else is defined in the grammar section.

    os se andimetia-le nurre-m la svalotarre-m se le-m la phetasse-m se le-m sve
se brin-GEN-th begus ile os se liti-im-le thaticce menkagi-le yalecyatte-m.
    la sve charase-th shi.
    virdos totte-ette-m me andimetia sora-INS-th erutte-vatte kedom-th, zem
totte-m me andimetia crevatte vos esse ya venne tsilim-GEN-th se chontil.
    shaditte-ratte me chen chici-th arnatte-m la etsatte-m, la chen verre se
tisolia rakoyitte ti estisos-th pa shos-DAT, deshasse phiritte-lasse sil
tsesatte-IMP se vala-DAT-th ca. 

Cenlatorre grammar notes

    Cenlatorre is a Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) language, though other noun
phrases tend to go before the verb. Verbs are in the third person singular by
default. Cases are used, but prepositions are used also. Relative clauses always
go before the nouns they modify. Adjectives often go before the nouns they
modify as well, though they can also be used postnominally with a special
marker.

    Much like the controversial rule about split infinitives in English,
Cenlatorre has a rule that definite articles are not to be separated from their
adjectives. Thus, unlike English, all adjectives go -before- the definite
article. Like English, prepositions also go before the definite article. -th is
the plural marker for nouns -m for verbs, adjectives, and le.

    The passive is marked with -ratte. The causative is marked with -vatte, but
intransitive verbs can be made causative by making them transitive. The dative
or instrumental is used to mark what is being caused to do something, with a
sense of coercion being implied by the use of the instrumental.